[MestaMachine]

"Before the talks ran into trouble, Obama had originally been expected to stay in Hawaii - where he was born - until well into the first week of January."

Someone please explain to me why they felt the need to add that little nugget.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

If you repeat it often enough....

[zeestephen]

"Where he was born"

Yes!

I saw that, too.

One word explanation...

“Reuters”

I also noticed the camouflaged blame shifting for a possible tax cut extension.

Reuters says Obama must secure Republican agreement in the Senate for that to pass.

They make it sound like Republicans, who are in the minority, might block the tax cuts.

The fact is exactly opposite.

Many Democrats will vote against the tax cut extension, and Obama will most likely need many Senate Republicans to support it.

However, many of the Tea Party Republicans in the House oppose the extension of the 2% cut in the Social Security Payroll Tax.

I'm wondering if they will vote against the Extension.

[thecodont]

"Before the talks ran into trouble, Obama had originally been expected to stay in Hawaii - where he was born - until well into the first week of January."

Someone please explain to me why they felt the need to add that little nugget.

Just like A.P. "Where he was born." (A.P. added "and was raised.") They are afraid they public hasn't completely swallowed this fable, so they keep repeating it in the hope that they will believe it.

Open note to A.P. and Reuters:

BO wasn't born in Hawai'i. No one believes it. Save your ink and pixels and typing fingers.

[Venturer]

If he is going to come back early, why go at all.

Well it doesn’t cost him anything.We are paying for it.

Did he leave the Moose and the kids in Hawaii?