Tag: President Obama

Obama’s Approval Rating Up Slightly

Filed in National by on April 9, 2012 0 Comments
Obama’s Approval Rating Up Slightly

Though, it’s not very much, it appears as if there is a trend here as Obama’s numbers continue to move up. I guess we need to that the Republican War on Women and the Democrats finally fighting back.

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Who Are The Centrists?

Filed in National by on April 9, 2012 0 Comments

In Paul Krugman’s column today on the fallacy of Paul Ryan,Krugman asks, “Who are the centrists?”.

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President Obama’s Easter Message

Filed in National by on April 6, 2012 4 Comments
President Obama’s Easter Message

What follows is an excerpt from President Obama’s remarks at the Easter Prayer Breakfast earlier this week.

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President Obama Speaks On The Trayvon Martin Case

Filed in National by on March 23, 2012 55 Comments

At a news conference today, President Obama was asked about the Trayvon Martin Case. His response is inside.

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SOTU — Put Your Pundit Hat On

Filed in National by on January 24, 2012 23 Comments

This evening, President Obama goes to the House and delivers his State of the Union Address, and address that is widely advertised as either a bookend to the Osawatomie speech from last month, or an extension of it.

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BREAKING: More Recess Appointments

Filed in National by on January 4, 2012 4 Comments

Think Progress is reporting: President Obama is planning to announce today that, in addition to his recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he will also use his recess appointment powers to place Department of Labor Attorney Sharon Block, labor lawyer Richard Griffin, […]

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What Have You Done For Me Lately?

Filed in National by on October 24, 2011 3 Comments
What Have You Done For Me Lately?

If you think Obama’s done nothing, think again.

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Crawling in the Gutter

Filed in Delaware by on September 22, 2011 16 Comments

Fay Voshell over at that right-wing “blog,” decided to post a video she found humorous. The video is a scene from some movie with Hitler in it, being briefed by his high command. But the translation is supposed to be President Obama’s staff telling him that a website set up to fight the smears of […]

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President Obama’s Speech Open Thread

Filed in National by on September 8, 2011 42 Comments

Have at it.

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Al Gore on Obama

Filed in National by on September 8, 2011 3 Comments
Al Gore on Obama

“Instead of relying on science, President Obama appears to have bowed to pressure from polluters who did not want to bear the cost of implementing new restrictions on their harmful pollution—even though economists have shown that the US economy would benefit from the job creating investments associated with implementing the new technology.”

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What Rift with Obama Supporters

Filed in National by on September 6, 2011 17 Comments
What Rift with Obama Supporters

“Four more years! Four more years!”

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As The DC Turns

Filed in National by on September 1, 2011 6 Comments
As The DC Turns

Jobs speech, we don’t need no stinking jobs speech.

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Something Broke

Filed in National by on August 5, 2011 40 Comments

I think that there has been a shift that may have broken many things.  I think that the whole debt deal and the recriminations have emboldened the detractors on both sides of the President.  And I think that the people that have trusted and continue to trust the President to do the right thing are […]

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