Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Obama plans for health care delay, new jobs bill (WH anticipates health care talks to slip into Feb)
Politico ^ | 12/23/09 | MIKE ALLEN & ALEXANDER TROWBRIDGE

Posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Obama plans for health care delay, new jobs bill By: Mike Allen and Alexander Trowbridge December 23, 2009 09:25 AM EST

The White House privately anticipates health care talks to slip into February — past President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address — and then plans to make a “very hard pivot” to a new jobs bill, according to senior administration officials.

Obama has been told that disputes over abortion and the tight schedule are highly likely to delay a final deal, a blow to the president who had hoped to trumpet a health care victory in his big speech to the nation. But he has also been told that House Democratic leaders seem inclined, at least for now, to largely accept the compromise worked out in the Senate, virtually assuring he will eventually get a deal.

Internally, White House aides are plunging into a 2010 plan calling for an early focus on creating jobs, especially in the energy sector, along with starting a conversation about deficit reduction measures, the administration officials said.

Both will be major themes for his first State of the Union speech, which will likely take place on Jan. 26 or Feb. 2. White House aides are in the early stages of planning for the national address, but Obama will not only trumpet what he has described as his “B-plus” performance in 2009 but also set the stage for the 2010 congressional campaigns.

Obama and Democrats seem in agreement that they want to minimize the number of tough votes moderates in their party must take in the aftermath of the health care debate.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: healthcare
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-99 next last
Grrrr.............
1 posted on 12/23/2009 6:44:37 AM PST by Sub-Driver
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

FREE jobs for everyone!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!


2 posted on 12/23/2009 6:46:32 AM PST by incredulous joe ("I like smiling! Smiling is my favorite!!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

He thinks jobs are created by a piece of paper. I wonder if he knows where Debits and Credits go?


3 posted on 12/23/2009 6:46:46 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

He thinks jobs are created by a piece of paper. I wonder if he knows where Debits and Credits go?


4 posted on 12/23/2009 6:47:29 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

Translation...he doesn’t want to have the HCR passed by the State of the Union because of it’s unpopularity. He’d have to talk about it in the State of the Union, if it passed, and he’d see his numbers fall even more.


5 posted on 12/23/2009 6:47:38 AM PST by dawn53
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

?
6 posted on 12/23/2009 6:48:20 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: incredulous joe
FREE jobs for everyone!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!

How much are these FREE jobs going to cost us? Undoubtedly, they will be greenie jobs.

7 posted on 12/23/2009 6:49:07 AM PST by johniegrad
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: dawn53

We have one more month of this nonsense, then 2010 rolls around. It’s an election year and no one in congress likes their prospects.


8 posted on 12/23/2009 6:49:08 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: massgopguy

“He thinks jobs are created by a piece of paper”

They can be, sure. But we have to steal them from our children & grandchildren.


9 posted on 12/23/2009 6:49:52 AM PST by chuck_the_tv_out ( <<< click my name: now featuring Freeper classifieds)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver
Jobs are so hard to get in my area that only one fast-food place has a sign reading, Help Wanted. As soon as I saw that sign, I called my church and asked the secretary to pass the word.
10 posted on 12/23/2009 6:50:38 AM PST by Ciexyz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: incredulous joe
FREE jobs for everyone!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!

Gv'ment work....it is called growing the government even bigger....small business who are the back bone of JOBS in America can't afford to hire anyone under the Obama rules and regulations.

11 posted on 12/23/2009 6:51:20 AM PST by yoe ( Fight organized crime: Re-elect no one...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: dawn53

Exactly.


12 posted on 12/23/2009 6:55:00 AM PST by twigs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

Here they go. Remember they say his right before you crash and burn.

Obama is important to Obama.

Make these guys accountable.


13 posted on 12/23/2009 6:57:33 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

I don’t believe the part about an Obamacare delay.


14 posted on 12/23/2009 6:57:40 AM PST by sarasota
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dawn53

Don’t buy this for one second. They are lying right through their teeth.


15 posted on 12/23/2009 6:58:28 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

They lie!


16 posted on 12/23/2009 6:59:20 AM PST by roses of sharon (This is a feral government, broken from the civilizing constraints of the Constitution.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver
2010 plan calling for an early focus on creating jobs

The only jobs government can create are government jobs that don't produce anything - they consume. They hurt more than help.

(Starve the beast, Join Operation Thrift. We can live without Washington's money, but Washington can't live without ours.)

17 posted on 12/23/2009 6:59:32 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sub-Driver

This is good news. I suspected this when the Senate announced a three-week break. This makes it harder for them to get it passed. They have more arms and legs to break.


18 posted on 12/23/2009 7:03:50 AM PST by WashingtonSource
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: freekitty

My translation:

Some more rats left the sinking ship and they don’t have the 60 votes.


19 posted on 12/23/2009 7:06:13 AM PST by zeebee (Ask a teenager now, while they still know everything.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: massgopguy
I wonder if he knows where Debits and Credits go?

To a democrat, debits equals money in people's accounts that can and should taxed for government redistribution purposes; credits is money that isn't there but can be spent anyway. Win/Win.
20 posted on 12/23/2009 7:06:15 AM PST by adorno
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-99 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson