Obama signs Sept. 11 first responders bill
Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:41 pm PST
 AP - President Barack Obama said Sunday he was honored to sign a bill to provide aid to survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks and first responders who became ill working in the ruins at the World Trade Center. Full Story | Top |
Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceiling
Sun, 2 Jan 2011 01:46 pm PST
 AP - Some Republican lawmakers said Sunday they opposed raising the ceiling on the nation's debt without tackling government spending, and President Barack Obama's top economic adviser warned against "playing chicken" on the issue. Full Story | Top |
Issa the statesman?
Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:19 am PST
Politico - New House oversight committee chairman says the panel will not conduct a witch hunt against Obama. Full Story | Top |
Pope denounces abuses of Christians
Sat, 1 Jan 2011 06:33 pm PST
 AP - Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians to remain strong in the face of intolerance and violence in a New Year's appeal that came several hours after a bomb blast outside an Egyptian church that killed at least 21 people as worshippers left Mass. Full Story | Top |
Is Obama's Ambassador Gunning for His Job?
Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:15 am PST
The Atlantic Wire - When President Obama appointed Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to serve as U.S. ambassador to China in 2009, political strategists deemed it a cunning political move. Enlisting Hunstman, a fast-rising GOP star, would surely preclude him from launching a 2012 presidential bid. Or so they thought... This week, Newsweek's McKay Coppins advances the notion that Huntsman will run in 2012. It's a highly speculative piece and some are already pouring cold water on it. Nevertheless, it relies on two reported moments. First, the interview Huntsman gives to Coppins."You know, I’m really focused on what we’re doing in our current position,†Huntsman says. “But we won’t do this forever, and I think we may have one final run left in our bones.†Coppins then presses him on 2012 and Huntsman "declines to comment." To Coppins that was a "winking response" or "about as close to a hat-in-ring announcement as you’ll get from a sitting member of the incumbent’s administration." Secondly, Huntsman insiders tell Coppins that the former Utah governor has been meeting with "several former political advisers in Washington and Salt Lake City to discuss a potential [2012] campaign." And that's a wrap.Obviously, Coppins isn't laying out enough facts to make an airtight case—but is his story plausible?No: This Just Doesn't Make Sense, writes James Fallows at The Atlantic:Political speculation is fun, and we do a lot of it (a) because so many weird things do happen, and (b) there's so little penalty for being proven wrong. But before Newsweek gave this such splashy display, they might have asked: does this pass the "are you kidding" test? To me, it does not...Huntsman is part of the Obama administration. He is right in the middle of dealings with America's most important foreign-policy partner/challenge. So in the GOP Primaries, how exactly is he going to out-anti-Obama anyone else in the field, given that he has served Obama (and, yes, the country) so loyally? The retorts from all the other Republicans are almost too easy. "If Ambassssadorrr Huntsman is so concerned about the Obama threat to America, then why,...?" Full Story | Top |
Saul Anuzis steps up to battle Michael Steele for RNC chairmanship
Sat, 1 Jan 2011 06:25 am PST
Daily Caller - The first candidate to throw his hat in the ring for the Republican National Committee chair in November, national GOP committeeman Saul Anuzis said the RNC needs a fresh start after a tumultuous two years that involved a host of “gory details” that “donors and activists don’t want to relive.” Full Story | Top |
Gay Republican and possible 2012 presidential candidate Fred Karger talks to theDC
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:42 pm PST
Daily Caller - “I don’t know about the next election, but I think in the near future,” said former President Jimmy Carter recently when asked about the possibility of America electing a gay president. Carter argued that because the country voted for an African-American president two years ago before coming close to nominating the first woman candidate, the country could be open to a gay one. Full Story | Top |
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