http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/the-weekly-daley-at-play-on-the-brink-of-the-fiscal-cliff/ California's Oldest Newspaper - Est. 1851 Sun, 26 May 2013 06:14:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/the-weekly-daley-at-play-on-the-brink-of-the-fiscal-cliff/comment-page-1/#comment-529266 James E. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:28:39 +0000 http://www.mtdemocrat.com/?p=262871#comment-529266 ADDED: And, of course, press conferences can be televised with a split screen between Hawaii and Washington, DC.

]]> http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/the-weekly-daley-at-play-on-the-brink-of-the-fiscal-cliff/comment-page-1/#comment-529260 James E. Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:26:01 +0000 http://www.mtdemocrat.com/?p=262871#comment-529260 Mr. Martin, as you well know, the president can sign a bill into law either in Hawaii or Washington, DC. And, when he and Mr. Boehner discuss the cliff over the phone, modern communications allow the phone call to be made from Hawaii to Washington, DC. I have no memory of you complaining about President Bush (the leader in vacation days) going on vacation.

]]> http://www.mtdemocrat.com/opinion/the-weekly-daley-at-play-on-the-brink-of-the-fiscal-cliff/comment-page-1/#comment-529231 Jack Martin Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:08:01 +0000 http://www.mtdemocrat.com/?p=262871#comment-529231 Just one problem with that whole press conference scenario… It’ll have to wait until after the President’s 20-day vacation in Hawaii.

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