Speaker Boehner is doing him a favor, though. The speaker is doing the president a favor. I don't want people to have to choose between watching the president's plan for jobs and watching the Republican debate.
Begala discusses the conflict between President Obama's job plan speech and the Republican debate, suggesting that Speaker Boehner is helping the president by suggesting an alternative time.
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