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​Just got a few calls telling us that President Obama, during a meeting with Senate Democrats, referred to the GOP's recent Massachusetts Senate victory and quoted our headline, "Scott Brown Wins Mass. Race, Giving GOP 41-59 Majority in the Senate."

Per TPM, the President said, "There was apparently a headline after the Massachusetts election. The Village Voice announced that Republicans win a 41-59 majority. It's worth thinking about. We still have to lead."

"Good scolding!" says the American Prospect's Ezra Klein. Not everyone is pleased. "The President just quoted the far Left Village Voice," says Sean Hackbarth Online Communications Advisor to the Senate Republican Conference. "But he isn't an ideologue."

Nobody seems to have noticed that he said "There was apparently a headline". I'm sure he has fact-checkers that check his speeches, so this was a much too subtle way of pointing out that he doesn't actually read the paper.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 03:58:14 PM EST
he doesn't actually read the paper.

Only the daily brief, apparently. Comfy inside the bubble.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Feb 4th, 2010 at 10:54:43 PM EST
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