Earnest reminded reporters during the White House Press Briefing of Obama’s characterization of his decision to run with Biden on his presidential ticket as the best political decision of his presidency. “I think that should give you some sense of the president’s view of Vice President Biden’s aptitude for the top job,” Earnest said.
Back in Washington D.C. after an extended vacation, President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden sat down for lunch today while reports suggest that the vice president is “leaning towards” a primary challenge to Hillary Clinton’s Democratic nomination for president in 2016.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reacted to the news of the stock market crash on Wall Street earlier today on Fox News, blaming President Obama for racking up too much national debt. “What’s happened is, because this president has run up more debt than any president in American history, that debt has been given to us in large measure by the Chinese,” he said.
President Obama won’t be in the White House to see the market close. Later this afternoon he will board Air Force One for a trip to Las Vegas where he is expected to make a speech at the National Clean Energy Summit to promote his stiff regulatory policy on power plant emissions.
The Obama family returned to Washington D.C. last night after their 17-day vacation on Martha’s Vineyard that included a pair of trips to the beach, nine rounds of golf, a few trips out for dinner and, of course, bike riding.
If anyone still has doubts whether billionaire candidate Donald Trump is here to stay in the presidential arena, not many of them are Republicans.
Rubio warned Republicans against becoming a party defined by anger and frustration, especially on immigration. “I have got to tell you we can’t let anger define us because anger doesn’t solve problems,” he said.
An information technology administrator at the White House is one name in the hacked data of subscribers to the cheating website Ashley Madison, according to the Associated Press.
Americans are increasingly concerned about the direction President Obama is taking the United States regarding its relationship with Iran, according to a new poll from CNN released today.
Sen. Marco Rubio pushed back against fellow Republican candidates who use the term “anchor babies,” including former Florida governor Jeb Bush and billionaire Donald Trump.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is planning a Texas-sized fundraiser this fall with his brother, former president George W. Bush and his father, former president George H.W. Bush.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush explored his emotional side on the trail in New Hampshire this afternoon, proudly telling voters that he was a “nerd ball” and that the Bush family were “cry babies.”
President Obama continued his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard today, spending the afternoon at the beach with his family and the family of U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.
At a townhall rally in Derry, New Hampshire, billionaire candidate Donald Trump compared his presidential campaign to that of establishment candidate Jeb Bush, hosting a meeting about 20 miles away. Trump reminded the audience that Jeb Bush was “going down like a rock” thanks to his “dumb” positions on illegal immigration, reminding them of his “act of love” comments.
One of President Obama’s campaign strategists has joined a committee working to draft Vice President Joe Biden to run in 2016, news reports say. Biden is vacationing with his family and, perhaps, discussing a run with them.
Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, the well known founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, have come out in support of President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal.
President Obama will be the keynote speaker at the National Clean Energy Summit on Monday, August 24. The president will likely use his speech to tout his record of government subsidies for solar and wind power and hybrid vehicles and call for more spending on alternative sources of energy.
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan began working for Obama this week, according to the Washington Blade, and was previously a a policy adviser for the National Center for Transgender Equality. Freedman-Gurspan was hired to work at the White House personal office as the director of outreach and recruitment.
The New York Times reports that Obama is making personal phone calls to congressional Democrats between games of golf and time with family. A White House official indicated that Obama is urging Democrats to publicly support the deal.
Donald Trump continues his dynamic rise in the polls, according to the latest CNN poll, which shows him earning 24 percent of support from Republican and Republican leaning voters.
President Obama returned to the golf course this afternoon, for the sixth time since beginning his two week vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.
President Obama’s former White House press secretary Jay Carney is flexing his crisis management messaging skills in response to a New York Times story that was critical of his new employer’s business practices.
Hours after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toured the Iowa State Fair with a pork chop on a stick, she was filmed on the dance floor with her husband Bill Clinton at an exclusive birthday party on Martha’s Vineyard at the Farm Neck Golf Course.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took shots at former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, saying that even though he was raising the most money in the Republican presidential field, it wouldn’t make him a better candidate.
Donald Trump made a dramatic entrance at the Iowa State fair over the weekend, spending time giving rides to children aboard his multi-million dollar helicopter.
