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White House scrambles to keep up with crisis
Politico ^ | 1/31/11 | MIKE ALLEN

Posted on 01/31/2011 10:34:46 AM PST by ColdOne

The eruption in Egypt has left White House officials scrambling to manage a major international crisis after briefly enjoying their best run in more than a year.

“We’re struggling to figure all this out,” said a top official who was among the many White House advisers who spent the weekend calibrating the public and private diplomacy. President Barack Obama’s closest aides are buoyed by a political resurgence, an embryonic but apparently real economic recovery and a White House reorganization that most West Wingers applaud.

But now these officials fret that new instability in the Middle East could distract from the jobs and innovation message that the president started pushing in his State of the Union address; dim hopes for a breakthrough in the peace process; and, most worrisome of all, stall the economy if the revolutionary tsunami spreads to other Arabian states, driving up the price of oil.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: bozoobama
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1 posted on 01/31/2011 10:34:47 AM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

struggling ? that’s comforting.


2 posted on 01/31/2011 10:37:09 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: ColdOne

What a pitiful reaction.

TC


3 posted on 01/31/2011 10:37:17 AM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: ColdOne
Couldn't they just listen to Rush?

ML/NJ

4 posted on 01/31/2011 10:38:10 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: Chuzzlewit
struggling ? that’s comforting.

Hey, they're carrying on with the struggle.

5 posted on 01/31/2011 10:39:22 AM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t envy them, this doesn’t happen every day. I hope they are calling all the ex-presidents and advisers for one helluva ‘WTF is going on?’ meeting?


6 posted on 01/31/2011 10:40:08 AM PST by mewykwistmas ("Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ")
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To: Pentagon Leatherneck

Well, I don’t think that Team Obama knows what to do in this crisis. Even though he has Hillary on his team, and her ability to answer the 3 a.m. phone call about a crisis, they don’t grasp what’s happening.

Hillary urged restraint on both sides. That’s all the smartest woman in the world has to say.

In the worst case, Egypt becomes Obama’s version of Jimmy Carter and Iran. Let’s hope and pray for a better outcome.


7 posted on 01/31/2011 10:40:25 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ColdOne
“We’re struggling to figure all this out,”

Why don't they just offer everyone some ice cream and pie?

-PJ

8 posted on 01/31/2011 10:41:23 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: ColdOne

Then why did the WH help their leftist pals and Soros orchestrate the whole thing? Isn’t this what they wanted?

Go figure..(eye roll)


9 posted on 01/31/2011 10:41:23 AM PST by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)
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To: ColdOne

“President Barack Obama’s closest aides are buoyed by a political resurgence, an embryonic but apparently real economic recovery and a White House reorganization that most West Wingers applaud.”

Say what? All this time I thought they (the Oh no bama clan)were total loosers and the economy was still in the toilet. How could I have been so wrong?


10 posted on 01/31/2011 10:41:29 AM PST by Captain PJ
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To: ColdOne
This regime couldn't manage a chicken plucking much less an international crisis.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
11 posted on 01/31/2011 10:41:52 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: ColdOne

They were about 3 days late to the party, as usual.


12 posted on 01/31/2011 10:42:05 AM PST by jersey117
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To: ColdOne

They just noticed they were supposed to do something?


13 posted on 01/31/2011 10:42:42 AM PST by GeronL (http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
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To: Captain PJ

well, it looks like Obummer should have a Jack Daniels summit! (instead of a simple beer summit)


14 posted on 01/31/2011 10:43:40 AM PST by princess leah
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To: Captain PJ

well, it looks like Obummer should have a Jack Daniels summit! (instead of a simple beer summit)


15 posted on 01/31/2011 10:43:43 AM PST by princess leah
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To: ColdOne
axelrod said obama was ahead of this situation...which is it ?
16 posted on 01/31/2011 10:43:49 AM PST by stylin19a
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To: ColdOne

translation...we’re scared to death that this will kill Obama’s re-election.


17 posted on 01/31/2011 10:46:09 AM PST by sunmars
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To: ColdOne

White House scrambles because Mubarak is still in power


18 posted on 01/31/2011 10:46:34 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: ColdOne

International crises come after basketball, golf, ice cream, and lavish parties in this regime.


19 posted on 01/31/2011 10:48:31 AM PST by Fresh Wind (TOTUS knows how to give a speech. Obama knows how to read.)
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To: princess leah

You beat me too it!

I was going to say it looks like it’s time for another beer summit!!


20 posted on 01/31/2011 10:49:41 AM PST by zavvone
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