President Obama starts the debate with his weekly address:
And here is the GOP response from Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi:
Update: As we posted in January [1], it was to be expected that Obama would roll out his “2.0” strategy for public policies such as these. Not surprisingly, WaPO’s “Virginia Politics” is reporting that Obama will indeed try to pressure [2] Virginia legislators from within by employing campaign-style tactics to the discussion. According to the Post:
“Organizing for America, the group that worked to help elect President Obama last year, will begin canvassing in Virginia and across the nation tomorrow to support Obama’s proposed budget.
“Volunteers will knock on doors and talk to residents at homes and businesses in Norfolk, Richmond, Arlington, Leesburg, Gainesville and Chesapeake.”
I sure do hope they come to my door…but as I am not on their micro-targeting list, probably not.