**** Heads Up! POTUS Speaks on the Economy, 10:25pm EST ****

[Clio the Leo]

On the one-year anniversary of the Recovery Act.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-speaks-one-year-anniversary-signing-recovery-act

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

and on CSPAN

[quiet.american]

1. Thanks, Clio! nt

[Clio the Leo]

2. Starting Now. NT

[jefferson_dem]

3. Thanks Clio.

I'm there.

POTUS up now.

[Clio the Leo]

4. POTUS: "It is largely thanks to the Recovery Act that we avoided another Depression." NT

[Clio the Leo]

Points out the hypocrisy of GOP in regard to the Rec. Act ....

... which gets a hearty round of applause.

[DrToast]

5. Nice...he took another "ribbon cutting" shot at the Republicans

[Clio the Leo]

6. Concedes that it doesn't yet "feel" like a recovery. NT

[Clio the Leo]

7. "95% of you got a tax CUT!" NT

[Clio the Leo]

10. "Up until now, I'd never seen a Republican be AGAINST a tax cut...."

jokes about how at the SOTU, the GOP didn't know whether to clap or not when he mentioned the tax cuts the Recovery Act had brought.

[jefferson_dem]

8. What he's saying - about the successes of the Recovery Act - is not spin or fluff...

These are irrefutable facts. Obviously, the WH and Dems have to do a better job communicating this but it's past time the media do their god damn job.

[Clio the Leo]

12. I'm sure you saw the exchange between Knoller and Gibbs this morning on Twitter....

Knoller: "The WH wants the Recovery Act to be seen as a success, saying it supported jobs for over 2million & helped dig GDP out of neg growth."

Gibbs: "REASON - that's EXACTLY what it DID"

Ana Marie Cox: "I see @PressSec found his caps lock key."

Knoller: "WH spksmn Robt Gibbs is watching Twitter. He says WH views Recovery Act as a success because it is a success boosting jobs & GDP. .... Gibbs is welcome to offer his analysis to my tweets just as we reporters do to every word he speaks."

from http://twitter.com/PressSec and http://twitter.com/markknoller and http://twitter.com/anamariecox

[jefferson_dem]

17. Wow. Missed that.

Thanks for sharing.

Good for Gibbs... And Knoller is a total toolbox.

[DrToast]

9. Hell yeah...he's getting snarky about Republicans being against tax cuts

[Clio the Leo]

11. Yep, MUCH more snarky than he typically is at this kind of statement...

.... this year is gonna be FUN FUN FUN!

[Clio the Leo]

13. "To those who insist the Recovery Act didn't work .... take it up with those now working again.."

(paraphrased)

[jtrockville]

14. I missed it live, but watching now on cspan (LINK):

http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/02/17/HP/R/29663/Obama+Administration+Marks+Stimulus+Bills+First+Anniversary.aspx

[Phx_Dem]

15. What the hell is on Biden's forehead?

[rocktivity]

16. It's Ash Wednesday.

You're welcome.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Phx_Dem]

18. Ah ha!

I was a little concerned that maybe he had a cancerous mole burned off or something!

Thanks for straightening me out!