Mike Allen POLITICO: Robert Gibbs did all the morning shows (on 'GMA': 'Put aside this notion of kabuki theater. Put aside this notion of six-hour photo opps. And instead come and let's discuss, in EARNEST, good ideas on health care.') HHS Secretary Sebelius will be on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, plus MSNBC's 'Chuck and Savannah' at 9:10 a.m. and CNN at 9:20 a.m. Linda Douglass will be on cable during the lunch break. David Axelrod will do post-game (CNN's 'Situation Room,' 'PBS News Hour,' Fox's Major Garrett, etc.)
Cable marathon -- POLITICO's Michael Calderone: 'CNN and Fox [are] covering the entire six hours live. Wolf Blitzer leads CNN's coverage from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., joined by Candy Crowley, John King, and others ... Anchor Ali Velshi will be fact-checking during the coverage, ... with Dr. Sanjay Gupta offering medical analysis. Fox News anchor Bret Baier leads the network's coverage, kicks things off for the network at 9:50 a.m., followed by Megyn Kelly from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and 'Studio B' host Shepard Smith closing it out. Correspondents Carl Cameron, Major Garrett and Jim Angle will all be reporting from Washington. Greg Sargent reports that MSNBC will cover live the first four hours before cutting to the Olympics at 2 p.m. At 9 p.m., Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews will host a two-hour special on the summit.' P.O.T.U.S. on SIRIUS XM will provide live coverage beginning at 9:30 am ET.
An aside: MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" Chuck Todd - stop calling Obama's health care summit "Kabuki theatre."
so far we have heard NOTHING NEW just another recap of his current great care, another recount of his girls childhood maladies, another recount of his mother final days with cancer and how the insurance companies tried to screw her over. but best ANOTHER recount of the ten letters he goes home with every night from the 40 THOUSAND HE RECEIVES EVERY DAY and how 4 to 6 of them always bring up health care. my question who is picking the letters obama goes to bed with every night? three guesses.
ReplyDeleteFUNNY. Pelosi is babbling on and on. she is flanked by reid and biden who are just sitting looking down with a look that says "Just shut the fuck up"
ReplyDeleteso far the ONLY one who has made any sense and the only one so far with any expertise is senator colburn who is a doctor.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm listening and heard Coburn.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely the most certain way to make sure that nothing is accomplished. We're in an election year, in a hardened partisan atmosphere, and you expect politicians to make compromises under the eyes of their constituents? Not a prayer.
ReplyDeleteIn this instance, transparency is way overrated. With closed doors there's a chance they could get something done. This way, both sides just get talking points leading up to November.