re: #545 Gus 802

Oh, Grow Up

Read it.

There is also the fact that such addresses are normally scheduled at least a month in advance, in order to allow for all the logistical and security coordination that needs to be done. The president dropped a huge mess into the Speaker’s hands in asking this.

As for the date, John Boener had to work to get it moved, whatever the precedent. The GOP presidential debate at the Reagan library had been scheduled for months and could not have been moved without a massive disruption. So to accede to the president’s original request would essentially have been for Speaker Boener to bend over and say “Thank you, Sir! May I have another?!” It would have been to let Obama walk all over the GOP. The White House is the place that needs to grow up. They should have remembered that debate was set before sending the request.