first of all, having lived thru more than a few DC Februaries, I don't blame Obama for heading out, esp to SW Fla. Can't understand cold, snowy Elkhart, however. That was probably supposed to be Biloxi and some staffer is going to join the unemployed.

This was a lecture tour, however. Obama is out to convince the public that the Reid/Pelosi bill, not the Obama bill, is a wonderful piece of bipartisan workmanship. I would love to believe that the White House got tubed by the Senate and House radicals and that Obama himself would have pushed a more centrist approach. But it ain't gonna happen. Dirty Harry and Pelosi got almost everything they wanted (evidently) and we all (the public and Obama) going to have to live with.

And sorry Chels, but Obama won't be able to carry off true caring until he can master the Bill Clinton single tear running down his cheek. Oh, & thanx for kinda defending me in another thread earlier. I was flabbergasted and it took a while to recover.

OT: when does one use "a while" as opposed to "awhile"?


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