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While columnist Dana Milbank complained about "The irrelevancy of the Obama presidency" noting Republican laughter during the Obama speech (especially the line "This isn't political grandstanding") and Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) reading the newspaper TV critic Hank Stuever sat at the Tom Shales Desk of Obama Speech Puffery. "Obama reiterates his mastery of medium" was the headline on the front of the Style section. Stuever's expert of choice on Obama was Lou Dobbs of Fox News, whom he plucked out for declaring it was "The best speech he's ever given." That's not exactly what Dobbs said on The O'Reilly Factor after the speech. Dobbs said it was the best speech of his presidency. But then Dobbs agreed with Bill O'Reilly that it was extremely political and not a transparent proposal:
administration that is committed to making a program work. [applause] today, the biden harris administration is going even further by moving to fix a glitch in the regulations that will lower premiums for nearly 1 million people who need it, and allow 200,000 more uninsured americans to get access to coverage. let s welcome robert gibbs, former campaign senior adviser and white house press secretary under president obama. robert, i ve watched you smiling while we watched obama speech. people were fired up when they saw him there, talking about the affordable care act, a huge achievement that it was. but does obama s presence, along with president biden s translate to vote? well, i certainly think it helps with certain voters.
former campaign senior adviser and white house press secretary under president obama. robert, i ve watched you smiling while we watched obama speech. people were fired up when they saw him there, talking about the affordable care act, a huge achievement that it was. but, does obama s presidents, along with president biden s, translate to votes? well, i certainly think it helps with certain voters. it helps with the democrats, who are reminded of the things that each of these two accomplished during eight years of the obama and biden administration. today s event is important, as you talk about this, this is about reducing health care costs for americans. that s top of mind for every voter right now. it s the leading issue. every day, this white house, and president biden are talking about reducing costs on american families that s top of mind for voters. money is always top of mind.