Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition
June 11, 2009 – 1:51 pm | One Comment

Speaking at a town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin, President Barack Obama addressed head on what is the hot debate of the day.

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Obama Says Now Is The Time For Health Care Reform
June 11, 2009 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
Obama Says Now Is The Time For Health Care Reform

President asks critics of health care reform, “What’s the alternative?”

Obama Pitches Pay-as-you-go Plan for Congress
June 9, 2009 – 3:26 pm | No Comment
Obama Pitches Pay-as-you-go Plan for Congress

President Barack Obama is challenging Congress to force itself to pay for new spending as it goes rather than sink the nation deeper into a debt, calling it a matter of public responsibility.

White House Focuses On Stimulating The Stimulus
June 8, 2009 – 4:40 pm | No Comment
White House Focuses On Stimulating The Stimulus

Stimulus plan has created or saved 150,000 jobs in its first 100 days.

GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care
June 8, 2009 – 4:34 pm | 2 Comments
GOP Senators Warn Obama On Health Care

Officials say top Democrats in the House are circulating health care proposals that would require individuals to purchase insurance if they can afford it and slap an unspecified financial penalty on those who refuse.

Gay Groups Grow Impatient With Barack Obama
June 4, 2009 – 8:15 am | No Comment
Gay Groups Grow Impatient With Barack Obama

President Barack Obama’s promises of change are falling short for one core Democratic constituency: gays and lesbians, whose leaders say Obama’s administration isn’t keeping up with the times.

Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor
June 4, 2009 – 7:19 am | No Comment
Michelle Obama Joins Push For Sotomayor

The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday.

Is The GOP Paranoid When It Comes To Obama?
June 4, 2009 – 6:42 am | No Comment
Is The GOP Paranoid When It Comes To Obama?

Listening to the paranoid Republicans, you’d think that Barack Obama is working night and day to give away what’s left of U.S. power.

Obama Speech Draws Strong Reactions From Egyptians, Arabs And Israelis
June 4, 2009 – 6:28 am | No Comment
Obama Speech Draws Strong Reactions From Egyptians, Arabs And Israelis

According to UPI, the reaction within Israel to Obama’s speech was ‘divided.’

A Day In The Life of Obama’s White House
June 3, 2009 – 3:03 pm | No Comment
A Day In The Life of Obama’s White House

Descending on the West Wing with 32 cameras and 25 producers, NBC News gets a glimpse of the extremely young, fast and loose players who make up Team Obama. Watch the first hour.

President Obama, with Nancy Reagan, Signs Law for Ronald Reagan
June 3, 2009 – 2:43 pm | No Comment
President Obama, with Nancy Reagan, Signs Law for Ronald Reagan

The President is joined by Nancy Reagan when he signs the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission honoring his memory.

Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech
June 3, 2009 – 1:34 pm | No Comment
Obama Using Facebook, Texting To Push Muslim speech

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said administration officials are planning to use text messaging and social networking sites like Facebook to help engage the world.

Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment
June 3, 2009 – 12:33 pm | No Comment
Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment

President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Rep. Jim Leach as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Steele Rips Obama’s Plans For GM
June 3, 2009 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Steele Rips Obama’s Plans For GM

Steele refers to the GM plan as “government intrusion.”

Are Politician’s Wives Given A Fair Shake By The Media?
June 2, 2009 – 1:24 pm | No Comment
Are Politician’s Wives Given A Fair Shake By The Media?

Are modern politicians’ wives seen as intelligent, influential individuals? Or merely fashion plates and targets of gossip?

Mitt Romney Angered By President’s Apologetic Stance
June 2, 2009 – 1:10 pm | No Comment
Mitt Romney Angered By President’s Apologetic Stance

Republican Mitt Romney, seen as a likely contender for the White House in 2012, scolded President Barack Obama on Monday, arguing that he has failed to take a tougher line against U.S. critics in the …

Tom Tancredo Likens Sotomayor’s Membership In Civil Rights Group To Membership In The KKK
May 28, 2009 – 5:52 pm | 2 Comments
Tom Tancredo Likens Sotomayor’s Membership In Civil Rights Group To Membership In The KKK

Former Colorado congressman and radical anti-immigration activist, Tom Tancredo, attacked judge Sonia Sotomayor in a CNN appearance on Thursday, claiming Sotomayor’s affiliation with the National Council of La Raza was equivalent to being a member …

President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform
May 28, 2009 – 5:40 pm | One Comment
President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform

President Barack Obama warned Thursday that if Congress doesn’t deliver health care legislation by the end of the year the opportunity will be lost, a plea to political supporters to pressure lawmakers to act.

Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan
May 27, 2009 – 1:40 pm | No Comment
Obama Touts Successes of Stimulus Plan

On the 100th day since he signed his economic stimulus bill into law, President Barack Obama touted its successes. The president says the plan has saved or created 150,000 jobs.

Economic Recovery By Years’ End
May 27, 2009 – 1:35 pm | No Comment
Economic Recovery By Years’ End

First Trust Advisors Chief Economist Brian Wesbury weighs in on the NABE survey that forecasts the end of the economic downturn by the end of the year.

U.S. Healthcare Reform? Nancy Pelosi? Political Cartoons
May 21, 2009 – 3:22 pm | One Comment
U.S. Healthcare Reform? Nancy Pelosi? Political Cartoons

Jeff Parker, Florida Today.