Obama Press Conference

Obama Defends Stimulus Against Critics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama said today that he never expected the process of crafting a stimulus package to be easy and that he welcomed any idea, regardless of auth...

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Can P3s Boost the Stimulus?

Michael Likosky | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

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The foundation of our economic stimulus is a public- private-partnership. What should this partnership look like? How should benefits and burdens, risks and rewards be distributed?

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Obama: A Continued Economic Decline Is Not Acceptable

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama, addressing the press for the fifth straight day, offered perhaps his gloomiest assessment yet on the current economic situation. Relayin...

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Obama has taken 48 questions

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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First published at WashingtonTimes.com I wrote a story last month noting that President-elect Barack Obama had broken the record for number of press ...

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Barack Obama is the Roger Federer of the Press Conference

Brian Ross | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

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The media may find Obama dryer than Clinton, but if he is anything, the President-Elect is the consummate craftsman of his message.

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Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the pres...

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Obama On Blagojevich Profanity: "I Won't Quote Back Some Of The Things That Were Said About Me" (VIDEO)

HuffPost/MSNBC | Dan Duray | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Though today's Obama press conference was supposed to be about health care, the press predictably asked a few questions about disgraced Illinois Gove...

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Obama Denies Blagojevich Contact, Promises More Info (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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In a press conference designed to focus on the appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Barack Obama was besieged almost ...

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Obama Answers Fox News Question, Finally

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media

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A few days ago, we related how President-Elect Barack Obama had been ignoring Fox News at his post-election press conferences. Patrick Gavin had Fox ...

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Obama Pushes Back On Richardson Post As "Consolation Prize" To Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Announcing Bill Richardson as Commerce Secretary today, Barack Obama was asked by a reporter whether the appointment was merely a consolation prize fo...

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Obama Fox News Shut Out Continues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media

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Patrick Gavin at FishbowlDC has been documenting who Barack Obama has called on for questions at his transition press conferences, and notes that the ...

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Dana Milbank: Obama Running Out Of Things To Say

Washington Post | Dana Milbank | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Obama had nearly finished his third news conference in as many days yesterday when he decided to favor his audience with one more tast...

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Obama Beats Press Conference Record

Washington Times | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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In the 22 days since winning the White House, President-elect Barack Obama has taken 22 questions from reporters and has done two sit-down television ...

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Economy Before Turkey

James Warren | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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At Wednesday's press conference, Obama tried to look confident, not pretentious or precipitous, as he tried to convince us again to do what's almost impossible right now, be patient.

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Fox News Shut Out At Obama's Pressers

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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FishbowlDC points out that Fox News reporters have yet to get a question in at any of Barack Obama's recent press conferences. Obama spokesman Rober...

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Obama Defends Cabinet: The Change Will Come From Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

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Speaking to reporters for the third time in three days, Barack Obama was asked directly whether the staff choices he had made for his cabinet and advi...

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Obama Changes Press Conference Protocol, Rattles Reporters

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.27.2008 | Media

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When President-elect Barack Obama meets the press Wednesday morning for his third news conference in as many days, it's anyone's guess which reporters...

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Obama Says No Extra Help For Chicago Friends (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

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President-elect Barack Obama indicated Tuesday that his friends in Chicago and Springfield shouldn't expect special treatment for their debt-ridden g...

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Obama: We Have A "New Way Of Doing Business, When We Make Mistakes, We Admit Them"

Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

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Obama gave another press conference today about the economy. While apologizing to a reporter about putting him in the wrong section at his press confe...

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Economic Bailout Roundup: The Many Numbers Being Thrown Around

AP/HuffPost | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

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The Treasury and Fed added to the ever-growing confusion over various bailout plans by announcing two new multi-billion dollar efforts today. At the s...

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Today's Obama Press Conference (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama said Tuesday night his attempts to lead the nation out of economic turmoil are beginning to yield results, and toned down his c...

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How Nice Is It to Finally Have a Smart President?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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At Obama's press conference, the tone and thoughts on the problems facing the country were of a level we haven't seen since the Bush brood took over the White House.

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Advice to Barack Obama: Be Modest in All Things

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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It was a different Obama, with a different voice, that I heard at the press conference on Friday. He appeared to be flip and full of himself.

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Another Reason We Need Shorter Campaigns

Paul Reiser | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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At Friday's press conference Obama was trying to put out a fire that wasn't really there, and in the process, made a silly joke. Clearly, there's some sort of transition time needed between campaigning and having won.

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Lighten Up, America

Albert Brooks | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Go ahead, Mr. President-Elect, be who you are. That is the reason we voted for you. Don't let them, on the day of your first press conference, turn you into what we are so grateful to have finally gotten rid of.

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