Sunday, April 29, 2012
POTUS uses Bully Pulpit, Slow Jam, Political Positioning
President Obama used the Bully Pulpit to do some key political positioning to distinguish himself from Congressional Republicans and his general election opponent Mitt Romney on the policy issue of the interest rate on student loans. Did the POTUS motivate his rivals to move to his position by stops at UNC and Jimmy Fallon, or did he exploit his spot on late night TV for political points, when Romney had said he agreed at keeping student loans at 3.4 %.
On Friday, the House GOP voted to extend the 3.4 percent rate using power of the purse funding from "Obamacare" preventive health care funding. The passage was Congressional political positioning, as it has no chance of passing in the Senate.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=151475194
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I think that what president Obama did was fine. He was telling us how he didn't want to raise interest on loans but he did it in a funny creative way. I don't think it was out of line and people were more likely to watch this and learn about what he has to say. He was relating to our generation. Julie S
i believe that lowering costs for college tuition is the best way for this generation to be able to afford college funds.
Being a senior in highschool this is a VERY important topic to me. I think it was a creative way to attract the young voters and he was just appealing to a target audience. It wasnt unprofessional for him to do in fact, i think it was a very smart think of him to do. its not like this is the only way he gets votes.
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