This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
February 25th, 2009
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 56:05
This Week's Topics:
--Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress that was NOT a State of the Union, including early standing ovations from Nancy Pelosi, a weird exchange with Dennis Kucinich, and more.
--Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's Republican response speech to the Obama address.
--The details of the Barack Obama mortgage bailout, including who it will and will not help.
--Rick Santelli's rant on CNBC, and Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' response.
--More false claims about the Obamaa administration and taxes.
--Michael Steele, the new GOP Chairman, is open to punishing the three Republican Senators that voted for the stimulus package.
--Barack Obama's meeting with many Senators, including his first exchange with John McCain, as well as McCain's comments about a new Presidential helicopter, and how Barack Obama turned it into a joke.
--What is happening with health care reform and the Obama administration?
--Barack Obama's trip to Canada, and comments from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
--We hear from Arnold Schwarzenegger about the California economic crisis, and talk about a report that he recently considered switching to the Democratic party.
--About green jobs and energy dependence with T Boone Pickens and Harry Reid.
--Strange claims from Fox News about auto worker salaries and the new Attorney General.
--Much more.
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Midweek Politics with David Pakman 02-25-2009
