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Sam Stein Discusses Obama, GOP 2012 On CBS' The Early Show (VIDEO)

Posted: 09/01/11 01:59 PM ET

HuffPost's Sam Stein appeared on CBS' The Early Show to discuss President Obama's decision to postpone a major jobs speech in light of GOP pressure.

"I think the White House really wanted to create a contrast both with the GOP presidential candidates but also Republicans in Congress. They like the image of Obama speaking to a joint session, talking down on lawmakers, urging them to get going on jobs. They're not going to get that optic now," he said.

He also weighed in on the GOP 2012 field.

Discussing Mitt Romney's weaknesses, he said, "there's always a group of Republicans who are skeptical of Mitt Romney. They think he's a chameleon, they think he'd say anything to get elected, they don't like the fact that he's run basically for the past 2, 3 years. And Rick Perry was bound to take some of that fire."

WATCH (via CBS):

 
HuffPost's Sam Stein appeared on CBS' The Early Show to discuss President Obama's decision to postpone a major jobs speech in light of GOP pressure. "I think the White House really w...
HuffPost's Sam Stein appeared on CBS' The Early Show to discuss President Obama's decision to postpone a major jobs speech in light of GOP pressure. "I think the White House really w...
 
 
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02:01 PM on 09/01/2011
Sam I watched you this morning and you either had not had your coffee or were still asleep because you didn't come across to well. I like your articles but stay off TV.