"Obama to take questions Thursday"

...and to a lesser extent from liberal blogs.

cause the merry-go-round never stops!

It is ALL his fault, not BP. :sarcasm:

... no doubt they will NOT talk to him like they talk to Gibbs.

Should be fun.

would be easier.

Now, Obama will have to face a press that hates him
almost as much as we hated Bush.

and then his answers will be parsed, scrutinized and combed looking for the
all mighty "Gotchas" by all of this President's nemenis (and there are many).

Guess this guy ain't interested in the easy way out
after all!

Why couldn't he had just done another photo op..... :scared:

So if there's a chance to pull this out of the fire, this is it. I'm looking forward to it.

Hiding from the press is for losers like palin and paul. People want answers (including myself) and look to the President for his leadership here. You're asking him to hide in the Oval Office and I'm a bit surprised by that.

I think he's gonna show what many of us already know: That he has a firm grasp on the situation and as not just sitting there twiddling his thumbs.

I do my grocery shopping on Thursdays. Wonder if he'll consider doing this on Wednesday? :-)

I suspect President Obama will have plans (on handling the oil gusher) laid out for us. He doesn't like to jump into press conferences without all the information and plans laid out for everything.

As frustrating as it can be, he thinks everything through till he gets to what he deems to be the best possible course of action.

I expect nothing less in this situation.

I remember when he took on the Republicans on tv and kicked their collective asses without breaking a sweat, he would have never done that if he didn't have all his ducks in a row.

I believe the same about this, all the ducks are lined up. I look forward to hearing what he has to say.

and wanted too many interviews and press conferences. Now its, he never takes questions. blah

..... in the East Room ... that's the only place that counts. Gibbs ongoing series of debates with them about what constitutes a briefing and what doesn't are hilarious .... if you do it at the DC Convention center it doesn't count .... if you take questions from foreign language networks, it doesn't count .... if you talk to Jake Tapper alone in the Blue Room for 10 minutes but NOT with him in the afore mentioned East Room for one question, it doesn't count. It's laughable.

to speak before that is to speak too soon.

cause this is going to be an ongoing saga!

“I expect that the president will speak to you all about it and answer some questions about it.”

Whose questions will he be answering? Probably NOT questions from the floor. Maybe they will produce a canned interview like the one that was released with Kagan answering questions from a White House worker.

Better safe than sorry.

beautiful marshland or wild life.

Unless he opens with, "I've accepted Ken Salazar's resignation," I have no hope for him to set things right with the people, flora and fauna along the Gulf Coast.

No, not even Obama can make this right...

But he CAN lead. That's what I'm hoping for = LEADERSHIP. :thumbsup:

What in the fuck is that supposed to mean?

Some Don't want him answering questions either! Geeze!