February 24, 2009
Posted: February 24th, 2009 09:56 PM ET

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(CNN) - President Obama has made his priorities very clear: health care, energy and education. The speech is more like a standard State of the Union address - with an added element of extreme urgency, given the fiscal crisis.

If it somehow seems that we have heard this before from Obama, it's because we have. Which raises the question: have we been seeing him too much?

My answer is no. We know where he stands and what he intends to do. Now voters can hold him to his promises.

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Saibe   February 25th, 2009 3:32 am ET

The gop has got their fill im quite sure. Not i

Lilarose in Bandon, Oregon   February 25th, 2009 2:40 am ET

Geez!

First the media complains that we aren't getting enough "positive" rhetoric from Obama.

Now they say they are getting too much.

Or they are hearing from him too much.

Quit your jobs, journalists, and let someone else (preferably younger) have them.

Joseph Willmore   February 25th, 2009 2:38 am ET

No Gloria, we haven't seen the "President" too much. We are only seeing him a small amount as the antidote to the poison injected directly to the life blood of this nation in the last eight years. For the whole cure stay tune, I hope we get to see him for the whole eight years of the necessary cure.

Ron , West Coast   February 25th, 2009 2:15 am ET

No Gloria, we`ve seen too much of you !!! And your " talking head crew ".

Scaring the crap out, works!   February 25th, 2009 2:05 am ET

Just like Bush terrifying everyone with Alqueda.
Obama wants to scare everyone with this scarry crisis.
Why? Because it gave Bush a free ticket to DO what ever he wants declare illegal wars spy into anyone's life.
Well Obama's a quick study and if he scares everyone about this financial crisis it gives him a free ticket to SPEND whatever he wants.
But when he keeps talking about this extreme urgency, he scares people right out of the market, the stores and the banks.
Instead of sounding like Bush, just changing the word terrorist to financial crisis he needs to start sounding more like Regan.

Patricia Clark Dawekins, Pastor   February 25th, 2009 1:59 am ET

No we have not seen to moch of our President.

Joe the Troll   February 25th, 2009 1:55 am ET

Of course your answer is no. It's a stupid question.

Patricia Clark Dawekins, Pastor   February 25th, 2009 1:54 am ET

No se not seen to much of our President. It is great that he wants to keep us informed.He was great tonight. A very smart and humble man. We need to let him do his job, and stand wuth him. The more we stand in agreement, the more God will bless this nation. We may not agree on everything, but we can be agfeeable, and gyve him a chance to lead us. People need to get off the racial and party pot. I pray tha God willbless this addministraion abundantly and aboe ALL that we may think or ask.
Agape,
Patricia Clark Dawkins, Pastor

kate   February 25th, 2009 1:34 am ET

No Way!!! this guy was awesome!! Alll I can say is I saw no rising GOP star including Jindul tonight...all I saw was an Obama star!!!

mary,florida   February 25th, 2009 1:18 am ET

After Bush impossible.

Watching   February 25th, 2009 1:13 am ET

Obama should give less speeches and spend more time doing his job. Everytime he opens his mouth or Geithner gives a speech the stock market tanks further. If they'd just shut up for a while maybe our 401Ks would recover

J.P.   February 25th, 2009 1:04 am ET

"Borger: Have we seen too much Obama?"

Ya think?

Roland in St George, UT   February 25th, 2009 12:57 am ET

No, we have not seen too much Obama. Seeing President Obama is inspirational. I think if President Obama inspires enough people to write to, or call, their elected representatives, then this may be the catalyst necessary to bring about real change in Washington by getting the representatives to work together and work with the President. I have no qualms about giving my opinions to my representatives and encourage others to do the same. Hopefully President Obama can inspire a lot of other folks to do the same thing and keep getting involved.

Lynn   February 25th, 2009 12:38 am ET

We see more of you than we do of the president.....maybe you should be asking that about yourself and you "cable chatter".

Heidi   February 25th, 2009 12:22 am ET

No I don't think we have seen enough of Obama. Its because of the Republicans inablity to work accross the aisle that he had to come out and go across country explaining his policy on the stimuls plan, the Iraq war, health care and education.

Americans can go online to Washington.org or change.gov and read the policies that the President has suggested. Yes they are long and yes they will take time to read, but isn't your country and your future and the future of your children worth that effort?

Kay   February 25th, 2009 12:11 am ET

Knowing Republican pundits, talk show hosts, and Republican voters (and complainers on blogs), he probably has about a month to get all of his promises fulfilled, or they're start pounding desks with shoes and having tantrums.

Hopefully, if they get violent, the bruises and cuts show only on themselves.

We are in trouble!   February 24th, 2009 11:56 pm ET

Talk, talk, talk . . . a lack of substance is showing.

