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Steele: 51, Duncan: 44, Dawson: 34, Anuzis: 24, Blackwell: 15. Watch for Anuzis to make a deal with Steele. |
First ballot: Duncan 52, Steele 46, Dawson 28
Anuzis 22, Blackwell 20 |
If Judd Gregg goes to Commerce, could his replacement be the 60th card check vote? Maybe. But Lynch could appoint a Republican. |
@lostlo my pleasure. And there us more to come. |
The podium http://twitpic.com/18cj9 |
The Gibbs Phrase: "Without getting into" ... followed by something specific. |
Gibbs: my own touting of the mall resodding shows the folly of being an umpire in the third inning. |
Gibbs: stimulus package isn't "one time deal." There'll be need for more investment in future years. |
Back to Afghanistan goals: Gibbs points to Gates. Basically, it's going to be a long slog. |
Gibbs makes a cheesy baseball analogy: when the game ends, "I hope the American people win." Everyone groans. |
Gibbs: GOP members of Senate want comprehensive solution. Makes stool analogy. |
Gibbs urges Cong to look at big picture: 70,000 job losses. |
Tapper asks the Drudge question: 335m on sex ed. Also pork in Senate. Why isn't Obama telling them to take them out of the bill? |
Gibbs seems to expect to get GOP votes out of the eventual conference. |
Salazar is still here. Doesn't he have the people's business to attend to? |
Gibbs on stimpak: "this is a process." Tendency to focus on minutia. So why did Obama focus on this? |
Gibbs and Ed Henry argue over whether Geo. Mitchell has a conflict of interest. Says media companies have similar conflicts. |
Other reporters tag team on the lobbying waivers. "We have a policy... Unlike anything .. That has been seen in this city." |
Gibbs furrows brow at Ed Henry. "He's not lobbying." Calls these questions semantic hurdles. |
Someone must have instructed Gibbs to s p e a k s l o w l y. Not the rapid pace of the campaign. |
