President Obama hosts the first-ever White House Twitter Town Hall meeting.
FOX News Radio White House Correspondent Mike Majchrowitz reports from the West Wing...
The tweets include a range of questions, which the President answered live, as well as through the White House Twitter. They included the recession...
@DrewHampshire: What mistakes have you made in handling this recession and what would you do differently? #askObama
— William Smith (@WSmithFITN) July 6, 2011
Obama on what he'd have done dif. on economy: Explain more fully depth of recession, prepare people for tough decisions, better on housing
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
...as well as the current hot-topic, the debt ceiling...
#AskObama Mr. President, will you issue an executive order to raise the debt ceiling pursuant to section 4 of the 14th amendment?
— Mr. Smith (@_DEXcellency_) July 6, 2011
Obama: Folks "shouldn't be toying with" debt limit; on 14th Amendment, we shouldn't even get there, Congress must act
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
...and about the latest push to build up the American manufacturing sector...
#AskObama Tech & knowledge industries are thriving, yet jobs discussion always centers on manufacturing. Why not be realistic about jobs?
— David Meerman Scott (@dmscott) July 2, 2011
Obama on tech vs manufacturing for recovery: not either/or, need tech for innovation, manufacturing to make the innovations...
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
The President even kicked off the event by tweeting a question himself...
in order to reduce the deficit,what costs would you cut and what investments would you keep - bo
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 6, 2011
As for the President's response to the question from House Speaker John Boehner...
With 9.1% unemployment & "shovel ready" jobs a bust, will you admit the 'stimulus' was a mistake? http://bit.ly/oTK17f #askobama
— Speaker John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) July 6, 2011
...Brendan Buck, spokesman for Speaker Boehner, released this statement:
"'Where are the jobs?' isn't a 'skewed question' to the millions of Americans who lost jobs since President Obama's failed 'stimulus' spending binge began. The President recently admitted that it failed to live up to the 'shovel-ready' promises, yet he's still proposing even more Washington spending. That's simply not the answer."
