In campaign speeches, Biden said 'middle class' 38 times
Yahoo! News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:14 PM PDT
When a reporter poses a question to the Obama campaign team about how the president will contrast himself with Mitt Romney, Team Obama points to the five "framing" speeches that Vice President Joe Biden has delivered over the last six weeks as the core of their reelection message. |
Secret Service Investigating Another Trip
KAAL Austin Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:14 PM PDT
The Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is investigating whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador. |
GAO says Medicare bonuses are bogus
The Washington Times Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:11 PM PDT
Federal investigators said Monday that the administration is wasting billions on extra bonuses for health plans and should cancel them right away, fueling Republican complaints that President Obama is trying to postpone his health care law's unpopular Medicare cuts until after the election. The bonuses for high-quality Medicare Advantage plans ... |
U.S. on guard for attacks ahead of bin Laden anniversary
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:10 PM PDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has reviewed potential threats to the United States ahead of the anniversary next week of the killing of Osama bin Laden, but there is no concrete evidence that al Qaeda is plotting any revenge attacks, the White House said on Thursday. Bin Laden's killing last year by U.S. commandos is touted by the Obama administration as one of his top ... |
Michael Eric Dyson On Obama Having A ‘Big Stick’: ‘As A Black Man, I Can Agree’
Mediaite Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:10 PM PDT
Today during a speech, Vice President Biden attempted to play off of Teddy Roosevelt's famous "carry a big stick" quote by promising the audience that President Obama "has a big stick." Unsurprisingly, the college-aged crowd (as well as the Internet) ended up having a slightly different interpretation of the comment than Biden intended. However, there response was nothing compared to the ... |
The Current Oil Glut Proves that More Drilling Is Not the Answer
East Bay Express Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:10 PM PDT
Gas prices in California and throughout the nation have jumped by more than a $1 a gallon since 2010. And Mitt Romney, the GOPs presumptive presidential nominee, has been blaming President Obama, alleging that gas prices would be lower if the president had green-lighted more offshore drilling and the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast ... |
Report: Health care law may grow deficit $540B
The Washington Times Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:10 PM PDT
Stirring up an old fight over whether President Obama's health care overhaul will ease or exacerbate the government's deficit, a Republican expert on benefit programs said Tuesday that the law will add billions more to the debt than projected. While the Congressional Budget Office has said the Affordable Care Act ... |
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