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President Obama Primetime Press Conf. 7/22/09: How long will TOTUS prompt before failure?
In a first for the administration's relations with the media, the "tweet" announced the question-and-answer session before the White House sent out a traditional press release.
"You heard it here first: Primetime presidential news conference at the White House, Wed. 7/22 @ 9PM EDT," read the post to the 140-character blogging site on the administration's official website http://twitter.com/WhiteHouse.
The Obama administration, building on efforts by his predecessor George W. Bush's communications team, has aggressively used new media and social networking in a bid to reach as wide an audience as possible with a message unfiltered by the news media.The press conference will be Obama's fourth prime-time televised session with reporters.
http://twitter.com/whitehouse
The clock will start with the first word TOTUS prompts, and end when POTUS calls on the first reporter to ask a question. This might take a day or two to settle. Will use a video from whitehouse.gov or youtube to settle it.
Settlement rules: ***TAKE NOTE*** This will not settle on rumors, speculation or opinion. President Obama must expressly comment on the failure. The only exceptions are visible failures such as crashing or falling or someone entering the scene to perform adjustments during the Presidents speech.
***WARNING*** - In the case of settlement problems or disputes, Category Editor has the final say.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
| 5 minutes or less |
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| 5:01 - 6 minutes |
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| 6:01 - 7 minutes |
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| 7:01 - 8 minutes |
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| 8:01 - 9 minutes |
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| 9:01 or longer or no glitches |
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| President wings it - TOTUS not invited/used |
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- Activity: H$13,916 |
- Predictions: 65 |
Comments: 3
Suspend date: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST
Settlement date: Mon 27th Jul 2009 9:07am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: 5 minutes or less: 1%, 5:01 - 6 minutes: 1%, 6:01 - 7 minutes: 1%, 7:01 - 8 minutes: 1%, 8:01 - 9 minutes: 1%, 9:01 or longer or no glitches: 90%, President wings it - TOTUS not invited/used: 5%
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fingers_of_fury fingers_of_fury: Please settle as:
9:01 or longer or no glitches
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Suspend date: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST
Settlement date: Mon 27th Jul 2009 9:07am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!Predictions (65)
fenricstoast
predicted 9:01 or longer or no glitches (H$20 at 90%)
undercontrol
predicted President wings it - TOTUS not invited/used (H$5 at 4%)
pita_soup
predicted 9:01 or longer or no glitches (H$100 at 90%)
rdeggau
predicted President wings it - TOTUS not invited/used (H$50 at 3%)Comments (3)
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