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"The President's job is not just to announce new policies but to explain and interpret them for the public," thus NBC's Savannah Guthrie repeated the White House line on why Barack Obama is spending so much time in public view. His Tuesday primetime press conference would already be the second of his short Presidency. "Something of a publicity blitz," Guthrie understated, citing "town halls in California, an appearance on The Tonight Show, an interview on 60 Minutes and an opinion piece published in 30 newspapers around the globe." CBS' Chip Reid inquired of his White House sources whether Obama runs the risk of overexposure: "They have no choice but to put the President out there again and again and again because he is, by far, their best salesman."
With the stimulus plan passed and the details of the financial bailout nailed down, ABC's Jake Tapper reported that regulatory reform is "the next key part of economic recovery," referring to Secretary Geithner's testimony. "The President is seeking more power for the government to take over large financial institutions." CBS' Reid disagreed. His analysis was that the President's "pivot to the next big economic battle" is his push to get his budget passed, including "expensive initiatives in educational renewable energy and an ambitious overhaul of the healthcare system. Republicans are already up in arms."
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