By Joseph Curl,Washington Times
Obama mostly just lectures at the summit
President Obama pledged to "listen"at the outset of his much-ballyhooed bipartisan health care summit on Thursday. Turns out he meant he’d be listening to his own voice.
By the end of the televised event,Mr. Obama had spoken for 119 minutes –nine minutes more than the 110 minutes consumed by 17 Republicans. The 21 Democratic lawmakers used 114 minutes,giving the president and his supporters a whopping 233 minutes,according to a "talk clock"kept by GOP aides.
From the beginning,no one could agree on anything,even how much time each side had used. When a miffed Sen. Mitch McConnell,the Senate Republican leader,pointed out early on that Democrats had controlled 52 minutes to Republicans’24,Mr. Obama jumped in to dispute even that.
"I don’t think that’s quite right,"he said.
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