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America’s Obama-Related Attention Span Slips

May 1, 2009 – 8:41 am

According to Nielsen, the ratings company, nearly 29 million people watched President Obama’s prime time press conference to mark his first 100 days in office. Pretty impressive. 
But compared with his own earlier star power, Obama’s wattage appears to be slipping. His second prime time presser, in March, drew 40.4 million people. His inaugural foray before [...]

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Obama Presser: No Reported Injuries

March 25, 2009 – 11:03 am

Not an especially scintillating presidential press conference last night, but few are. Hopefully, some teenagers planning to tune in to American Idol were unwittingly served up a lesson in American democracy instead.
Two quick thoughts on a couple of hobby horses.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reported on his blog (”George’s Bottom Line”): “The president had a new single [...]

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Is Spending Good or Bad?

February 10, 2009 – 12:47 pm

Last night during his opening remarks, President Obama said: “[A]s we’ve learned very clearly and conclusively over the last eight years, tax cuts alone can’t solve all of our economic problems, especially tax cuts that are targeted to the wealthiest few Americans. We have tried that strategy time and time again, and it’s only helped [...]

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Who Ya Talkin’ To?

February 9, 2009 – 8:19 pm

I tuned into President Obama’s East Room statement/press conference this evening mainly to see if he’d use the teleprompter. He did use it during the first segment of his remarks and I think it hurt him.
The prompter, as I noted earlier, is designed to help the speaker look at his audience more naturally. In a large setting, [...]

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