He's going to have a heck of a time trying to convince folks he's the champion of the middle class when he said NO to all those pipeline jobs!!!
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| Friday, January 20, 2012 @
Obama Holds Conference Call To Gather “Input” For Upcoming State of The Union Address…
Fun fact of the day: When Chris Matthews hears the words “input” and “Obama” in the same sentence he gets a tingle. It’s true folks, I’m not making that up.
(The Hill) — President Obama held a conference call late Friday afternoon to “solicit input” from state, local and tribal leaders on the State of the Union address, according to attendees on the call.
Obama — who spoke on the call for a few minutes — told the leaders that the “most urgent challenge” he faces “is getting the economy to grow faster.” But he also said he couldn’t give too many details about the address, “mainly because I’m still writing it.”
One source on the call said Obama referred to his a speech he delivered in Kansas last month — where he sought to portray himself as a champion of the middle class — and said he is striving for an economy where everyone is “engaging in fair play and everyone has a fair shot.”
Obama appeared on the call with Valerie Jarrett, White House senior adviser, and Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council, who was the designated note-taker.