Call Coburn a whaambulance! Prez Obama didn't call him!

Remind me, isn't he one of the senators who didn't want to cooperate on the stim bill? Why call him now when we know what his reaction will be?

Also, isn't this the Coburn who obstructs any bill he can think of?
http://crooksandliars.com/node/21881



One Call Obama Didn't Make

By David Nather | March 6, 2009 12:35 PM


There may be plenty of reasons for Senate Democrats’ surprising failure last night to finish up last year’s federal government funding needs. But among other things, the White House has been strangely disengaged from a debate that has now put the Democrats on the defensive over all of the earmarks in the omnibus spending bill.

Case in point: As of yesterday, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, one of the leading critics of the earmarks in the bill, told me President Obama hadn’t called him to see what could be done about Coburn’s concerns. And neither had anyone else at the White House.

Why does that matter? Because Coburn is one of the few senators Obama worked with on significant issues during his short time in the Senate. Yes, their views are in direct conflict on most issues, but Obama did work with Coburn a lot on good-government issues — not just the 2006 law creating a database of federal spending, but contracting issues as well, such as cracking down on non-competitive contracts.

There may not be a wide range of senators who developed real working relationships with Obama, but Coburn is one of the ones who did. If there ever was an antagonist whom Obama should be able to just pick up the phone and call, Coburn should be one of them.

Instead, Obama has left his top aides to argue that the omnibus is simply “last year’s business,” as White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel put it, or “the finishing up of last year’s appropriations legislation,” in the words of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.

“He’s going to have to decide whether he wants to lead on this or not,” Coburn said of Obama. “He can’t just claim that this is last year’s business. That doesn’t make any sense.”

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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/balance_of_power/2009/03/one-call-obama-didnt-make.html

Trust me this man is a waste of time. If he lives up to his word and his retirementis in place, living off of tax payers till death do us part, he won't run again.

Get over it.

Not one county in that state voted for the president. Not one.

If there is a big tornado in Oklahoma they should count themselves grateful if they even get any federal aid.

There are a lot of us who voted for Obama. He needs to save us from our batshit insane repugs. He needs to suceed to show them up and he needs to provide us with life jackets. Pleeeeeeeese.
We need ou Dems to wake up and vote Dem.

Are you serious?


If so, then you haven't been listening to the President closely enough.

He's from Oklahoma where they declare a state emergency when there is less than an inch of snow. I know I know Oklahoma. You don't have snowplows or salt or anything to put down for the snow.

Also Coburn and Obama are good friends in spite of their ideological splits on most issues...their hug the other day has Okies and freepers in a major tizzy. :shrug:

cited him while pandering to fundies- among other deals.

So the cries and whines are to be expected.