After Obama’s state of the union, he was invited to a question and answer session with the House Republicans. Surprisingly, the White House asked for the event to be open to the press and surprisingly the Republicans agreed.

Now it looks like the Republicans are regretting their decision as Obama “for an hour and a half, was able to refute every single Republican talking point used against him on the major issues of the day.”

A link to the video, and a transcript.

I wish this happened more often. It was a great policy debate and it cut through a lot of the BS swirling around health care and the stimulus. (Largely peddled by one side of this debate). I hope the Republicans don’t hide the next one from the cameras.

Topics: republicans, debate, health care, congress, Barack Obama