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A long-running tiff between the White House press corps and the West Wing over presidential access flared anew today when press secretary Jay Carney faced off with reporters over the right to shout questions at the president during debt talks.

Obama chafes at the time-honored practice of answering questions shouted at him during pooled, non-press conference events — and his staff has often opted for “stills sprays,” excluding print reporters or TV cameras who might capture Obama in the less than flattering non-act of snubbing a query.

When asked today why TV crews and print reporters were barred from the pool covering the White House meeting with congressional leaders on the deficit, Carney responded by pointing out that the administration has held two press conferences in the past two weeks and allowed TV cameras into the spray earlier this week.

"People shouted questions at him," Carney said. He then added, "The purpose of the meeting is not to create a circus, but to negotiate, so today we're doing stills only."

The White House Correspondents’ Association has protested exclusion of print and TV from pools — and several reporters in the briefing room took Carney’s comment as an annoyed expression of presidential displeasure with shouted questions.

“It's an absurd reason to say that because we asked questions you're not going to allow cameras in there. He's capable of ignoring our questions. He does it all the time,” said Chip Reid of CBS.

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Obama chafes at the time-honored practice of answering questions

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This is devastating news for the the big government liberals in Washington. A majority of voters strongly oppose the Obama-lib tax hikes

Obama tripled the deficit his first year with the failed Obama-Pelosi stimulus plan.

In Obama’s second year the deficit topped a trillion dollars again.
It was unprecedented.

The Obama deficit this year may reach $1.29 trillion.

Barack Obama and Democrats also added over One Trillion Dollars to the Federal Budget in the last 4 years.

That’s at least a 30% increase in federal spending in just 3 years.

Now Obama wants tax hikes.
A majority of Americans disagree.

As the Beltway politicians try to figure out how they will raise the debt ceiling and for how long, most voters oppose including tax hikes in the deal.

Just 34% think a tax hike should be included in any legislation to raise the debt ceiling... 55% disagree and say it should not.

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Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 35% favor a tax hike and 51% are opposed.

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Originally posted by Zorro:

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Obama chafes at the time-honored practice of answering questions

Chafes him, does it?

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Every mom who has ever been at her wit’s end recognizes Barack Obama. The president who earlier nagged Congress that it was time for Americans to “eat our peas” finally threw his own peas to the floor and banged his spoon on his supper dish. Such a tantrum in a high chair is a familiar sight in a lot of kitchens.

“Enough is enough,” the president cried, frustrated by the tense budget talks at the White House. “Don’t call my bluff,” he told his Republican tormentors. “I’m going to the American people.”

If a pout and a sulk is familiar to Mom, every 2-year-old in town can understand the president’s angry frustration. Throwing your peas on the floor, particularly if they’re of the English variety, tasting of copy paper and sliding down a tiny throat like unlubricated ball bearings, is the instant gratification every tantrum-thrower yearns for. But it’s a presidential strategy we haven’t seen before.

These are not the cheers and hosannas the prince of Hyde Park imagined for himself when he agreed to step down from on high to assume the presidential purple. It’s going on three years, and the natives are restless. They keep asking impertinent questions.
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The verdict of history, though on the way, is not quite at hand. The verdict of 2012 soon will be and looms over everything. It’s enough to make a president, swaddled with a bad situation he made much worse, bang his supper dish with his spoon and throw his peas on the floor.

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“I’m going to the American people.”

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Originally posted by Florida Righty:
His corporate jet line is getting tiring as he wears out Air Force One on campaign trips.

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"There is almost artistic vulgarity in Gingrich's unrepented role as a hired larynx for interests profiting from such government follies as ethanol and cheap mortgages" -- George Will

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You're on record as having said that Obama will be reelected, Zorro.

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There is no plan, Marco.
You know it. We know it.

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) destroyed Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation this morning. Schieffer tried to defend President Obama for the current catastrophe. Marco wouldn’t buy it.

“OK, so where’s the plan? Where’s the president’s plan? I’ve never seen a piece of paper with the president’s name on it that’s his plan to solve this crisis. I’ve seen press conferences. I’ve seen lectures that he’s given to the Congress. I’ve seen these press avails where the camera comes in and takes a bunch of pictures. I haven’t seen a plan. Where is the president’s plan?“

Marco was just too much for Obama-apologist Bob Schieffer.

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Marco Rubio on CBS: “Where’s the President’s Plan?… I’ve Seen Press Conferences… Where’s the Plan?”

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Originally posted by Florida Righty:

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Marco Rubio on CBS: “Where’s the President’s Plan?… I’ve Seen Press Conferences… Where’s the Plan?”

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Exactly.

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Marco Rubio on CBS: “Where’s the President’s Plan?… I’ve Seen Press Conferences… Where’s the Plan?”