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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 02:05 AM Jan 2016

Obama to meet with Sanders tomorrow

"Tomorrow, President Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders will meet informally at the White House," press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday, according to pool reports.

"The President and Senator Sanders first discussed this meeting last December when Senator Sanders attended the Congressional Holiday Ball. The two will meet privately in the Oval Office and there will be no formal agenda."

The announcement comes a day after Obama heaped praise on Sanders' rival and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton in an interview with Politico.

"Her strengths, which are the fact that she’s extraordinarily experienced — and, you know, wicked smart and knows every policy inside and out — sometimes could make her more cautious and her campaign more prose than poetry, but those are also her strengths," Obama said.

"It means that she can govern and she can start here, [on] day one, more experienced than any non-vice president has ever been who aspires to this office."

The president has said that he will not make an endorsement during the primary.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/267123-obama-to-meet-with-sanders

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Obama to meet with Sanders tomorrow (Original Post) BigBearJohn Jan 2016 OP
Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #1
PBO? scscholar Jan 2016 #2
Lol. President Barack Obama aidbo Jan 2016 #3
Why refuse to say his name? scscholar Jan 2016 #7
I don't refuse to say his name, I was simply explaining the abbreviation. aidbo Jan 2016 #8
"The announcement comes a day after Obama heaped praise on Sanders' rival safeinOhio Jan 2016 #4
if he thinks he can get bernie to roll over restorefreedom Jan 2016 #5
Very interesting... dreamnightwind Jan 2016 #6

Response to BigBearJohn (Original post)

 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
8. I don't refuse to say his name, I was simply explaining the abbreviation.
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jan 2016

I doubt the person who used the abbreviation meant any ill will toward the POTUS.

(though I couldn't say the same about the poster's ill will toward one of our potential presidential nominees)

safeinOhio

(32,736 posts)
4. "The announcement comes a day after Obama heaped praise on Sanders' rival
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 02:35 AM
Jan 2016

and a day after Bernie becomes the 3rd Senator to put a hold on his appointee.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
5. if he thinks he can get bernie to roll over
Wed Jan 27, 2016, 02:44 AM
Jan 2016

on his bigpharm hack fda appointment, he will be disappointed

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