Sep 20 President Obama Starts Week at Town Hall, Ends at United Nations The first family walks to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington for Sunday service. Photo by Dennis Brack-Pool/Getty Images. President Obama kicks off his week with a live, one-hour town hall on CNBC focused on jobs and… Continue reading
Sep 17 Obama Taps Wall Street Watchdog Warren as ‘Consumer Czar’ Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren. File photo/Getty Images. Labor unions and liberal grassroots organizations had made it clear to the White House that having Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren head up the new consumer protection agency… Continue reading
Sep 16 On the (Campaign) Road Again President Obama heads back out on the campaign trail Thursday. Photo by Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images. In a sign that no seat is truly safe this election year, President Obama heads back out on the campaign trail Thursday to… Continue reading
Sep 15 O’Donnell’s Tea Party-Backed Win May Put Senate Control Out of GOP’s Reach Christine O'Donnell speaks to supporters after winning Delaware's Republican primary for Senate against Rep. Mike Castle. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Christine O'Donnell's strong, six-point (53 percent to 47 percent) victory over the more moderate Rep. Mike Castle… Continue reading
Sep 14 The Last Big Primary Day Political signs line Hine Junior High School in Washington, D.C. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call via Getty Images. Tuesday is the last major primary day of the year, with voters in seven states and the District of Columbia… Continue reading
Sep 13 The Boehner-Gibbs Sideshow On Sunday, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he would support renewing tax cuts for the middle class. File photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call via Getty Images. As is often the case in politics, there's the storyline being pushed… Continue reading
Sep 10 President Obama Meets the Press President Obama is scheduled to speak to reporters Friday in a nationally televised news conference from the White House. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool/Getty Images. It's been more than three months since President Obama has held a solo news… Continue reading
Sep 08 President Obama Takes On Boehner President Obama and House minority leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. File photo/Getty images. It's not often that a House minority leader's schedule can dictate the president's schedule. But that's precisely what is happening Wednesday. White House press secretary Robert… Continue reading
Sep 07 New Polls Show Democrats in Deep Hole President Obama walks to the Oval Office on Monday after returning from a trip to Milwaukee. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images. The new Washington Post/ABC News and Wall Street Journal/NBC News polls released Tuesday provide a double whammy… Continue reading
Sep 03 The Morning Line: Van Hollen: Tax Cuts for Rich ‘Can Be Part of the Mix in the Very Short Term’ By Terence Burlij The man charged with saving the Democratic majority in the House seems to be providing an opening on a short-term extension for the Bush tax cuts targeted at the wealthiest two percent of Americans. "We know from economists on… Continue reading