Obama schedules jobs speech on same night as GOP presidential debate. UPDATE: DeMint vows to block speech, White House backs down
Just a few weeks ago, President Obama gave some campaign speeches where he complained about partisanship, “Washington needs to put aside politics and start making decisions based on what is best for our country and not what is best for each of our parties in order to grow the economy and create jobs.” As Jim Geraghty says, “All statements from Barack Obama come with an expiration date. All of them.” Obama’s statement about “putting aside politics” expired today. In an obvious move to co-opt the Republican Presidential Debate next week, Dear Leader has decided he wants to give a speech before a joint session of Congress…at the exact same time. President Obama on Wednesday pulled rank on the Republican presidential candidates,...
