Do you think that President Obama will address the nation in primetime Monday or Tuesday?

Politics_Guy25

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:25 PM
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Do you think that President Obama will address the nation in primetime Monday or Tuesday?

Edited on Sat Jun-12-10 05:26 PM by Politics_Guy25

If you had to guess, do you think the POTUS will do a primetime address with blanket ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, FNC, CNBC network coverage, promising to stand with the gulf for as long as it takes and outlining a bold recovery plan as there are some rumors of? I think it'd be great PR and the right thing to do.

He's in the gulf for 2 full days, Mon/Tue in AL, FL and LA; so, it would make sense.

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tabatha

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:26 PM
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1. It will be at the end of the 48 hours given to BP.

I think the govt and navy will then take over.

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rzemanfl

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:27 PM
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2. What about the 72 hours they were given before? n/t

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tabatha

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:31 PM
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5. Don't know about that.

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Politics_Guy25

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:28 PM
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3. I'm confused

There's a 48 hour deadline for something? Or do you mean the 48 hours that the POTUS will be on the ground? I'm a bit confused at what you meant. Sorry about that.

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tabatha

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Sat Jun-12-10 05:31 PM
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4. Federal On-Scene Coordinator Rear Admiral James Watson Gives BP 48 Hour Deadline to Devise More Aggr

Edited on Sat Jun-12-10 05:32 PM by tabatha

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/653739/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100612/ts_nm/us_oil_spill_watson

There is a deadline.

I am guessing about what will happen after that.

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Tejas

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Sat Jun-12-10 06:10 PM
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6. There are more important matters to address than BP, many more. nt

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Politics_Guy25

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Sat Jun-12-10 06:14 PM
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7. More important than the GOM oil disaster?

Edited on Sat Jun-12-10 06:17 PM by Politics_Guy25

I disagree. This is the central issue of the Obama presidency now and how it is resolved will define the Obama era. It affects the U.S.'s most precious body of water and the critical swing state of FL. Fix this. Then move on to other stuff and do stuff like the financial reform conference in the meantime that doesn't require the expenditure of a lot of political capital but this is issue #1 right now. Nothing else matters until this is solved. A nation and the world are riveted. A look at the Gallup Daily Tracking Poll will show just how important the public views this crisis as being.

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Tejas

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Sun Jun-13-10 05:34 AM
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10. Surely you're joking.

An appearance on prime-time TV won't do jack about the leak. Now get on prime-time TV and talk about Israel or Iran or JOBS, then you're doing something.

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Raine

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Sat Jun-12-10 06:23 PM
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8. I don't agree, there is nothing more important

than the future of the planet. Environmental issues in this country always gets shorted, it's about time that it was given priority. Too bad it's taken this horrible disaster to do it, apparently that's what it takes to get anyone to pay attention.

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tilsammans

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Sat Jun-12-10 07:40 PM
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9. Agree

If we no longer have the environment, we have nothing. Nothing else will matter in the long run.

This is a defining moment for all of us.

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Tejas

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Sun Jun-13-10 05:38 AM
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11. "than the future of the planet."

Meanwhile, China and India et al could care less (and will keep caring less) about the environment. Oh yeah, do you know jack about North Korea? How do they heat their homes? Looked at Brazil lately? How's the Amazon basin doing over the last 20 years?

wake up!

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