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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Monday, February 08, 2010

Changing His Tune: Super Majority-Less Obama Wants to Televise Health Talks



(CBS News) - In a pre-Super Bowl interview Feb. 7, Mr. Obama told CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric that health care reform is still a priority for his administration and that he will meet with both Democrats and Republicans at the White House next week to move the process forward. "I want to ask them to put their ideas on the table, and then after the recess, which will be a few weeks away, I want to come back and have a large meeting, the Republicans and Democrats, to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward," Mr. Obama said.

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