JOE KILOZ   February 24th, 2009 11:48 pm ET

IF,,,,,,,,,,,HE,,,,,,,,,,,,,WASN'T,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BLACK,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HE'D,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BE,,,,,,,,,,,,

GETTING,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,,,,,,,,,,MINUTES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,OF,,,,,,,,,,,FAME,,,,,,,,,,,AND,,,,,,,,,,,

NO,,,,,,,,,,,,MORE

Kathy   February 24th, 2009 11:45 pm ET

YES!!!YES!!! YES!!! I'm sooo tired of seeing HiM!!! Enough is Enough! We know he won.Even with ACORN...Let's just see if we can survive 4 years of this.

Sheri   February 24th, 2009 11:44 pm ET

no no no, I would like to see and hear MORE. So inspiring and he along with all of us will get the job done. YES WE CAN, YES WE WILL

Sharon   February 24th, 2009 11:43 pm ET

My answer is YES. Obama has too much promised so many things
so that whenever he and his economic team unvailed and had great speech, stock markets plunged until 357 point. Thanks to such as stupid medias, CNN, CBS and NBC's adding of embellishment of Obama's policy without detailed implements, I have bought citi bank stock $7.00 but it dropped $2.75 at the day Obama signed the Bill of
Stimulus Package.

Ndidi Ihezue   February 24th, 2009 11:30 pm ET

And yes he will deliver on that. God bless our President.

KLM   February 24th, 2009 11:27 pm ET

The interesting thing, GLORIA, is that no matter what Obama does you always have something negative to say. If he didn't speak as much you would complain. It's sooooo amazing how differently you scrutinize Obama than the other presidents...Truly amazing. Check yourself and please report on something with more substance.

coolingman.com   February 24th, 2009 11:19 pm ET

obama may continue to bless you keep on doing whats best for the american people you have our prayer

Mia   February 24th, 2009 11:15 pm ET

I voted for him and used my unemployment money to send my 15 year old to the Inaugural events. But now I'm hearing more of the same and seeing less action on the lower end of the spectrum.

Personally, I'm getting tired of Obama. I could only take about 5 minutes of the same ole same ole before I changed the channel. Since he was on every channel, I turned the TV off and cut coupons!

msweeney   February 24th, 2009 11:11 pm ET

Seeing President Obama in public gives a feeling that we finally have a President who is working for the American people. Whether he is right or wrong about his agenda the American people have more confidence that someone is working to make things better for all of us. I hope and pray that all of his work will pay off and we will recover from this mess.

Ohio for Obama- Suburbs   February 24th, 2009 11:03 pm ET

I'm glad President Obama is talking to the nation. Bush was mission in action at Camp David.

Jasper von Sillyputty   February 24th, 2009 10:54 pm ET

Why does Bobby Jindal talk to viewers like they're slow-witted 6 year olds? This is the first I've seen the GOP's Obama speak and he has no charisma, and adopted the wrong demeanor.

Nikky   February 24th, 2009 10:53 pm ET

HAVE WE SEEN TO MUCH OF BOBBY JINDAL????????????? I HAVE.

EC   February 24th, 2009 10:51 pm ET

OH Gloria, stop hating. YOU seem to hate the fact that President Obama gave a very, VERY GOOD speech tonight.

Say WHATEVER you want, but you WILL NOT rain on President Obama's parade. He's risen way ABOVE all you "haters". It's so expected coming from you Gloria.

But that's O-Kay..... haters are so true in form. They show their true colors all the time. No surprises here.

Joe Fattal   February 24th, 2009 10:51 pm ET

We been hear him too much. Its time for him to do something.

DA   February 24th, 2009 10:49 pm ET

NO!!! These are out Fireside Chats if you can remember back that far!! During these time it is imperative to see the President because it give the people of this Country hope.

NIKI   February 24th, 2009 10:45 pm ET

It is good since we like him. I find myself talking about him like he was a house member. Great to feel so about our president

Valerie Emerson   February 24th, 2009 10:44 pm ET

We have not seen enough of him, I feel he will be a constant image on our TV...Staying in touch with the nation and we the people...He will put the P back in American Pride..If we the people give him a chance.

Jerry   February 24th, 2009 10:41 pm ET

No we haven't. President Obama is doing the right thing by staying in the forefront by not wavering from his message to the American people. I call it the "We will prevail" message. Also, just finished watching Bobby Jindal with the Republican response-- what a joke! You can really see the puppet strings! Jindal's message was clear - absolutely no bipartisanship; we (Republicans) will fight the President and Democrats all the way to the end.

america first   February 24th, 2009 10:37 pm ET

NO WAY, HE JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER.

ineedmychange   February 24th, 2009 10:36 pm ET

We didn't see that much of Bush; the "president in hiding" And we couldn't handle watching Bush stumble thru a pablum speech that left you wondering how he got elected. and his speeches showed his inability to connect with with the American people.

American Spirit   February 24th, 2009 10:35 pm ET

No we haven't seen enough of him.What the american people need is confidence and besides we see and hear more from Palin and nothing she says ever make sense

aliou FL   February 24th, 2009 10:34 pm ET

Borger, this question is misleading. You should have asked if we have heard more of the President's campaign rethoric, not if we have seen more of himself.

