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Charles D. Ellison: Revenge of the Black Republican Nerds
Jun 16th
Perhaps one of the more surprising developments in the mysterious case of South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene is the fact that he isn’t Republican. Well, as far as we know.
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Loading ...Axelrod On CBS Early Show: BP Cannot ‘Slow-Walk’ Damage Payments
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — A leading presidential adviser says a critical goal of a White House showdown with BP executives is to make sure victims of the Gulf oil spill won’t be “slow-walked by the company” to their compensation payments.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bob Franken: Soft and Gentle Oval Office
Jun 16th
All I can say is thank heaven for my DVR. Otherwise I would have missed the first couple of innings of the Washington Nationals game
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama’s Oil Spill Speech: What Was The Point?
Jun 16th
President Barack Obama took to the Oval Office to address a nation worried to death over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a location used so much more often by Saturday Night Live than by actual presidents that my brain actually released a small dollop of dopamine in anticipation of comedic parody.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Oil Spill Speech: Vows To Get Tough On BP, Offers Few Concrete Remedies
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — Vowing to “make BP pay,” President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of “recklessness” in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life. “We will fight this spill with everything we’ve got for as long it takes,” declared Obama, whose own presidency has been stumbling because of the gushing oil
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama’s Oil Speech Panned: Short On Details, Broader Climate Plan
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — Vowing to “make BP pay,” President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of “recklessness” in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life. See full video and transcript of the speech here
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oil Spill Estimate Increased To 35K-60K Barrels A Day
Jun 15th
Just hours before the president addresses the nation from the Oval Office, the White House has sent out findings of a new scientific study which pegs the rate of oil flowing into the Gulf at roughly seven to twelve times the initial estimate. According to the work of a group of government and independent scientists under the direction of Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, the amount of oil now being unleashed into the Gulf is between 35,000 and 60,000 barrels per day.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Frank A. Weil: An Updated Job Description for the President of the United States
Jun 15th
Reading the newspapers and watching the TV and Internet news lately (that is, the last decade or so), one cannot escape the sense that the press, the public and the president himself, at times, may have lost track of what the Framers really had in mind as the president’s role and job. In its elegant, simple and direct way, Article II of the Constitution makes it quite clear on a careful reading that, while a president has very wide and broad powers, that person is not charged with the responsibility, nor should be, for every activity that goes on in the country and world while in office. That person is charged with protecting the Constitution, being the military Commander-in-Chief, appointing ambassadors, judges and inferior officers, giving Congress information, recommending “measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient” and, lastly, to take care the laws be faithfully executed
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chris Weigant: Obama’s Pivotal Week
Jun 15th
The White House has apparently realized that they have something of a perception problem when it comes to President Obama and the federal government’s response to the BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. So this week will be devoted to attempting to redeem Obama’s image as being “in charge” of what is going on down there
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Ted Kennedy FBI Files Released
Jun 14th
WASHINGTON — For decades after gunmen shot down his brothers, Sen. Edward Kennedy lived under constant assassination threats of his own, sometimes chillingly specific, as he became a target for extremist rage, previously private FBI documents disclosed Monday
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Alvin Greene’s Criminal Charges Worry South Carolina Democrats
Jun 14th
(AP) – From South Carolina to the White House, don’t blame Alvin Greene if he thinks the whole Democratic world is turning against him.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...April D. Ryan: President Obama’s Sympathy Call to Nelson Mandela
Jun 14th
President Obama recently made a call to 91-year-old Nelson Mandela.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Michael Brenner: Clueless in Gaza
Jun 14th
Two weeks have passed since the Gaza flotilla was assaulted. The reflexive, near instant reaction of the Obama White House was to give strong, blanket support to the Israeli government
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Visits Oil Spill-Hit Gulf Coast For Fourth Time: First Mississippi, Then Alabama, Florida
Jun 14th
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is going back to the Gulf of Mexico, this time venturing on to new ground tainted by oil, before he speaks to the nation about what he’s seen in the afflicted states and what to expect in the weeks ahead. Before the start Monday of a two-day trip to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, the White House announced Obama would order BP to establish a major victims’ compensation fund. When he returns to Washington on Tuesday evening Obama will use his first Oval Office speech as president to address the catastrophe
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Kuttner: Don’t Blame the Dream of Home Ownership
Jun 14th
Here is a fable that is making the rounds.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama To Demand BP Create Liability Account For Spill Claims
Jun 13th
Hoping to make progress on the issue of retroactive liability for the oil spill, The White House is set to demand that executives at BP set up an account from which they will pay out claims to those affected by the spill. A White House official emails the following information about the process: The biggest focus in our upcoming meeting with BP will be setting up an BP-funded escrow account for a third-party administered claims process The President will make clear that he expects, and that if necessary I will exercise his full legal authority to ensure, that BP sets aside the funds required to pay individuals and businesses damaged by this massive spill.
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