Funny, but this event actually made the President look more Presidential than the SOTU. Perhaps that’s why the GOP was concerned that they allowed cameras in to capture the interactions?

Where was this kind of event 6 months ago or before ramming through the stimulus package? That could have gone a long way to reducing the rhetoric and negativity around the state of the economy and gotten GOPers on board with some of the proposals.

As an aside, if a member’s constituents are opposed to Obama’s plan - isn’t it the member’s obligation to vote per the constituents’ wishes? That’s what they were sent to Congress to do after all.

Oh, and here’s some common ground for Republicans to chew on.