‘Hey, Congress goes back into session on the 7th, we should go make a speech, talk about jobs, and make this whole election season about that rather than all the rest of the stuff we don't really want to talk about.’
Heads bob around the table. ‘Good, good, let's leak it, someone wake up the teleprompter so he can start learning the speech, and someone get in line to see if Obama can fit it in around the golf schedule.’
Someone taps on their phone a bit, frowns, and then says, ‘Hey, guys, there's a Republican debate that night, at the Reagan library.’ Blank stares around the table. ‘Just saying, maybe the networks might decide to run some of it, just to balance things out. Could be bad...’
Heads shake, leaks are leaked, someone got through to Obama’s caddy and indeed there won't be a golf game schedule conflict, though it did appear that a party had to be rescheduled to later in the evening as a celebration of the speech.
"Hey, the Republican debate is gonna be on September 7. Let's show them whom the people want to watch on TV: the sitting US President and Noble Prize winner Barrack 0bama or those Tea Party-ers!"