Obama Administration
GOP to Obama & Dems on Stimulus: Let the Battle Begin
The question has been floating around unanswered ever since Barack Obama won the presidency on November 4: How would the Republican Party on Capitol Hill interact with an increased Dem majority in Congress and a Democrat in the White House for the first time since January 2001? We just might have our answer…
With the joint […]
The Obama Test?
It’s probably safe to assume that Joe Biden wasn’t thinking of Israel when he proclaimed on the presidential campaign trail something along the lines that there will be an “international test” for Obama soon after he takes office (and that was still an “if” in October…). Maybe Russia or Iran - certainly not Israeli, our […]
There’s No Stopping the Obama Tax Cuts - or Obama Stimulus
With Obama out of touch in Hawaii and the economy still tumbling into more alarming and historic depths, speculation was rampant about the ultimate fate of both the promised stimulus of nearly a trillion dollars and the Obama campaign pledge to carry out middle-class tax cuts. Could an Obama administration afford both massive infrastructure spending […]
The Buzz
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos reported yesterday that insider Democratic sources have confirmed that the much delayed and decidedly secretive “definitive” report from the Obama transition team on their one-on-one contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will show - when formally released, of course - that incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emaneul made only one […]
Video of the Day: PEBO’s Weekly Address
While the novelty of our next POTUS speaking to the people via YouTube may have worn off, President-elect Obama’s transition team continues to make an effort to bring back the buzz by using the weekly video address to unveil the selections for White House administrative posts.
In today’s address Obama focused on climate and science as […]
More Obama Cabinet Decisions…
It’s a mad dash to beat the Christmas to New Year’s break for President-elect Obama and his increasingly harried transition team. After a week filled with Chicago press conferences to introduce cabinet/administrative positions and internal White House advisory staff, there will be a another presser in the Windy City tomorrow that will most likely introduce […]
The Buzz
President-elect Obama continued his round of administration roll-outs and seemingly daily press conferences this morning as he introduced more members of his financial team and took more questions at another presser in Chicago. Obama formally introduced Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, an important and high-profile post, especially in the wake of […]
Obama Presser Puts Focus on Energy Team
The 5 PM presser held today by President-elect Obama will ostensibly be to introduce his prospective energy/environment team for his cabinet and the White House and then to discuss said team and related issues Obama himself will face once inaugurated and in office. The names to be introduced today have already been leaked to the […]
PEBO Names HUD Secretary in Video Address
President-elect Obama chose the occasion of his usually mundane weekly radio/video address to unveil another new face in his cabinet, announcing Shaun Donovan as his choice to be the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Donovan is currently the New York City housing commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg, although he did serve in HUD under […]
Obama’s Role in Blago Scandal?
That “role” is officially and absolutely nothing according to the prosecutor of the massive Blagojevich corruption case, US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald…
US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said this afternoon that a federal corruption case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes no allegations of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama.
“We make no allegations that he was aware of […]
