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President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder reports:

During the presidential campaign, it was John McCain who proposed a form of the British Prime Ministers’ questions for the president. It was derided as a gimmick. This is no gimmick. I have not seen a better and perhaps more productive political discussion in this country in…a long time.

We need more of this. Full Q & A video here. Transcript here.

Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out to be the smartest decision the White House has made in months. Debating a law professor is kind of foolish: the Republican House Caucus has managed to turn Obama’s weakness — his penchant for nuance — into a strength. Plenty of Republicans asked good and probing questions, but Mike Pence, among others, found their arguments simply demolished by the president…

OWNED.

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    This was fucking awesome.
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  5. stillastar reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    I know I’ve had a lot of, er, complaints lately, but this, this is why I love you, man. No prompter, into the belly of...
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  8. changingclimate reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    oh my goodness! sassy and smart! and he tells it like it is. very refreshing.
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    Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out to be the smartest decision the White House has...
  11. davidkendall reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    If we could get the general public to pay attention to this kind of stuff, that would be a step in the right direction...
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  14. reiestrada7 reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    This was good, and I think answers a lot of questions a lot of people may have, regardless of political affiliation. If...
  15. itsherfactory reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder...
  16. spicysammich reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    I see the old Barry from the campaign in there…
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  18. jimmyjosh reblogged this from newsweek and added:
    This is fantastic.