This certainly does not have the look of a jubilant meeting with a victorious POTUS. On the news I saw a brief pre-meeting statement by Obama about the lock down on FAA funding. Then I saw poor Ray LaHood giving a conference in a near empty White House press room simultaneously trying to convince the press and the nation that the airports are safe and begging Congress to return and vote on the funding.
I like Secretary LaHood, and he is in a really tough situation. Too bad nobody is fighting for him. He has to ask employees to donate their time sans pay. Who can afford that? But Congress passed their ugly budget bill and, in words Marge Gundersen might use, "Fled the interview"... and the scene. For the record, so did Obama. He took off on a bus tour. No, he did not fly, but, you know, it's safe!
Meanwhile, through most of this meeting, the SOS looked a bit grim. Always pretty,,, make that beautiful, of course, but grim.
