Obama Economic Talking Points: "I feel dumber after reading that."
Mark Hemingway
The Corner
Mary Katherine Ham went to one of the Obama house parties organized over the weekend and reported on it. Granted it's just one gathering, but what Obama's supporters were saying isn't encouraging for the administration:
<<< "(Obama's) preaching, 'I'm so wonderful, I apologize. I screwed up.' He did screw up. He screwed up in a way he's not admitting to. He should never have been in bed with Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle should not have been his choice. It's a red flag because he was in bed with the health-care groups," she said.
"And, he has red glasses," she added, getting a laugh from the room. "Really."
In Alexandria, lingering questions about the handling of the $750 billion bank bailout passed right before the election added to concerns about whether stimulus money would be spent responsibly. Obama's promise to set up Recovery.gov, a website for tracking all the stimulus money, was promising, but not satisfying, attendees said.
"This is not the level of information we need as organizers," Constance said, brandishing the one-page talking points memo Obama distributed. "We're supposed to be the ones convincing other people. We can't do it if we can't explain it."
Steve, an auditor from Alexandria, read one talking point to the group before remarking light-heartedly, "I feel dumber after reading that." >>>
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