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It is now 50 days into Barack Obama's Presidency and all three White House correspondents took stock. ABC Jake Tapper conceded that "you cannot accuse him of dragging his feet" noting "action on nearly every issue under the sun." He called the President "a Whirling Dervish of activity." That is the rub, according to Obama's critics, NBC's Savannah Guthrie noted. He is "getting that accusation that he has taken on too much all at once" rather than confining himself to the priority of ending the recession as quickly as possible.
NBC's Guthrie pointed to this week's coordinated response from the White House on economic talking points: Budget Director Peter Orszag testifying on Capitol Hill; advisor Lawrence Summers making a rare speech; Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner granting an interview to PBS' Charlie Rose; Chairman Benjamin Bernanke speaking in Washington; Speaker Nancy Pelosi mulling a second round of stimulus spending.
CBS' Chip Reid looked at Obama's proposed budget and found two initiatives that are likely to be defeated: cuts in subsidies to agribusiness and lower tax deductions for philanthropy by the wealthy. He sought feedback from his unidentified sources at the White House. They understand that their fellow Democrats have "different agendas" but "in the end the budget that passes Congress will be very similar to the one the President proposed."
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