Giannoulias to Get Fundraising Boost From Obama in Fight for Obama’s Senate Seat
Colin Powell Portrait Unveiled to Tears and Cheers
Filed under: Emily's Post
Gen. Colin Powell returned to the State Department Monday for an emotional unveiling of his official Secretary of State portrait.
Powell and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over the unveiling of the portrait, which will hang with...
Under Fire, Obama Plans Strategy Shift on Health Care
Filed under: Breaking News, Health Care, Obama Administration
Joe Wilson Made David Axelrod’s Day
Filed under: Woman Up
I was just wondering how David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs were going to regain control of the White House message machine. They have a deft touch, those communications guys, but the post-election honeymoon had ended and the president's boat was taking water. The awkward Steve Hildebrand outburst...Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Owens Over Conservative Hoffman
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans
Republican State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava threw her support to Democrat Bill Owens a day after dropping out of the race to fill former GOP Rep. John McHugh's upstate New York House seat.
David Axelrod Fires Back at Karl Rove on Deficits
Filed under: Bush Administration, Obama Administration
In an op-ed in Friday's Washington Post, Obama senior adviser David Axelrod slammed Karl Rove for a brief Post item last Sunday in which Rove said the Obama administration will "run up more debt by October than Bush did in eight years."...Obama Re-Election Effort Already Taking Shape
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, Primaries, Polls, Obama Administration, 2012 President, Campaigns
It is never too early. Quietly, separated from the public business, President Obama's political aides are gathering information and lining up team players for...Whos’ the Leading Man? It Ain’t Rahm or Ax.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Deep Background, Rahm Emanuel
Did you know that mega-film director James Cameron has infiltrated the White House? Yes, he lent Rahm Emanuel one of the "link" machines from "Avatar" that allows the White House chief of...The Washington Pressure Cooker: If You Can’t Take It, It’s Time to Go
Filed under: Barack Obama, Obama Administration
A Sunday New York Times profile on David Axelrod, perhaps President Obama's closest aide, contains this paragraph:In an interview in his office, Mr. Axelrod was often defiant, saying he did not give a "flying" expletive "about...
Democrats Still Short of Votes But Predict Health Bill Will Pass
Filed under: Senate, House, Barack Obama, Health Care, Obama Administration, Congress
After months of deadlines that have come and gone, White House officials and congressional leaders expressed confidence Sunday that they will get the votes they need this...Obama Aide: No New Drilling Until Oil Rig Blast Explained
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Investigations, Energy, Obama Administration, National Security, Transportation
As oil spill reaches Gulf shore, Obama aide says a plan to expand offshore drilling is on hold until the cause of the BP oil rig explosion is understood.
Commencement Speakers 2010: Barack Obama, Glenn Beck Hit Campuses
Filed under: The Cram
A roundup of the notable honorary appearances at our nation's colleges.
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