he's giving the speech at 7pm EDT (6pm CDT, 5pm MDT, 4pm PDT) next Thursday?! isn't that an hour before what is considered the beginning of primetime?!
ok, this is dumb, he should have just did it this week from the Oval Office at around 9-10pm EDT.
Well, 4pm PDT is certainly not even remotely prime time. But I guess that was the only time that Boehner would let Obama speak.
He could have made the speech from the Oval Office ten days ago and concluded with, "I am therefor calling both Houses of Congress back into session to deal with this crisis."
I would have supported it. Everybody said, "Vacation first; jobs later."