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Breaking down Obama's oil remarks
(CNN) – President Barack Obama used his first Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday to say 90 percent of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico will be captured within weeks, and to call for a new clean energy policy to end U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
Before last night's address, a poll showed more than two-thirds of the country thought President Obama needed to get tougher on BP. How did he fare? Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley and Newsweek contributing editor Julia Reed joined us on Wednesday's American Morning to weigh in on the speech.
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Why is CNN consistently using Julia Reed as a "commentator" or "journalist" in discussing the oil spill? I realize that she lives in the region, but this does not make her an expert on stopping the spill, containing the damage or the politics involved. As far as I can tell, she is a pseudo-entertainment reporter for Newsweek, and hasn't said anything of substance throughout this whole ordeal. Her comment on AC 360 that the President was "out of his cotton-picking mind" was the last thing I want to hear from this thoughtless person.
Time to cash in on those campaign contributions.
I think the President and BP officials should have a beer party in the Rose Garden and invite Joe the Plumber and Kevin Costner to discuss the "plumbing" problem in the Gulf. Nothing else seems to work.