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President Obama Primetime Press Conf. 7/22/09: How many of these topics will be covered?
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 twitter post
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 President will first speak, followed by questions. How many of these 20 topics listed below will Mr Obama cover either by the initial speech, or by answering a question. (This is about what topics Mr Obama talks about, not the content of the question that prompted his response.)
* Unemployment
* General Motors, Chrysler
* Bank Failures
* Taxes
* Free Trade Agreements
* Universal Health Care
* Swine Flu(H1N1)
* Abortion
* Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP
* Veterans Hospitals
* Supreme Court Pick Sotomayor
* Honduras
* Iran/Ahmadinejad
* North Korea/Kim Jong-un
* Venezuela/Hugo Chavez
* Pakistan
* The US Military (Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines,Coast Guard, or any of the Reserves)
* Deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan
* Terrorism
* Illegal Immigration
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| 19 or President covers all 20 topics listed here |
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- Activity: H$6,939 |
- Predictions: 40 |
Comments: 8
Suspend date: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST
Settlement date: Tue 4th Aug 2009 11:51pm 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: 0,1 or 2 topics: 5%, 3 or 4 topics: 8%, 5 or 6 topics: 9%, 7 or 8 topics: 12%, 9 or 10 topics: 17%, 11 or 12 topics: 15%, 13 or 14 topics: 11%, 15 or 16 topics: 10%, 17 or 18 topics: 8%, 19 or President covers all 20 topics listed here: 5%
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glenda78748
: Is there a problem settling this question? 
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: conference was a week ago. any hope of settling this? 
dieseldog
: i count 4 for sure. one he mentions in his opening statement.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/News-Conference-by-the-President-July-22-2009/
* Unemployment - obama mentioned it in his opening statement. don't see it in the questions.
* Bank Failures - question from jake he mentions bank bailout. Julianna also ask about it.
* Taxes - in first question
* Universal Health Care - numerous times
* Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP - in question from chuck todd, and chip reid.
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Suspend date: Wed 22nd Jul 2009 5am PST
Settlement date: Tue 4th Aug 2009 11:51pm 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 (40)
fourgrays
predicted 5 or 6 topics (H$100 at 37%)
predicted 7 or 8 topics (H$20 at 26%)
fenricstoast
predicted 5 or 6 topics (H$20 at 36%)
predicted 5 or 6 topics (H$50 at 35%)
donnamil
predicted 5 or 6 topics (H$300 at 33%)Comments (8)
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* Unemployment - obama mentioned it in his opening statement. don't see it in the questions.
* General Motors, Chrysler* Bank Failures - question from jake he mentions bank bailout. Julianna also ask about it.
* Taxes - in first question
* Free Trade Agreements* Universal Health Care - numerous times
* Swine Flu(H1N1)* Abortion* Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP - in question from chuck todd, and chip reid.
* Veterans Hospitals* Supreme Court Pick Sotomayor* Honduras* Iran/Ahmadinejad* North Korea/Kim Jong-un* Pakistan* The US Military (Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines,Coast Guard, or any of the Reserves)* Deployments to Iraq/Afghanistan* Terrorism* Illegal ImmigrationPlease log in or join to add a comment