Obama just spoke to and took questions from the House Republican Caucus at their retreat in Baltimore. I don’t know if any of you had occasion to see this. Whichever side you’re on, this was fascinating television. I don’t recall ever seeing this before in my life. You will be unsurprised to learn that I [...]
Item one: There was a vote in the Senate yesterday to establish pay-as-you-go budgeting principles, which are just what they sound like they are. You’d think Reps would like this sort of thing. In the past, at least four sitting GOP senators have said they support this. So what was the vote? 60-40 in support, [...]
Having a US president who is not George W Bush may come as a relief to the rest of the world, but the legacy Mr Obama inherited has been all too quickly forgotten at homeBarack Obama is a good man, and by the standards of his predecessor, an intellectually honest one. He told a Baptist [...]
The MSNBC host tells theGrio he’s surprised but untroubled by the commentary and conversation stirred up by his post-State of the Union remarks. “I don’t think people heard what I said,” Matthews insists.
Fox News reporter Major Garrett made a major mistake last night when, while Tweeting away during the State of the Union address, he tweeted this: “To overcome the numbing weight of our politics” and other Obama SOTU excerpts http://bit.ly…
• Campaign tour to give details of economic plan• Allies welcome fresh focus on boosting employmentBarack Obama flew out of Washington today on the first leg of a campaign to sell to disenchanted voters the job creation programme he set out in his state of the union address.Obama used Wednesday’s speech to mark a significant [...]
US president uses his first state of the union speech to promise he will make the creation of a million jobs his priority this year• Datablog: how did Obama’s speech compare to past presidents? As wordlesBarack Obama bowed to the wave of US public anger over unemployment and other recession-related issues when he promised in [...]
President uses first state of the union speech to make job creation overwhelming priority for coming yearBarack Obama bowed to public anger against his presidency by using his first state of the union speech to address many of the concerns of voters and to make creation of more than a million jobs the overwhelming priority [...]
The RNC is meeting this week in Hawaii (wait, I thought Hawaii was “exotic” and not a real state). It is considering adopting a 10-point purity test for all candidates. Candidates must agree on at least eight of 10 to receive national committee funding. Assuming the thing is adopted. I find it worth noting that [...]
I knew that a piece like this morning’s, about Obama’s upcoming speech, was inevitably going to bring out the hooters and hollerers who say: empty suit, disaster, shambles, presidency over and so on. I just read the first 14 comments and these constituted the clear majority. I’d really like to know: what did you think [...]