House Democrats met for a series of closed door meetings in Philadelphia Thursday to plan for the future after the devastating results of the 2014 midterm elections. As Twitchy reported, President Obama made an appearance Thursday night to rally the troops and promise them he’d be out there “every single day” trying to move his agenda forward.
“You can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done,” Obama had told GOP leaders in 2009. In an interesting twist on that theme, the president told the assembled House Democrats Thursday that they need to “get informed, not by reading the Huffington Post.”
Jennifer Bendery of the Huffington Post just happened to be covering the president’s remarks, making special note of the fact that the Huffington Post had just published President Obama’s “Blueprint for Middle-Class Economics” on the site this morning.
“Get informed, not by reading the Huffington Post.” — Obama to House Dems tonight. Obama blogged this TODAY: http://t.co/TUQT77bXkH
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 30, 2015
Just the president’s way of saying thank you, we guess. Political editor Sam Stein noted how Obama had taken another dig at the site in 2011.
I guess Obama just doesn’t like us (but at least he’s reading!) here was him in 2011 pic.twitter.com/xBTRROJ629
— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 30, 2015
A Democrat source in the room cleared things up by saying Obama was speaking strictly of trade issues.
Obama was specifically talking about trade when he said not to read HuffPost, per D source in the room. Note: write more on trade.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 30, 2015
As Twitchy noted, reporters were kicked out after the president’s remarks and had to glean whatever information they could from inside sources.
Any House Dem aides willing to hold reporter's tape recorder in Obama's mtg w/ members tonight after press is kicked out? Asking for friend.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 29, 2015
Press ushered outta Obama's speech to Dems just as he brought em to their feet cheering, telling em not to be "shy" about what Ds stand for.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 30, 2015
Obama got Dems pretty fired up at the end. "I promise you I'm not going out the last two years sitting on the sidelines."
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 30, 2015
Of course not; golf courses don’t have sidelines.
LOL: Source in room with House Dems says Nancy and Paul Pelosi and a dozen other members are currently dancing to "Love Train."
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 30, 2015
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