The Summit is in recess for an hour - here is Midknight Review's take on the morning session.

In spite of the truth of these headline,

'I don't count my time because I'm the President' -- Obama on why Dems have controlled more speaking time...
CLOCK... Democrats: 74 minutes; Republicans: 37 minutes... ,

things seem to be going well, especially for the GOP. Our Republican representatives have come to the meeting well prepared. As we listen, one wonders why this sort of thing was not scheduled last February (2008).

The discussion seems to have centered around the debate between solving all related problems at once, in a single bill, while the GOP is willing to move forward with anecdotal or incremental solutions, solving specific problems rather than ramming through a "comprehensive" bill that has failed over the course of the last 12 months.

Midknight Review is very pleased with the GOP response, believing that despite the difference in the time issue for each side, the GOP has made its points and held its own.

What is noteworthy from our point of view is this, the "debate" element of the discussion is Obama versus several members of the GOP contingent. It is obvious that Obama thinks he is the best qualified to defend the Democrat point of view - we would agree.

McCain offered criticism of the special deals. Obama responded with an insult, refusing to join McCain in this criticism. Obviously, Obama is fine with the notion of special deals and the purchase of votes. See you later.
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