Archive for January, 2010
Obama Renews Promise That “Job Creation” Is “Number One” In Weekly Address
President Obama preached a message of deficit reduction, government cost-cutting and job creation in his weekly radio address on Saturday. The president continued to press the themes he introduced in his State of the Union address as being core goals of his second year in office.
Obama again promised that “job creation will be our number […]
Message Received: White House Pulls Plug On NYC Terror Trials
After weeks of growing bipartisan opposition, the Obama administration has decided to scrap their plan of holding the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and other 9/11 conspirators at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan only steps away from Ground Zero. The policy shift comes after a burst of speculation that the political heat was becoming too […]
Winners And Losers
House Republicans obviously had no idea what they were getting into when they invited President Obama to speak at their retreat in Baltimore on Friday.The invitation was supposed to allow a confident GOP caucus the (private) stage to showcase their legislative agenda and combat the charges leveled at them by Democrats and the White House […]
Historic Showdown In Charm City: Obama Gets And Gives In Front Of Hostile GOP Crowd
What was otherwise an ordinary Friday in January turned into a remarkable display of political theater when President Obama, fresh off his State of the Union and a jobs-heavy reset of his stalled agenda, walked into the fire of House Republicans at the GOP’s caucus retreat in Baltimore. This not entirely unprecedented meeting morphed into […]
Pawlenty PAC’s Cash Haul Points To 2012
Let the questions raised about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s fundraising skills and viability as a leader within the Republican Party now fade way. When it comes to cash and grass roots enthusiasm, T-Paw can bring it.
Pawlenty’s political action committee raised $1.3 million in the final three months of 2009 - literally the first three months […]
The Obama Fix: POTUS Touts Jobs As Economy Expands
The White House couldn’t have asked for a better backdrop to President Obama’s second day of selling his renewed efforts to focus on jobs and the economy. As the president prepares to introduce a new plan to boost hiring, the U.S. economy grew at an unexpectedly fast clip of 5.7 percent in the last quarter […]
KSM Trial Could Shift Out Of Manhattan As Administration Acknowledges Pressure
The Associated Press is reporting on Friday that the Obama administration is considering moving the criminal trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other suspects in the 2001 attacks out of New York City. The initial decision for Lower Manhattan to host the proceedings had set off a wave of controversy that the White […]
Obama Kicks Off Post-SOTU Jobs Message In Florida
President Obama and Vice President Biden travel to Tampa, Florida on Thursday for a post-State of the Union town hall that will be the debut of a reframed White House agenda with jobs at its core.
Having said the word “jobs” almost 30 times on Wednesday night, there is little doubt that the president has received […]
GOP Plays SOTU Hardball, Betting That Americans Have Already Given Up On Obama
Despite President Obama’s decidedly centrist message of tax cuts, reduced government spending and an aggressive push on jobs at last night’s State of the Union, Republicans haven’t paused in their criticism of the White House and the proposals outlined in the president’s speech.
The GOP’s attacks started immediately after the president finished on Wednesday night as […]
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