Obama Paves the Way for New Spokesman Carney

Replacing Robert Gibbs in the position of White House Spokesman is Jay Carey, who was due to begin his tenure today. But as President Obama explained to the journalist on hand,”I figured that I’d give Jay one more taste of freedom before we lock him in a room with all of you,” Obama told reporters, “so I’m here to do a little down-field blocking for him.”And some expert blocking the President did indeed. Joking and deferring was the order of the day as Obama dished out a few less than straightforward answers to a few relatively mild questions. For instance Obama did not hesitate to criticize the general state of journalistic impatience with the slow movement of government.”Part of the challenge here is that this town — let’s face it, you guys are pretty impatient,” Obama said. “If something doesn’t happen today, then the assumption is it’s just not going to happen. Right? “He then poked a little fun at some individual reporters, such as Chip Reid of CBS News, who needed to put on a pair of glasses to read some small numbers from the proposed Obama budget.”That’s a bad sign there, Chip.”Reid’s comeback was clever when he said, “A little fine print in the budget, Mr. President.”New York Times correspondent Jackie Calmes ruffled Obama’s feathers with her mult-part question, inspiring this response from the President:”I should have written all this down, Jackie — I’m running out of room here in my brain.”Calmes retort was a pleasant “I’m happy to repeat my question.”Jay Carey’s debut with the press is scheduled for later today.

Alyssa Anderson

Alyssa Anderson has been involved in the world of business on several levels for many years. She was the CEO of a start-up high-tech company until its purchase by a global on-line e-business. Alyssa helped formulate marketing strategies for several other companies as an independent consultant, and she has advised local government on methods to achieve appropriate fiscal responsibility. Her opinions are well known through her many editorials which have been published throughout her career in a variety of local and national print media. She has been heard on radio discussing current issues affecting the business community and Alyssa hopes to bring her special brand of commonsense coupled with uncanny insight into her editorial responsibilities as the Business Page editor for Left Justified. Contact Alyssa at alyssa(at)leftjustified.com.

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