At President Obama’s October 8 press conference, the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein invited Obama to slap down Republicans for their part in the ongoing shutdown: “With Speaker Boehner so far unwilling to hold a vote on a clean CR, what assurances can you give to those affected by a shutdown who are concerned about an even longer impasse? And how worried are you personally that your preferred solution to this — a clean CR at sequestration levels — may do harm to the nation’s economy and your second term agenda?”
A pleased President Obama replied: “Well, I mean, Sam, you’re making an important point....”