June 23, 2011 – 5:31 pm
You do have to truly love the hypocrisy: Environmentalists, liberal celebrities plan White House protest A group of environmentalists and liberal celebrities are organizing civil disobedience protests at the White House against a proposed oil pipeline — with the emphasis on “civil.†In an open letter, actor Danny Glover, activists Bill McKibben, James Hansen, David […]
June 16, 2011 – 7:30 am
Oh, wait, sorry, my bad. The Fish Wrap does everything possible to avoid mentioning that Obama has played 72 times, 14 this year, and 11 weekends in a row, but, they do say For Many Politicians, Golfing Is Off Course Less than 20 miles from the Capitol’s steps, through the buttoned-down section of the city […]
June 15, 2011 – 4:41 pm
Get your hip-waders out The White House is telling Congress that President Obama has the legal authority to continue American participation in the NATO-led air war in Libya, even though lawmakers have not authorized it. “We are acting lawfully,†said Harold Koh, the State Department legal adviser, who expanded on the administration’s reasoning in a […]
June 14, 2011 – 8:56 am
No, really Obama: It’s ‘nonsense’ I’m calm about state of economy In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry that aired Tuesday, President Barack Obama addressed the notion that he is unemotional about the human toll that the economic crisis has taken. “I think ordinary folks understand I spend all my time thinking about this […]
June 13, 2011 – 1:52 pm
From Haaretz Washington is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accede to its proposal to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on the basis of U.S. President Barack Obama’s May 19 speech. An Israeli source who spoke recently with senior officials in Washington said the Americans were very frustrated with Netanyahu’s behavior, feeling that he was impeding […]
June 13, 2011 – 7:24 am
It’s great that ThePolitico’s Darren Samualsohn is asking questions about Obama’s green jobs agenda, but, he forgot to ask a few others, such as “how many jobs did the green agenda cost?” We learned from Spain that for ever one created, two private sector jobs are lost. Also, how much do the ones actually created […]
June 9, 2011 – 11:29 am
Because this has worked so wonderfully since he took over as (not my) President President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea, […]
June 7, 2011 – 4:02 pm
Nate Silver has an interesting piece up at the NY Times entitled The 10-Word Question That Could Cost Obama the Election. Skipping past a recitation of just what Carter was facing, we get to Mr. Reagan would win overwhelmingly, however, claiming 44 states (even Massachusetts and New York) while limiting Mr. Carter to just 41 […]
June 5, 2011 – 8:32 am
Good news! He’ll do what he does best: lie and Blame Others After months of relatively robust job growth, President Barack Obama and his team must now reckon with the reality that the economy probably won’t be on firm ground during the 2012 campaign — and that he must temper some of the Morning-in-America optimism […]
June 4, 2011 – 9:45 pm
Um, yes, he would President Obama headed to the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday for an afternoon game. Funny comment by KALA Isn’t that where he always is? It will be NEWS when he ISN”T playing golf. How many rounds is this? People have lost count.
