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Proserpina

(2,352 posts)
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 09:16 PM Jan 2016

Oh-Oh! Obama to have private chat with Bernie Sanders on Wednesday

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-to-have-private-chat-with-bernie-sanders-on-wednesday-2016-01-26?siteid=YAHOOB

No formal agenda for meeting, no endorsement expected

President Barack Obama plans to hold a private meeting at the White House on Wednesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is surging in the early state polls in the Democratic president contest. Sanders and the president will have a private Oval Office meeting, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest.

“The President and Sen. Sanders first discussed this meeting last December when Sen. Sanders attended the Congressional Holiday Ball. The two will meet privately in the Oval Office and there will be no formal agenda,” Earnest said.


The meeting comes after Obama heaped praise on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and dismissed comparisons between Sanders’ rise in the early state polls and Obama’s groundbreaking 2008 campaign against Clinton.

“She can govern and she can start here, day one, more experienced than any non-vice-president has ever been who aspires to this office,” he said about Clinton in an interview with Politico released Monday.

“I think Bernie came in with the luxury of being a complete longshot and just letting loose,” said Obama. “I think Hillary came in with the both privilege and burden of being perceived as the front-runner. And, as a consequence, you know, where they stood at the beginning probably helps to explain why the language sometimes is different.”


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just don't drink the polonium-laced tea, Bernie!
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Oh-Oh! Obama to have private chat with Bernie Sanders on Wednesday (Original Post) Proserpina Jan 2016 OP
Obama wants advice RobertEarl Jan 2016 #1
possible....would Obama humble himself in that fashion? Proserpina Jan 2016 #2
Not humble RobertEarl Jan 2016 #4
Bernie can stand up to anyone n2doc Jan 2016 #3
you mean...policy? Proserpina Jan 2016 #5
that's a possibility. nashville_brook Jan 2016 #10
Might be a discussion about Sanders' opposition to the FDA director nominee. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #6
You might be right Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2016 #9
Taking Bernie out of Iowa at a crucial moment? Arazi Jan 2016 #7
That is exactly what I'm afraid of MissDeeds Jan 2016 #11
We don't need Bernie here right now. roody Jan 2016 #12
Ok nt Arazi Jan 2016 #13
This man is feeling the Bern! roody Jan 2016 #14
my hope is SandersDem Jan 2016 #8
My hope is that he walks out of the White House. Bad Bad JuJu Jan 2016 #15
Bernie is a professional. He will be FINE. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2016 #16
 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
4. Not humble
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 09:27 PM
Jan 2016

Just good politics.

I'd be willing to bet Michele is a Bernie voter. And to Michele, Barack be humble?

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
3. Bernie can stand up to anyone
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 09:26 PM
Jan 2016

I am not worried. Maybe the President wants to know why Sanders opposes his FDA appointment?

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
11. That is exactly what I'm afraid of
Tue Jan 26, 2016, 10:23 PM
Jan 2016

If I was Bernie, I'd opt for a phone call and remind Obama that he certainly realizes how crucial stump speeches and meet and greets are at this point in a campaign. If the president insists that Bernie meet with him at the WH, I'd be very suspicious of his motives.

Bad Bad JuJu

(22 posts)
15. My hope is that he walks out of the White House.
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 01:00 AM
Jan 2016

OK, I exaggerate. But I can't help but worry. Too, too many times. Lost dreams. Lost hopes.

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