7:52 p.m. ET … Excerpts from Obama’s prepared introductory remarks.
7:54 p.m. … Washington press corps mindset: Whether one man can save his presidency/salvage his domestic agenda is a faux drama much more compelling than whether millions will actually benefit from health care reform.
7:58 p.m. … The Nation‘s Chris Hayes twitters about what presidential presser is like for non-prestige media: “Headed to WH to go pretend I might get called on. Sort of like putting on a tux on prom night and waiting for an imaginary date to show up.”
8:01 p.m. … Here we go …
8:03 p.m. … Complete text of Obama’s introductory remarks.
