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In hot pursuit of the health care plan he wants, President Obama will use a prime time news conference Wednesday to make his case, part of a media blitz that has seen him deliver nine speeches and statements in as many days. I want to keep the pressure on because we re making steady progress, Mr. Obama said Tuesday in an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric. Watch full interview below. Watch CBS Videos OnlineThere has been some legislative progress, but support for Mr. Obama and his health care plan is slipping as reflected by recent polls stanley cup and Congressional head counts. The president spent an hour yesterday with so-called Blue Dogs, conservative Democrats concerned about the cost of the health care plan, the tax hikes needed to pay for it and projections it will send annual deficits and the national debt soaring. stanley cups uk There s a number of potential cost-cutting measures, which I think the American people expect before we consider any kind of new revenue, said Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., one of the Blue Dogs to meet with Mr. Obama. Ross said taxpayers want us to squeeze every ounce of savings that we can out of the current system. A Washington Post/ABC News poll Monday, showed support for President Obama s han stanley cup ding of the health care issue at 49 percent, down from 57 percent in April. So a prime time news conference gives him the largest forum he can get to challenge the criticism of his approach to universal health care. |
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