By GottaLaff
TBPNTOTV!!!* is frothing! There's a whole new administration to analyze! Hot dog, they hardly know what to do with themselves! They're hopping from foot to foot, clapping, grinning...
...a-a-a-and wondering how to fill 20 minutes now that the election is over.
Today's gang-o'-salivators includes Gloria Borger on bass, Joe Johns on mandolin, and Ed Henry on harmonica. Let's watch 'em jam:
Wolf: P.E. Obama will hold a news conference tomorrow.
Ed: Yes. Wall Street rallied on the news of Treasury Secretary Geithner. There's a power vacuum now, and Obama's talking about a bigger stimulus package.
Gloria: Paulson now has someone specific to deal with. Larry Summers will be there, too, inside the White House, so this smooths the transition from one administration to another.
Wolf: Obama unveiled his stimulus package, an even more ambitious plan than before.
Joe: Also, we have the automotive industry issue. One thing I've heard is that Obama will have to worry about getting the credit markets going again, even before the stimulus package.
Gloria: The Bush tax for the wealthiest may not end until 2010.
Wolf: In Lima, Peru is APEC, and here we see the leaders wearing funny outfits [on our monitor]. [laughter from panel as they scan the group wearing serapes, especially at Bush in his] It's Bush's last trip abroad, he has his hands full, but he has limited ability to do much.
Ed: Bush is a lame duck. He can't have much impact on all these crises. Next, Obama will hit hard with his national security team. Jim Jones is the likely pick for National Security Advisor and Gates may stay on, even briefly. Obama is pulling in high-powered players, but none are on the left of his party. There will be some push and pull on that, plus it's not only a team of rivals, but a team of egos.
Wolf: [Plays primary clips of Obama and Hillary sparring over diplomacy, talking to other countries] Now they're partners. ... That says a lot about him.
Gloria: Obama has brought in a rival who disagrees with him on certain things. In the end, he's the boss, and will come together. Hillary will be a team player, she has been in the Senate, and Obama is the boss AND... she has direct access to him, so they can form a relationship.
Joe: You always get drama/uncertainty with the Clintons. So there's always the possibility of a free agent... who may leak...That said, she may be marginilized if she did that, she'd be fired. On the other hand, if they want to leak, I'm on Facebook.
Wolf: The fact that he's considering Gates as Defense Secretary, and adding Jones as Security Advisor... this is a team that could irritate the left, but reassure a lot of the world.
Ed: He has a pragmatic approach on foreign policy, but he could face political pressure. He's sticking to a troop withdrawal from Iraq, but with Gates, that might be harder. And Biden? He thought he'd be the "big guy" in foreign policy. Where does that leave him?
OVPICYMIS!!!**
Nancy Pelosi: The heads of the auto companies didn't tell us what they'd use the money for. We need accountability.
Chuck Schumer: We need a big stimulus package. Congress will work with Obama, and have a package on his desk by Inauguration Day, between 500 and 700 billion dollars.
Richard Shelby: We don't just throw money at deals. Republicans will look at the details and will only support things that are meaningful for the economy.
*THE BEST POLITICAL NEWS TEAM ON TELEVISION!!! [sic]
**OUR VERY POPULAR IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SEGMENT!!!
...a-a-a-and wondering how to fill 20 minutes now that the election is over.
Today's gang-o'-salivators includes Gloria Borger on bass, Joe Johns on mandolin, and Ed Henry on harmonica. Let's watch 'em jam:
Wolf: P.E. Obama will hold a news conference tomorrow.
Ed: Yes. Wall Street rallied on the news of Treasury Secretary Geithner. There's a power vacuum now, and Obama's talking about a bigger stimulus package.
Gloria: Paulson now has someone specific to deal with. Larry Summers will be there, too, inside the White House, so this smooths the transition from one administration to another.
Wolf: Obama unveiled his stimulus package, an even more ambitious plan than before.
Joe: Also, we have the automotive industry issue. One thing I've heard is that Obama will have to worry about getting the credit markets going again, even before the stimulus package.
Gloria: The Bush tax for the wealthiest may not end until 2010.
Wolf: In Lima, Peru is APEC, and here we see the leaders wearing funny outfits [on our monitor]. [laughter from panel as they scan the group wearing serapes, especially at Bush in his] It's Bush's last trip abroad, he has his hands full, but he has limited ability to do much.
Ed: Bush is a lame duck. He can't have much impact on all these crises. Next, Obama will hit hard with his national security team. Jim Jones is the likely pick for National Security Advisor and Gates may stay on, even briefly. Obama is pulling in high-powered players, but none are on the left of his party. There will be some push and pull on that, plus it's not only a team of rivals, but a team of egos.
Wolf: [Plays primary clips of Obama and Hillary sparring over diplomacy, talking to other countries] Now they're partners. ... That says a lot about him.
Gloria: Obama has brought in a rival who disagrees with him on certain things. In the end, he's the boss, and will come together. Hillary will be a team player, she has been in the Senate, and Obama is the boss AND... she has direct access to him, so they can form a relationship.
Joe: You always get drama/uncertainty with the Clintons. So there's always the possibility of a free agent... who may leak...That said, she may be marginilized if she did that, she'd be fired. On the other hand, if they want to leak, I'm on Facebook.
Wolf: The fact that he's considering Gates as Defense Secretary, and adding Jones as Security Advisor... this is a team that could irritate the left, but reassure a lot of the world.
Ed: He has a pragmatic approach on foreign policy, but he could face political pressure. He's sticking to a troop withdrawal from Iraq, but with Gates, that might be harder. And Biden? He thought he'd be the "big guy" in foreign policy. Where does that leave him?
OVPICYMIS!!!**
Nancy Pelosi: The heads of the auto companies didn't tell us what they'd use the money for. We need accountability.
Chuck Schumer: We need a big stimulus package. Congress will work with Obama, and have a package on his desk by Inauguration Day, between 500 and 700 billion dollars.
Richard Shelby: We don't just throw money at deals. Republicans will look at the details and will only support things that are meaningful for the economy.
*THE BEST POLITICAL NEWS TEAM ON TELEVISION!!! [sic]
**OUR VERY POPULAR IN CASE YOU MISSED IT SEGMENT!!!
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