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Blog Entries for Wednesday, October 19
Gingrich Fights On
Several months ago, the conventional wisdom was that Newt Gingrich's campaign for President was over, that he should abandon ship and get out of the race for the White House. Now the polls have shown Gingrich showing some signs of life. "I feel a little bit like Mark Twain, who ...
Romney v Perry
As the Republican candidates for President leave Sin City after their debate on Tuesday night, it's clear that more sharp elbows are in the forecast as the GOP hopefuls try to separate themselves from each other. It was a feisty debate on the Las Vegas Strip, as the candidates began ...
9-9-9 Vegas Smackdown
If Herman Cain wondered what his future would be like now that he has reached the upper levels of the GOP race for the White House, the new reality was brought home by the first question of Tuesday night's debate, which turned into a party-wide smackdown of his economic plan. ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, October 18
GOP Vegas Debate Preview
The hours before a debate often have some of the qualities of the hours before a football game, as we try to figure out which candidate might do what in tonight's Republican debate in Las Vegas. In an appearance on the Neal Boortz Show, Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn't give ...
Iowa Picks January 3
The final bricks in the primary and caucus schedule for the 2012 Presidential race are starting to fall into place, as Iowa has decided to hold its caucus voting on Tuesday January 3. That now leaves the next move to New Hampshire, which has threatened to holds its first-in-the-nation primary ...
Blog Entries for Monday, October 17
Fear and Loathing in Vegas
The Las Vegas Strip is the backdrop tonight as seven major Republican candidates for President take center stage in another GOP debate, as new polls show Herman Cain gaining even more momentum in the GOP race. The latest CNN poll has Mitt Romney leading with 26%, Herman Cain at 25% ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, October 16
Another Week Off
There is so much work to do in the Congress on so many issues, but the schedule for lawmakers continues to include more time off - as the House is out of session this week, while the Senate will be out next week. For the House, this is the beginning ...
Obama Bus Tour II
The armored Secret Service bus is expected to make a return this week for President Obama, as he heads out on a three day bus tour of North Carolina and Virginia, two pivotal states for Democrats in next year's elections. If you're wondering, the White House says this trip is ...
Blog Entries for Friday, October 14
Part of Health Reform Law Suspended
The Obama Administration has announced that a major new program for long term health care insurance that was part of the Obama health reform law will be suspended because of a simple fact - it will cost too much money. Officials had been trying to figure out how to keep ...
US Troops to Africa
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release October 14, 2011 TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE October 14, 2011 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) For more than two ...
Boehner v Obama
Reporters are used to getting e-mails from the White House which are often titled, "Readout of the President's call" with a world leader or some important figure related to a major news story. So it was something different to get one of those from Speaker John Boehner's office. And it ...
Blog Entries for Thursday, October 13
Postal Reform Advances
A key U.S. House panel on Thursday approved a sweeping Postal Reform bill, trying to find a way to erase billions each year in red ink at the Postal Service. "This is one of those pieces of legislation, one of those issues, that has to have finality in a brief ...
GOP Jobs Bill
With President Obama taking more shots at Congressional Republicans today, GOP Senators pushed back as they unveiled their own jobs bill, a plan that seems more likely to draw scorn than anything else from the White House. The GOP plan includes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, a repeal ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, October 12
Jobs Bill Strategy
A day after President Obama's jobs bill ran aground because of a Republican-led filibuster in the Senate, there was lots of talk in the hallways of the Capitol about finding a bipartisan way forward, but not much overt evidence that it would happen any time soon. "We'll introduce individual pieces ...
Getting Things Done
For much of this year, the story line in the Congress has been how the Democratic Senate and the Republican House have been unable to agree on a host of measure, especially when it comes to jobs. You might not realize it, but outside of the debate over the Obama ...
Fast and Furious Subpoenas
House Republicans today announced that they had sent subpoenas to Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to gain more information about Operation Fast and Furious, the controversial gun-walking program that allowed weapons to go to Mexican drug gangs. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) says his Oversight Committee wants some ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, October 11
Dartmouth Debate Post Mortem
While it didn't have as many fireworks and teeth-chattering exchanges as the three GOP debates in September, the Republican forum last night at Dartmouth College may have strengthened the hand of the top tier in that party's race for the White House. Once again, Mitt Romney seemed more than ready ...
Next Step on Obama Jobs Bill
After Senate Democrats failed to muster 60 votes to break a filibuster against a revised version of President Obama's jobs bill, the question is can lawmakers find any compromise economic growth plan to support this year? The Senate vote was 50-49 to force a start to debate on the jobs ...
Obama Bar Stop in Orlando
Subject: Travel pool report #9 - construction workers stop POTUS, with a pint of Guiness, cheers with unemployed construction workers - "To more jobs..." Motorcade was rolling at 6:58 pm and stopped at 7:01 pm for President Obama's visit with unemployed construction workers an Irish bar in downtown Orlando. When ...
Cain To Target Romney
One different thing about tonight's debate in New Hampshire is that each Republican candidate will get a chance to ask one question of one of their competitors. That could make for some interesting exchanges depending on the pairs involved and the query. The way the candidates are arranged on stage ...
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