Cord Byrd: “the President talks a lot about the coffee shop in Crawford, TX, which brings to mind Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy's…”

“the President talks a lot about the coffee shop in Crawford, TX, which brings to mind Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy's Smokehouse in West Virginia where I have been talking with people for a long time. You ought to come down to that shop sometime--Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy's Smokehouse. I talk with those people quite often. We have one of those in every State, I suppose. I suppose each of the Senators here has a coffee shop such as the one in Crawford, TX, or like Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy's Smokehouse in their State. So I have one of those. It is good to get back home and kind of get the feel of the people and ``press the flesh'' a little, as Lyndon Johnson used to say, and know what they are saying back there in that coffee shop. But, Madam President, despite all of his talk about staying in touch with the people at the coffee shop in Crawford, TX, the President seems to have lost touch with the needs of the American people. I worry that the extra caffeine must have affected the President's ability to take the pulse of America. After looking at some of the administration's actions over the past few weeks, I am almost certain of it. At almost every turn, the President seems to be a day late and a dollar short.”