| HappySqurriel said: Back to the original topic ... It is common for former presidents to be called "Mr President" but that isn't the real problem with the video. Whether it is fair or not, Obama has received criticism since before he was elected for receiving jobs he wasn't qualified for and letting someone else do the work; and the most prominent case before the election was on his time at the Harvard Law Review, and since the election people have been critical of him not promoting his agenda and leaving the work to the Democrat leadership. Now, I've seen former presidents have a press conference at the White House before, and I've seen former presidents defend the agenda of a sitting president before, but I have never seen a sitting president hand off a press conference at the White House to a former president to defend their own agenda. Regardless of whether it is true or not, this move gives off the impression that Obama isn't (or can't) do the job of being the President of the United States. |
That's similar to my thoughts too (though in fairness it could have been the case that it wasn't planned to go this way and Clinton kind of "hijacked" the press conference).
One thing's for sure, segments of this video will end up in campaign advertisements for the 2012 election if Obama is a candidate then.
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