Tag: President Obama
President Obama’s Weekly Video Address
I was a bit busy over the weekend and was unable to get to this on Saturday. Also of note. President Obama will be holding townhall meeting at noon today which you can probably watch on the web at CNN as well as live prime-time press conference tonight at 8 p.m. Text of video address […]
Obama Sand Painting
Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, a Cuban-born American artist, created “Expectation”. He says that it “embodies the immense sense of hope felt by Barack Obama’s supporters and raises a mirror to reflect the source of that hope. Obama has awakened an enormous yearning for change that runs deep beneath decades of disaffection with the political establishment.” (h/t likecool)
On Bipartisanship
Ben Smith at Politico captures the state of play as well as anyone at this stage: … “bipartisanship” is as much a brand as any conceivable Washington reality. These House Republicans, as is traditional when a caucus shrinks, are more conservative, and in safer seats, than their predecessors. The notion that they’d wind up anything […]
The West Wing
Very cool floor plan graphics of The West Wing courtesy of the Washington Post. See where the Delawareans are sitting.
Obama To Stay Connected
President Obama won his first battle of his Presidency — he gets to keep his Blackberry. This is good news as this will allow President Obama to increase his circle beyond the bubble that surrounds him at The White House. I know that I can’t go anywhere without staying connected using my iPhone.
Zero Arrests at Obama Inauguration
Approximately 1.8 million people descended on Washington D.C. for the inauguration and no one was arrested. I find this amazing.
Obama’s Inauguration Address
What a speech (full transcript here). It lived up to, and surpassed, my expectations. The bar keeps being raised and Obama keeps getting better. As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to […]
Obama: America’s Renewal
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