Today, President Obama announced at yet another one of his campaign events/photo ops at the White House that he would “go anywhere and I’ll do whatever it takes to get this done. It’s too important for Washington to screw this
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) has a new quest: to rid the Senate of the filibuster, a tool used by minority parties to force compromise. And now he has an ally in that quest: President Barack Obama, the same
Jay Carney told the White House press pool that the President is focused on finding out exactly what happened in Benghazi and how to prevent another attack from happening. When asked about contradictory reports coming from top US agencies yesterday
Jay Carney said that any focus on where Ambassador Rice got her talking points or who edited them, as well as what she knew when she mislead the American people on Sunday shows days after the Benghazi attack on the
(AP) – President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with
With the Identity Politics’ Crusade in full-swing as a weapon against Republicans, the story that all House Committee Chairs are filled by men got plenty of media attention. Obama’s similar “man” problem, however, probably wasn’t even looked at by a
Only the Republican party could blow this one: [emphasis added] On Libya, 54% of the country is dissatisfied with the administration’s response to the Benghazi attack, with only four in ten saying they’re satisfied with the way the White House
In an attempt to cover for President Obama’s security failures in Benghazi on September 11, the Associated Press deemed the whole debacle merely a “PR disaster” and speculated it could all just be forgotten if Susan Rice were successfully nominated
In a little-noticed move that bears significant ramifications for fiscal cliff negotiations, President Obama quietly signed a bill today excluding US airlines from any European carbon emissions fee. While environmentalists were pushing Obama to allow Europe to tax the hell
According to one former member of the White House Climate Change Task Force under President Clinton, President Obama may have plans to implement a carbon tax as soon as the fiscal cliff negotiations are settled. Forget the fact that Obama
After White House spokesman Jay Carney explained that Ambassador Rice was in no way connected to the Benghazi consulate, its security, or the intelligence community, Carney was badgered by the White House press pool on why Rice was the Administration’s
Jay Carney: “Those initial assessments were wrong in one respect, there was no protest outside the Benghazi facility. To this day it is the assessment of this Administration and our intelligence community, and certainly the assessment of your colleagues in
Jay Carney told the White House press pool that the focus on Ambassador Rice is “misplaced” when investigating Benghazi. Carney said that “there are no unanswered questions” when it concerns Ambassador Rice, what she knew, and who gave her the
A painting that depicts President Barack Obama as a crucified Jesus Christ is prominently on display at a Boston community college art gallery. Michael D’Antuono, who painted Obama with his arms outstretched on a cross with a crown of thorns
President Barack Obama campaigned on shutting the revolving door that allows administration officials to peddle their influence on K-Street, but top administration officials are looking to land some of the highest-paying lobbying jobs during Obama’s second term. Some top-level officials
Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned on Monday and will be replaced in the interim by Elise Walter. Walker is a Democrat who was appointed by George W. Bush. Sources told the Wall Street Journal that the White House “intends
Today, White House officials – but not President Obama – met with the US Chamber of Commerce to discuss the fiscal cliff situation. In 2010, the Democratic National Committee suggested that the US Chamber of Commerce was taking “secret foreign
According to the White House, hitting the fiscal cliff and forcing across-the-board tax hikes would slam the economy to the tune of $200 billion. The White House sent an email this morning making precisely this point, hoping to pressure Congressional
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff in President Barack Obama’s White House, has written an op-ed in the Washington Post advising America, and Democrats in particular, to follow Chicago’s example in designing their policies, arguing that doing so will
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s lawyers threaten strikes and legal action against Morsi Hamas says it’s OK to smuggle weapons into Gaza again Egypt’s lawyers threaten strikes and legal action against Morsi Anti-Morsi demonstrations in Tahrir Square on
There is a Hebrew word I am fond of which, translated in English, literally means “it would be enough for us.” So you could say hearing eight days plus of the Arab point of view courtesy of CNN and BBC,
(AP) Black voters look to leverage their loyaltyBy SUZANNE GAMBOAAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhen black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders breathed a collective
(AP) Fiscal cliff: How to judge if debt cuts are realBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama and leaders of the lame-duck Congress may be just weeks away from shaking hands on a deal to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff.” So
It now looks as though the White House’s excuse for the pre-election Libya cover-up is itself a cover up. Last week we were told by the Administration (and the compliant media) that during her now-infamous round robin of five Sunday
