NBC's First Read reports President Obama said, 'Pass this bill' 17 times in speech last to Congress

[flpoljunkie]

I could not agree more. 'Pass the damn bill!'

First Thoughts: Pass This Bill
By NBC's Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Brooke Brower

“Pass this bill”: Before last night’s presidential speech on jobs and the economy, we asked what kind of Obama we’d see. Inspirational Obama? Conciliatory Obama? Fiery Obama? The answer was behind Door No. 3 -- Fiery Obama. He had a message to Congress, and he repeated it 17 times to make sure no one missed it: “Pass this bill.” The American Jobs Act, which he formally sends to Congress next week, calls for tax breaks for companies that hire new workers, an extension of unemployment benefits for another year, and keeping the payroll tax cuts for another year. What struck us was how simple Obama’s language was (for instance, he never uttered the word “infrastructure”). The speechwriting team actually finished this speech on the early side (for them). They knew exactly the tone they wanted to take for a week and decided that short and to the point was their best angle. Obama was also very specific in his remarks. And he demanded urgent action. “The next election is 14 months away, and the people who sent us here … they don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months… They need help, and they need it now.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/09/7685819-first-thoughts-pass-this-bill

[Inuca]

1. And a few more times today

in Richmond. At least in the first part of the speech that MSNBC allowed me to watch :-(

[TheWraith]

2. It's a tactic for hitting the news shows which don't show the whole speech.

It sounds kind of awkward and repetitive when you hear it live, but it's intended to make sure that the phrase gets into whatever soundbites are cut out for use on the various news programs.

[benld74]

3. At party with speech in background, drinking game held on THAT phrase, I just woke up, OOHH my head

[jwirr]

4. The phrase makes it plain that it is the rethugs who have to act on

this and if they do not it is their fault. He is backing them into the corner.