Bush Invites Obama To D.C. And He Accepts
Via ABC News
ABC News has learned that President Bush called Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., this evening and invited him to participate in a meeting about the Wall Street bailout bill tomorrow afternoon in Washington, DC, with other congressional leaders, including Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Obama accepted the president’s invitation, a source tells ABC News.
MM: Hey, is Jim Johnson coming with him?
Former Fannie Mae chairman Jim Johnson was dumped from Obama’s vice presidential search team, but he’s still playing a behind-the-scenes role on the campaign.
Former Senator Tom Daschle, a top Obama backer, emailed a select list this afternoon that he and Johnson would be leading a briefing intended largely for Clinton’s campaign brain trust next month.
“Jim Johnson and I have scheduled another informal breakfast discussion and update on the campaign early next month,” he wrote to a list including Senator John Kerry, James Carville, and Richard Holbrooke, as well as Clinton’s former top campaign aides, including Howard Wolfson, Geoff Garin, and Harold Ickes.
Johnson’s involvement comes at a moment when political association with the failed mortgage giants is particularly toxic. He was already the subject of a McCain ad attacking Obama.
September 24, 2008 - 07:02 PM on September 24th, 2008
Good point, Pam…heck he should bring Franklin Raines and Tony Rezko while he’s at it!!!
September 24, 2008 - 09:12 PM on September 24th, 2008
Why doesn’t Bush invite someone who actually knows something about economics? Has Osama bin Obama ever started a small business? Has he ever run a company? Has he had any executive experience whatsoever? No?
Wait…I forgot about his corrupt Chicago dealings! He knows about that! Also how his wife got a ~$150/yr pay raise (and it didn’t make her proud of America then!) after Obama steered over $1M in an earmark to her employer. Now that’s economics…
September 25, 2008 - 05:49 AM on September 25th, 2008
And don’t forget the money he took from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
September 25, 2008 - 07:47 AM on September 25th, 2008
I don’t think he was asked to come, I do believe he was told to get his ass back there and do the job he is being paid to do!
September 25, 2008 - 09:13 AM on September 25th, 2008
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