Live Blog: President Obama's Speech 3/24
[cnn-photo-caption image=http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/images/01/02/liveblogfinal.copy.jpg] Here's your chance to weigh in President Obama's speech. What would you ask our panel?? We want to know. Please tell us in the comment section below. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment posted if you follow the rules: 1) Please keep it short 2) Don't write in ALL CAPS (no need to yell) 3) Use your real name 4) No links 5) Watch your language (keep it G-rated, PG at worst - and that includes $#&*)
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what??? the dollar is strong right now??
Why hasn't the government orchestrated an organized dismantling of AIG and other monopolistic corporations (formed against anti-trust laws) into smaller, competitive corporations? There would be a risk in only several of them failing, rather than the whole system.
he may have got under his skin but he was taught, a wise man thinks before he speaks and a fool speaks before he thinks. There a a lot of fools out here in America.
Good for ed henry holding obama's feet to the fire about AIG. Think the presient didn't like the question.
@ Tom Foreman - interesting question - but Ben Bernanke gave an excellent interview on "another news show" a couple of weeks ago that explained how the contraction of spending and credit extended the great depression and that's why the current actions are being taken by the Federal Reserve and the current administration.
O.K so we have described the problems now what are the solutions?
im not so thrilled with the questions tonight ... sometimes – and i was guilty of it, too, when i worked there – i think the reporters think too much in advance and dont react to what he is saying - and not saying - and move things along with pointed follow ups to things he hasnt answered from the earlier questions .......
I love the President's answer just now. Ed got his answer.
PLEASE!!!! enough of blaming the deficit on health care...the deficit is caused by SPENDING MONEY WE DO NO HAVE!!!!!!
Will he ever acknowledge he is making the deficit larger and larger and may also spike inflation? He can't deliver everything to everyone.
@ Jack...yeah...sure...right!! If Ed would have been all snarky and funny I'd say yeah but he was just too good with that question to believe you taught him that smoothness!
Cindy..Ga.
I agree with Tom Friedman. The POTUS has
to stay above the fray. Ed Henry is wrong. I
for one do not want an angry president. I want
someone who is pragmatic. Bad decisions are
made in anger.
I have a red foil-covered chocolate coin next to me at the desk. Gloria Borger suspects it may be our next legal currency. Which saddens me, because I really wanted to eat the chocolate.
Jack – you are a mess. Just saying.:P
Ed rocked that question and the follow up. I must say that POTUS seemed to get a tad defensive with Ed. That is when you know you struck home.
Ed will not be on the chosen list next time!!!
Whoa, think Ed just officially crossed the line (in a good way) with that follow-up!
Ed got under his skin!
think before you speak we all can use that insight, maybe he should have talked to the pervious President
Obama's response to Ed's question about reaction time....almost sounded....rude. uh oh....
Yes, Obama! I think Ed got his answer
Good answer. Imagine, a president who knows what he's talking about!! Talk about change.
He created a fiscal responsibility summitt... how ironic considering the rediculous spending he has saddled us with.
Yes Obama the right answer
Ed just made the White House's poop list. Good for him.
The private sector is better at investments in new technologies while reducing costs. The government doesn't know what it takes to do both. This president needs to learn how to stay out of the marketplace and let capitalism advance technology as the consumer demands it.
also good that ed henry is giving the president eye contact during the answer.
glad to hear a global question.
I hope Ed has his taxes in order! I love it!
LOVED Ed's question!! They won't call on him for a while though! LOL
Cindy..Ga.
Why wouldn't President Obama keep bringing up that the previous administration doubled the national debt (for an unpopular war) and no one seemed outraged - when he keeps getting hammered for trying to spend money to ensure our future economic stability.
fyi, I taught Ed Henry everything he knows. just a little known fact:
one of the problems with reducing cost is the mirror image of the stimulus bill: if spending more money creates jobs and that helps the economy, reducing spending will almost certainly cost some other jobs...albeit perhaps in area where we ought to save money...but again it leaves us asking how does the economy keep recovering in this yin and yang of spending and cost containment?
I thought only Republicans used scare tactics. Guess not.
I agree with President Obama. We need to invest in the future, and that means energy, education, and health care. But what about manufacturing? Is America no longer in that business?
Indeed we must spend in order to stimulate...it will take time to recover...I just woner in the meantime how much damage we will suffer in the process. The face of foreclosure is still rearing it's ugly head all over the country for one thing.
Go Ed Henry!!! You even got Obama to smile (finally)!!!
When people say a plan will not work than I feel they should be willing to provide alernate plan to resolve US issues.
Times are tough and I am tired of hearing negativity ....I feel what I can do is to think positive and to have patience ....
I am positive that things will turn around if I do my best to be creative and work hard.
Mike, I certainly hope not!
Go, Ed Henry! Just gave me yet another reason to love CNN.
Jack, Ed is awesome! Excellent question! No surprise he's had the most provocative question of the evening!...though we might be a little biased?
I pay way to much in taxes and a bailout is to stop a business from going out of business not to sustain a standard of living
Darn that Ed...you go Ed! So authoritative..straight to the point, poise..CNN ROCKS! really!
isn't cuomo the appropriate guy to go after wall street?
Go ED!!! Asking the tough questions. Relating it to POTUS's own kids...so smart.
Love that he mentioned the past administration too. Sweet.
God Bless that man who just asked that question. Great question! I'm sure he needs to watch his back when he leaves the conference. Was that on the script?
if it were easy everyone in this blog would have fixed it already!
Good job Ed Henry! kill two birds with one stone! 😀
@ Jack - you are shameless for plugging 360 - but we love you anyway. I'm really looking forward to Anderson's reporting from the boarder for a couple of nights. This is a hot topic - big articles in the Chicago Trib everyday now. Glad to see President Obama is recognizing and beginning to address this problem. Too bad it wasn't adressed years ago before it got so bad. Guess the previous administration was too busy looking overseas and forgot "next door."
Hopefully, as the troops are returned home, I expect some of the costs of the war are diverted directly into the VA – specifically hospital care. The system needs work.
I agree we need to invest in education and health care
Rose I agree...but what is difficult-the american public need immediate satisfaction (they are like gamblers)-I don't think they know how to look 10 years ahead...
I think 8 years of doing nothing has become the norm.