"Battle at Blair House" - Viewing Guide

[Clio the Leo]

Much to my surprise, everyone is promising to do wall to wall coverage .... yep, even Fox.

Starts at 10am Eastern. Scheduled to last until 4pm.

Online

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

CSPAN-3
http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN3.aspx



Television....

Live C‑SPAN coverage begins at 9:45am ET on C‑SPAN3, C‑SPAN.org and C‑SPAN Radio. Also follow our live coverage on Twitter, Facebook and the C‑SPAN Radio iPhone App

http://cspan.org/

CNN's lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will lead the network's extensive, live coverage of President Obama's health care summit scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, Feb. 25. Blitzer along with Candy Crowley and John King will discuss the summit with other members of the Best Political Team on Television. Anchor Ali Velshi will do instantaneous fact-checks throughout the programming. In addition, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta will offer analysis of the summit proceedings from Atlanta as it happens, and commentary on the real-world impact the developments will have on policies affecting all Americans. Discussion and analysis will continue before and after the summit.

http://thepage.time.com/cnn-release-on-health-summit-coverage/

MSNBC PROGRAMMING NOTE: THURSDAY, FEB. 25
SPECIAL EDITION OF “COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN” 9-11 PM ET
LIVE COVERAGE OF BIPARTISAN HEALTH CARE SUMMIT WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA, 10AM – 2PM ET
NEW YORK - Feb. 24, 2010 - Thursday evening, MSNBC will present a special edition of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” with Olbermann and Chris Matthews analyzing and presenting highlights from the bipartisan healthcare summit with President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, 9-11 p.m. ET.
MSNBC will present special live coverage of the summit, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. ET.

http://thepage.time.com/msnbc-release-on-health-summit-coverage/

You could also watch it on Fox News if you are so inclined.


White House iPhone Ap
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/19/whitehousegov-anywhere


.... watching in HD on CNN or MSNBC .... or without commentary on CSPAN ... SUCH a difficult decision. lol



And HEY!!! Guess what!!! It's officially February 25th! The day we've been waiting for is FINALLY HERE!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!!

[Drunken Irishman]

1. LOL. Some tool unrec'd this.

Probably pissed their mom turned on the upstairs sink while they were showering.

[Clio the Leo]

3. It was Boba Fett.

... or the Grinch.

[Cha]

4. lol

[Cha]

2. Thank you, Clio!

[Clio the Leo]

5. I'm so conflicted....

... part of me wants to stay up and ANTICIPATE THE JOY and part of me wants to go to bed RIGHT NOW so it will hurry up and be tomorrow.

Seriously, it's like Christmas. EEEEEEEK! lol

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I'm gonna be at work. :(

[Clio the Leo]

8. What kind of place makes you work on Christmas!

Do they not KNOW how important tomorrow is? lol

(this is one of those times my flexible schedule is a blessing)

[O is 44]

10. I'm at work tomorrow too...

but I will be watching on WH.gov just hope there is no glitch because I will have no other outlet. For some reason I can't stream the other networks @ wk. I'm a bit nervous, so much hype but the truth is on our side so my bet is on the Dems!

[Cha]

7. I vote..get your

sleep so you can do your amazing reporting thing tomorrow..bright eyed:D

[Clio the Leo]

9. Probably a good idea. NT

[ChicagoSuz219]

13. Oh, please...

...I stayed up all nite, last nite, 'cause I thought today was Thursday... LOL

[Bolo Boffin]

11. Hey, what's everybody's Twitter feed if you got one? Mine's @boloboffin

And I'm planning on getting up to watch this madness. (I work swing/graveyard shift, but I'm off tomorrow.)

Please, put your twitter feed on here and we'll all join up.

[Raine1967]

12. now following...

you can find me easily... I'm really that easy...

Bring it on! My alarm is set and I am ready to rock and roll! -- as long as the repubs are satisfied with the chair arrangement..... and the snacks, and the water, and the table, and the polish used to clean the table

and the rich Corinthian leather that they will be smacked about with.

[dmr]

14. Thanks for the info. I have the dvr set up to CSPAN 3 to record in case I miss the beginning.

I wonder what time they'll break for lunch and for how long.

[rasputin1952]

15. It will be interesting to see just what drivel the R's toss intot he fray...

they squealed for this, and ow that they have a chance to go on TV w/their "points", it should be a circus on their side.

How much you want to bet, they will start with abortion, then stay there all day long...:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

18. That would certainly go along with me Stupak theory...

... and what better way to block Obama's portrayal as "the great bipartisan mediator" by reminding your base that he "kills babies."

[rasputin1952]

19. Even the wild-eyed anti-choicers around here thought the image...

of PO killing crawling babies on the floor was OTT.

One of the few rallying points the GOP has though, is abortion. I've been fighting w/them for years over this...they had the House, the Senate, the WH and a compliant USSC...but they did, nothing. To me, and almost everyone else, this proved the point that they intend to do nothing except bring the issue up in every election cycle. To the R's, it's a gift that keeps on giving, and they will never do anything about it; if they did, they'd have only the disastrous "tax cut" issue...:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

20. Except here in the Bible Belt....

... not a huge deal since they're not going to vote for Obama anyway.

But I have anecdotal evidence of school age children asking their parents (because they hear it from the wingnuts kids) "Mama, why does President Obama kill babies?"

No one here seemed concerned that Bush "killed grown men in Texas," but that's beside the point I guess.

[rasputin1952]

22. bush is a psychopath...

Rarely have I seen an individual talk about death, whether by war, execution or any other means...actually smile when discussing it. He actually chuckled during a debate when mentioning an upcoming execution...:grr:

[Bobbie Jo]

16. Thank you!

I'll have to catch it here and there today. Appreciate the links.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

17. Follow @hyperfix on Twitter for Chris Cilizza's excellent commentary...

http://twitter.com/hyperfix

[gkhouston]

21. You can bet Fox will have a flunky or two monitoring events in the country for

police chases, fires, or other crises (kitten stranded in tree! OMG!!!) they can cut away to if things become awkward. :rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

23. They're actually PROMISING more coverage than the other two are....

.. I didn't post their press release here because they suck monkey butt and no one was going to watch them anyway, but it details coverage ALL day and night. No interruptions for hockey games. :)

MSNBC is actually covering it the least (because they're cutting away for the hockey game at 2.)

It's here if you want to see it....

http://thepage.time.com/fox-news-release-on-health-summit-coverage/

[M155Y_A1CH]

24. I hate to say it, but...

I'm watching on faux because they are NOT cutting in. I switched off MSNBC and CNN when they popped their bobble-heads in there while I was trying to listen to the event. No interruptions at all in hours, just a ticker at the bottom for other news. I only have dial-up and my streaming cspan radio kept cutting out so I had to switch to TV. I hate it but at least I get to see.