National Journal: Republican Bob Turner holds a six-point lead in next week’s special election to replace disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., according to a new Siena College poll released early Friday that shows voters in the overwhelmingly Democratic district are poised to deliver a stinging rebuke to President Obama and his party. Turner leads [...]
Notice how as Biden tries to begin a conversation, quite likely about the upcoming American Jobs Act that they’re all gathered for,with “Hey, man, we’ve got a lot of work…”, Boehner quickly cuts him off and forces the conversation into inane golf chatter, sparing himself. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
ABC News: Officials from the Department of Energy have for months been sitting in on board meetings as “observers” at Solyndra, getting an up-close view as the solar energy company careened towards bankruptcy after spending more than $500 million in federal loan money. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Word of the Energy Department’s unusual arrangement [...]
Boston Globe: Officials released President Obama’s uncle from Plymouth County jail yesterday after holding him for more than two weeks on an immigration detainer for violating an order to return to his native Kenya in 1992. US officials refused to disclose any other information about Onyango Obama, who remained in the United States undetected until [...]
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CBS: CHICAGO (CBS) — The head of a local Islamic-American organization says that after this year, except for remembering its victims, it’s time for America to move on from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bernie Tafoya reports, Ahmet Rehab of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says many people still [...]
The Hill: Vice President Biden said Friday that a car bomb might be part of the terrorist threat on the U.S. planned to coincide with the upcoming tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. “We do have talk about using a car bomb,” Biden said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “We’ve been told that that [...]
These people will never be capable of joining civilization… Wall Street Journal: KABUL—The Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan also uprooted 16-year-old Abdul Ghattar from his village in war-torn Helmand province, bringing him to a desolate refugee camp on the edge of Kabul. Yet Mr. Ghattar stared blankly when asked whether [...]
The Hill: President Obama received a subdued response from Republicans Thursday night when he unveiled a $447 billion stimulus plan to a joint session of Congress. Democratic lawmakers in the chamber warmed up to the president’s speech as it rolled on but Obama did not get the same boisterous response from his party as at [...]
Bloomberg: Stocks fell for a second day and German two-year yields declined to a record after President Barack Obama detailed his $447 billion plan to boost hiring. Obama called on Congress to pass his package after jobs growth stalled last month, fueling concern the U.S. recovery is faltering. (Reuters) – Stock index futures fell on [...]
Politico: Rep. Maxine Waters has been critical of President Obama’s job-creation efforts, but she had a positive first reaction to his speech Thursday night. “I think he got it right,” the California Democrat said on a CBS News webcast shortly after Obama finished his address to Congress. Waters, who has generally been an Obama ally, [...]
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Politico: After threatening to quit the Congressional Black Caucus over controversial remarks from colleagues about the tea party, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) says he’s staying aboard after all. West, a tea party favorite in his first term in Congress, had flirted with leaving the group after comments at a CBC event from Rep. Andre Carson [...]
