Please help me understand … President Obama back-burnered Afghanistan, the economy, and healthcare … and spent all of last weekend stumping for John Corzine … his 4th & 5th trips to NJ on Corzine’s behalf. And, he crossed the Potomac 3 times for campaign appearances with Deeds.
But, according to his press secretary, he was disinterested in the results … had his eyes glued to Tuesday nite’s Bulls vs Bucks basketball game … didn’t even look in on the election results.
Does anybody — and I mean ANYBODY — believe that ?
Sometimes, I’ve fallen asleep before the end of a Sunday nite football game … but I’ve never tuned out a game that I was playing in.
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Source: Politico, Tuned out – Obama ‘not watching returns’, 11/04/09
Hours after urging reporters not to draw sweeping conclusions from Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told POLITICO President Barack Obama wasn’t even keeping an eye on the results.
“He’s not watching returns,” Gibbs said.
But while Obama may not have been following Tuesday’s returns, he and Vice President Joe Biden campaigned repeatedly for candidates in all three of the night’s key races.
As recently as Sunday, Obama stumped in New Jersey for incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine, who has struggled in an uphill battle for reelection against former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, a Republican.
On Monday, Biden visited New York’s 23rd congressional district to appear at an event for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens, who was running against Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman.
Both Obama and Biden made stops in Virginia for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds.
Full article:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1109/tuned_out_c3071f29-4d59-43b7-bd9d-60b15b03a038.html
The Homa Files 
November 5, 2009 at 9:16 am |
He’ll probably be tuned into the Real World/Road Rules challenge when the $20 billion in yearly Goldman Sachs bonuses materialize.