Who’ll answer tonight’s questions — Pres. Obama or Sen. Obama? | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
When President Barack Obama walks before the cameras on national TV this evening for his second formal White House news conference (5 p.m. Pacific), we’ll all get the latest retweaked version of his main economic message: a little more hope than gloom, more push for his (overly?) ambitious budget plan and a repetition of Treasury’s toxic asset plan from Monday.
Which the administration is trying to rename “legacy assets” because who advertises their home: “Used House 4 Sale”? And, let’s be honest here, who wants to buy financial Superfund sites?
Obama and his political advisor, David Axelrod, are clearly trying to maintain or regain control of the political debate, depending on your view of last week’s road show. The message of the president’s warm reception at his two California town halls was in the end overshadowed by his clumsy Special Olympics crack on Jay Leno.