I will never have enough of him, or hear enough from him. When I see or hear from him, there is always something new to learn, even from things he has said before.

Frost/Tennessee   February 24th, 2009 10:33 pm ET

No... not enough.. the Obama train.. roll on roll on.. While the world and republicans watch... roll on roll on..

if you can't help us rebuild America.. get the hell out of the way

Ex-Republican for Obama - TX   February 24th, 2009 10:26 pm ET

Never!

Lush Limprick is the real RNC chairman!   February 24th, 2009 10:26 pm ET

Never. We need a President that talks to us unfiltered by all the cable talking heads, that are more interested in creating news than just reporting it.

We need a President that tells the truth, the whole truth. Not "happy talk".

Save the warm and fuzzy bedtime stories for the pre-K set.

Pam, Jacksonville FL   February 24th, 2009 10:26 pm ET

I, like 60% of Americans, have high hopes for this president. This speech outlined ambitious goals. With his energy and drive to make this country a better place, I think he can motivate congress and the American people to do what's needed to accomplish these goals. The republican's would be wise to stop the constant negatives and do whatever they can to work to accomplish these goals.

Proud American   February 24th, 2009 10:26 pm ET

We haven't seen enough. Thank God this man at least has a plan forward.

George   February 24th, 2009 10:24 pm ET

Nope – he can string a sentence together in English. I think Jindal will crash and burn tonight.

Dem in FL   February 24th, 2009 10:24 pm ET

Yes. He is still in campaign mode. Someone turn it off before we all lose our minds. It's overkill. Shut up and get to work. We're tired of hearing promises you can't keep. And yes, we KNOW you can't keep them...we're not stupid.

Dwight   February 24th, 2009 10:16 pm ET

The GOP has been playing sore loser lately, throwing in sour grapes whenever they can. The GOP is in a unique position right now to play "boat anchor" and damage Obama's progress. However they need to be careful, because too much of that will make them unappealing to the mainstream voter. I know it appeals to their base, but obviously their base wasn't enough to win this time.

Obama needs to continue to be smart, about information and misinformation in this modern day and age. Keeping us informed, keeping websites updated, keeping visible and open are how you counteract misinformation and propaganda from those who seek his failure. Think ahead in this modern day of iPhones and available internet, and that will make me feel safer by knowing what is going on in Washington.

Sue - Missouri   February 24th, 2009 10:14 pm ET

No! He has shown that he is the President for the People by being out there and not hiding in DC. I like this President – I do wish I would have cast by vote for him. He's doing a very good job right now – definitely the 21st century President and a breath of fresh air.

catmom   February 24th, 2009 10:11 pm ET

Yes, voters can hold him to his promises but I also hope they give him the time to implement them. Some seem to think he should have righted all the problems this country has in his first thirty days.

lisabeth az   February 24th, 2009 10:08 pm ET

My answer is NO too. This was a great talk given to our country by President Obama. He is a TRUE leader and exactly what are our country need. Those of you who are critics, PLEASE try to think of others besides yourself and stop the petty bickering!!

Bryan   February 24th, 2009 10:06 pm ET

This is a bowl of Lucky Charms Obama is pouring filled with rainbows and unicorns with little reality-based thinking.

Brian   February 24th, 2009 10:05 pm ET

I have heard him say that he is not taking cue's from Wall Street on the economy, but when the Dow is down 300 points tomorrow will he realize he opens his mouth too much to spew forth crap. We have seen lobbyist in the White House and Cabinet level poistions (again), completely out of control spending/earmarks and pork (again), so far completely partisan votes (again), and now a fiscal "irresponsibilty" summit just mocking the intelligence of the American people. This is just business as usual in Washington DC, We have seen TOO MUCH of this president and his agenda already. THIS IS NOT CHANGE WE CAN BELEIVE IN...ISN'T THAT WHAT THE UNDECIDED VOTERS ELECTED. My guess is not in 2012, hopefully not in 2010.

Mike   February 24th, 2009 10:05 pm ET

NO, He is showing that he plans were not just blank check promises to win the Presidential office but these issues are truely what he will focus on for the next 4-8 years.

fred   February 24th, 2009 10:03 pm ET

So, another couple of hours wasted reminding us that we have problems. Thanks for the prime-time update.

Penn Voter   February 24th, 2009 10:03 pm ET

I think that the answer is Yes. I've seen all I want to see. And seeing ain't believing.

Question   February 24th, 2009 10:03 pm ET

McCain where is Osama???? You said during your presidential run that you knew where Osama was and how to catch him. We are waiting!!!!!

changing times   February 24th, 2009 10:00 pm ET

It's great to see him laying down the planks. I am proud to be an American and to be part of his vision for my future and the future of my children. Ahhhh it great to have intelligence, integrity and inspiration in the White House, leading our country and the free world!

paul   February 24th, 2009 10:00 pm ET

Most Americans are in favor of Obama....we knew from the beginning what his "message" was during the Presidential election......now is the time for the "opposing" party to get on board.......

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