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  1. WWR…sponsored in part by #JetBlue. More legroom. First bag checked free. Plan your winter getaway now! JetBlue.com
  2. President's Wednesday Schedule: 4:50-senior advisors; 5:30-signs Claims Resolution Act. Gibbs briefing: 1:00
  3. President's Wednesday Schedule: 11:05-joint statements to pool & take questions; 2:15-Sec.State Clinton; 3:30-Cabinet meeting;
  4. President's Wednesday Schedule: 9:30-intelligence briefing; 10:15-Polish President Komorowski; 10:30-expanded meeting w/Komorowski;
  5. President Obama seemed seemed feisty, even combative today. (Photo/WWR) http://twitpic.com/3dxpzj
  6. President tonight on Elizabeth Edwards: "she revealed a kind of fortitude and grace that will long remain a source of inspiration." 
  7. Very sorry to hear that Elizabeth Edwards has passed away. Deepest sympathies to the Edwards family. #cancer
  8. Shifting gears: the barristas at 17th/Penn. Starbucks are the best. They always give WWR free refills because he is very nice to them
  9. Obama seemed different today. Mixture of anger, combative, defiant at times
  10. Pres. seemed a bit angry at times; says "this country was founded on compromise"
  11. Pres. "Looks forward to seeing them (GOP) on the field of battle" warns Repubs not to get too confident about 2012
  12. Obama claims "I've got plenty of lines in the sand." Cites health care as he dismisses notion that he compromises too much
  13. Obama says "I've got plenty of lines in the sand." Cites healthcare in dismissing notion that he compromises too much
  14. Presidential advisors Axelrod, Gibbs whispering to each other as the president speaks
  15. Pres. warns of longer-term problems - education, crumbling infrastructure, asks "How are we gonna pay" for this stuff?
  16. President claims "itching for a fight" on other issues - once econ is stable & Americans in a "safe place"
  17. Fair to point out that unemployment 17% by broader measure now. Narrow rate is 9.8%
  18. President says public opinion on his side re: tax cuts. But he didn't want a protracted fight when many citizens needs help, he says.
  19. Obama hedges on how quickly #unemployment will go down. But confident tax/unemp. insurance will help
  20. Obama says unemployment could have been 15% or 20% without intervention