Why all the celebrating on this thread? Did everyone just read the headline?
Boehner still wants to let Obama stand there, acting like a king, lecturing Congress about how awful they are if they don't go along with him. Sob stories, lies, and revisionism will be the order of the night, it doesn't matter if it's the 7th or the 8th.
If Boehner had declined completely, THEN that would be great news.
The following night is the NFL season kickoff (see related thread)!
No Speaker, nor Majority Leader has ever denied a President the opportunity to address a Joint Session.
If Speaker Boehner were to deny the President on this occasion, he would be acting even more petty and classless than the President in requesting the Wednesday date opposite the Repulican debate.
We don't need that.
I couldn’t agree with you more.
Like the others on this thread, I’m happy that Boehner didn’t immediately capitulate. This doesn’t mean he won’t EVENTUALLY capitulate.
And then we’ll be more heartbroken in that we thought the pubs had taken a stand.
They ought to come out and state that the GOP debate, the premiere of the great Rick Perry btw, had been planned well in advance. They should say that a President really wanting to come together as Obamer says wouldn’t choose to step all over the opposition party in such a rude fashion.
We might not be as smart as the Blue Blood Ruling Class out here in la-la land across the fruited plains, but we are forever balancing our times, meetings and priorities. IE...WE GET THIS...even the wishy-washy moderates would see that the prez doing this was not at all fair.
But they’re pubs, with perfectly coiffed hairs, nails polished to perfection to better reach across the aisle. They’ll not take a stand so y’all quit setting yourself up for disappointment.
Some people are never happy...if Boehner had had declined he would’ve lost. Boehner played it just right !
You’re right. I thought it was good news at first too. The only response is for Republicans to boycott. Enough with the endless campaign speech-making by the Boy King. He will use it for political purposes. How arrogant can you get, calling a joint session of Congress for your foolishness. What a dick-tator!!