White House Did Not Want GOP Response to Presidential Speech

That's the ticket! Silence the opposition when you have NOTHING of your own to offer!

The President is used to flexing his muscles and storming the public airwaves whenever he wants to sell skeptical Americans on socialist economic policies. The White House and media have before refused the GOP an opportunity to present a dissenting response, thus squelching the presentation of a balanced debate.

The GOP insisted on a response this go-round after the President’s fifth (or sixth?) press conference in as many days. CBS’s Mark Knoller reports that it was a response not wanted by the White House:"