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Opinion: Obama news conference: What to say to a homeless child?

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What, the president was asked, would he say to a homeless child?

President Obama said that his message would be simple — that he is “heartbroken” that any child in America has to be without a home. That’s why, he added, the most important thing he can do is to fix the economy and put parents back to work.

That answer — that the economy is the “most important thing” — is coming up again and again during tonight’s White House news conference. No surprise, really. It’s what the press wants to talk about (have all those reporters been checking their 401ks?), and Obama too.

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Obama is known for being deliberative -- he doesn’t just start talking. That was clear during one neat moment tonight.

When one reporter pressed the president on why he didn’t express outrage earlier on the AIG mess, Obama replied: “It took a couple of days because I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak.”

What a concept. Talk about bringing change to Washington.

-- Steve Padilla

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