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Obama Acknowledges C-SPAN Mistake
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Jan 26, 2010 01:17pm |
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| Author | Abby Livingston |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 26, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Brady Bunch had it right. When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange.
Last night, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Pres. Obama addressed a specific point of criticism that has dogged him for months. During the '08 Dem primary, in a veiled attempt to ridicule then-Sen. Hillary Clinton's failed '94 closed-door health care reform effort, candidate Obama pledged transparency in his efforts, going so far to say over and over in his stump, "...and we're gonna do it on C-SPAN."
But as he deferred to Congress, the doors stayed closed, and montages of Obama making the pledge ad nauseum aired on programs ranging from Sunday morning shows to the "Daily Show."
He addressed the issue last p.m. on "World News": "I think your question points out to a legitimate mistake that I made during the course of the year, and that is that we had to make so many decisions quickly, in a very difficult set of circumstances, that after awhile, we started worrying more about getting the policy right than getting the process right." |
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