Mark Halperin: Obama Oval Office Speech ‘Not Good for the Country’ -- Mediaite

[bsteadman]

Mark Halperin: Obama Oval Office Speech ‘Not Good for the Country’

Mediaite
Alex Griswold
12/7/2015

Excerpt:

Appearing on NBC’s Today Monday morning, Bloomberg Politics host (and kinda-MSNBC host) Mark Halperin gave President Barack Obama low marks for his Oval Office speech on terrorism Sunday, calling it ultimately bad for the country.

“Are you surprised that in this speech he didn’t offer anything new in terms of strategy or policy, that it was basically stay the course?” host Matt Lauer asked.

“I’m surprised by that. I’m also surprised that he didn’t do a good enough job — or maybe any job — of reaching out to the Republicans,” Halperin said.

“This is the time when we need national unity; we’re in the middle of a presidential campaign, he’s leaving office in little over a year. The reaction from Republicans… uniformly bad, not just the presidential candidates but the Capitol Hill leaders,” he continued.
..................................................

View the complete article, including video, at;

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mark-halp...r-the-country/

[bsteadman]

Conservative Pols, Media React to ‘No Strategy’ Obama National Address

Mediaite
J.D. Durkin
12/6/2015

Excerpts:

President Barack Obama spoke to the nation on Sunday night in a nationally televised address from the Oval Office, addressing the increasing concerns over Islamic radical terrorism. The brief speech largely addressed the aftermath of Wednesday’s deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California that has since been linked to ideologies of extreme jihadism.

Many cable news pundits and elected officials took to Twitter immediately following the address to air their thoughts on the President’s handling of the situation. May members of the media including Fox News’ Eric Bolling and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough seemed to echo similar sentiments:
.....................................

Several of the GOP Presidential candidates vying for the White House in 2016 also used the opportunity to frame their own viewpoints in opposition to the President’s. Twitter was again the perfect platform for Carly Fiorina, George Pataki, and Rand Paul to sack Obama’s messaging:
..............................................

Sunday night’s speech by Obama was also the turf for the latest and greatest from Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, who promised to live-Tweet the speech. The business magnate treated his 5.11 million Twitter followers to his reactions, including the following:
.....................................

View the complete article, including image and 'tweets'' at:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/conse...ional-address/