the president is rushing in to save the day (or not) again. I honestly wonder if the obamites remember that there is a recession back here at home.
Obama, in Copenhagen, holds emergency meetings to save climate talksCOPENHAGEN -- President Obama arrived here Friday and promptly tore up his schedule, holding emergency meetings with world leaders in an uphill attempt to seal a last-minute climate change deal on the final day of the global climate-change summit.
The private sit-down with 17 other heads of government, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and a representative from the Chinese government dragged on past the time that the morning plenary session of the 193-nation, U.N.-sponsored talks was to have begun.
But according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the discussions, the prospect of a robust agreement remained in jeopardy, with State Department officials suggesting leaders may be left with just a short, general document as Copenhagen's final outcome.
"Different people are floating different drafts," on administration official said.
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