If anyone says the Obama administration is doing things based on polls, you should point them back to this whole terror prosecution story. Trying the 9/11 plotters is not the most popular thing in the world, but the key is it’s the right thing to do. Our courts have handled worse than these guys, and [...]
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Are People This Naive?
November 16th, 2009
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Back in 2003 I argued to the chagrin of some techno-utopian types at a blogging conference, that as a Howard Dean supporter I would be really upset if he was wasting time blogging when he should be glad-handing with possible supporters. I’m reminded of that because some on the tech blogs are expressing some mild [...]
President Obama In Section 60
November 12th, 2009
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He didn’t introduce himself. He didn’t have to.
President Obama simply stuck out his hand and asked for my name as he stepped toward me amid a bone-chilling drizzle in the Gardens of Stone.
This was Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. I wasn’t there as a reporter, but to visit some friends and family buried there [...]
Video: Obama Fort Hood Speech
November 10th, 2009
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Obama Statement On House Passage Of Health Care Reform
November 7th, 2009
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2009
Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.
The Affordable Health [...]
Exit Polls: Not About Obama
November 3rd, 2009
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The media has a narrative to pull, facts be damned.
Still, majorities of voters in both states (55 percent in Virginia and 60 percent in New Jersey) said President Obama was not a factor in their vote today. Those who said Mr. Obama was a factor in New Jersey divided as to whether their vote was [...]
Bullet Dodging
November 3rd, 2009
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Via Paul Krugman comes this graphic illustrating via global industrial production how the policies of Obama are pulling us out of the economic death spiral that started on Bush’s watch.
Sometimes I Feel Like America Elected Heathcliff Huxtable
November 2nd, 2009
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A sweater at the Halloween party, Mr. President? Really? Did you then bust out the Jell-O puddin’ pops?
Obama Doesn’t Take It Like A “Good” Liberal
October 30th, 2009
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Sites like Business Insider are angry when the White House does things like rebut Edmunds.com’s take on cash for clunkers. Conservative blogs and Fox News do not like when the White House doesn’t just suck up made up stories pushed by Fox News and conservative blogs. The media doesn’t like pushback, particularly not from Democrats.
In [...]
Obama To Dover
October 29th, 2009
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Some presidents actually have respect for the war dead.
President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the United States.
Rahm Emanuel & The Dept. Of Bad Optics
October 24th, 2009
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While I certainly don’t share the dominant point of view in the progressive blogosphere that everything negative in the Obama administration is the work of Rahm Emanuel, I can note that it is less than helpful for the President’s chief of staff to be speaking at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce right when [...]
Robert Gibbs On Cheney’s Beclowning On Afghanistan
October 22nd, 2009
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That anyone listens to people like Cheney is pretty amazing considering the trail of American bodies behind him.
Union
October 3rd, 2009
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Today is President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s wedding anniversary. Congrats to them, they represent our nation well.
Dear Obama Administration Folks
September 30th, 2009
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Seriously, quit apologizing for b.s. The only people who get their jollies off on this sort of thing are right-wing nutters who fantasize about military coups and worse. The opposition is not legitimate, quit legitimizing it.
Olympic Pitch A Waste Of Time
September 28th, 2009
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I don’t subscribe to the GOP/MSM theory that the President is doing too much – that’s what Presidents (the good ones at least) do. But I do think his Olympic pitch trip is silly. You don’t need a President to sell the IOC on holding the Olympics. They’re either going to give it to Chicago [...]
President Obama’s Scarily Consistent Smile
September 27th, 2009
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I guess no other leaders can say “well he smiled more in my picture”.
“Overexposed” Obama, Late Show Edition
September 23rd, 2009
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Landing an appearance by the president seems to be a game-changer at least for one show in late-night television. On Monday night, President Obama lifted David Letterman to his most-watched ‘Late Show’ in four years, with a total of 7.218 million viewers.
Biden Approach To Afghanistan Sounds Right
September 22nd, 2009
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I don’t agree with nation-building, not now in the way the world is currently going, at least. But neither do I think its wise to just get out while Al Qaeda elements are there. Al Qaeda is the target. 9/11. Seriously.
Among the alternatives being presented to Mr. Obama is Mr. Biden’s suggestion to revamp the [...]
