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Pres. Obama Primetime Press Conf. 7/22: How many times will he use his famous "Yes We Can" slogan?

Settled as not once - nada

Background: With his domestic agenda under attack, POTUS has been campaigning heavily to sell his ideas on healthcare and the economy. "yes we can" had become his trademark campaign rallying cry. Will he revert to campaign mode during the press conference on 7/22/09 and utter "yes we can"?

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. As determined by category editor review of the official transcript that is released.

 
Forecast history %
not once - nada
77%
just once
13%
twice
4%
three times
4%
four or more times - full campaign mode
3%
Settled as not once - nada on Thu 23rd Jul 2009 10:08am PST

Suspend date: Tue 21st Jul 2009 3:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 23rd Jul 2009 10:08am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 21st Jul 2009 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: not once - nada: 15%, just once : 25%, twice: 25%, three times: 25%, four or more times - full campaign mode: 10%

Action history:

Created Sun 19th Jul 2009 4:33pm PST by tuff_sledding[Power User]
Suspended Tue 21st Jul 2009 3:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 22nd Jul 2009 8:02pm PST by dieseldog: i didn't hear it.

part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S1Q-NSePGg

part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-2eA3e9jYE
Settlement requested Thu 23rd Jul 2009 7:53am PST by jake: None.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/22/transcript.obama/index.html
Settled as 'not once - nada' Thu 23rd Jul 2009 10:08am PST by destry[Admin]

Suspend date: Tue 21st Jul 2009 3:59pm PST
Settlement date: Thu 23rd Jul 2009 10:08am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 21st Jul 2009 3:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

Predictions (66)

34 weeks ago
birthdayfan predicted not once - nada (H$50 at 77%)
34 weeks ago
acewang predicted just once (H$20 at 8%)
34 weeks ago
aaronwinborn predicted just once (H$20 at 8%)
34 weeks ago
fenricstoast predicted not once - nada (H$30 at 81%)
34 weeks ago
rdeggau predicted four or more times - full campaign mode (H$50 at 2%)

Comments (2)

  1 dieseldog
tuff - theres always a video on youtube in a day or 2, plus transcripts posted online. so far there hasn't been any trouble finding a settlement source. knock on wood
posted 34 weeks ago
yeah, I know, I was just kidding. There are quite a few ??? riding on this conference! Great idea...
posted 34 weeks ago

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