Analysis: Speech spat the start to a "grim" fall

It appears that the relationship between President Obama and Congress is picking up where it left off since the contentiousdebt limit debate. On Wednesday, the president asked to addressa rare joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, so he could lay out a jobs plan. That would fall on the same night of a debate between the eight GOP presidential candidates.

However, GOP Speaker of the House John Boehner said the President should postponethe address by a day. In a letter to the president, he explained: "With the significant amount of time - typically more than three hours - that is required to allow for a security sweep of the House Chamber before receiving a president, it is my recommendation that your address be held on the following evening, when we can ensure there will be no parliamentary or logistical impediments that might detract from your remarks."

Evening News anchor Scott Pelley spoke with CBS News political analyst John Dickerson and White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell to discuss this latest rift between the president and Congress. A transcript follows:

Pelley: John, it sounds like what we have here is a failure to communicate.

Dickerson: It's a much darker atmosphere than the last time the president spoke to a joint session of Congress. When members of Congress -- instead of sitting with their political party -- paired off: Republicans sitting with  Democrats as a sign of bipartisanship. We're a long way from that now, and we're a long way from jobs and the economy, the topic of the president's address and the issue that both parties say is very important.

This is a grim opening to what was already expected to be a tough fall with another big budget fight over cutting $1.5 trillion from the budget -- a debate that will be about the size and scope of government and it's kicking off with a spat about scheduling.

Pelley: And Norah, back at the White House -- how does the president intend to move forward from here?

O'Donnell: Well, they're going to have to negotiate just when this speech is going to occur. But already the president has signaled that he is going to use Congress as a political foil, that he will lay out significant proposals to jump start the economy. And he has said if Congress does not go along with that, he is going to blame Congress in this next year's election.