According to the AP, For the intertwined U.S. economy and presidential politics, it was a year of twists and unexpected turns. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/35766
CNN is reporting that the number of voters who support the president has increased to 50% compared to 44% in March. Jessica Yellin, CNN Chief White House Correspondent, and Ted Metzger, CNN Senior Producer covers this story: The gridlock and partisanship that threatens to ruin Christmas in Washington could be an election year gift for […]
President Barack Obama urged Republicans to join Democrats in extending a payroll tax cut set to expire at year’s end.
In his remarks at The National Mall President Obama said, “For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time, among monuments to those who fathered this nation and those who defended it; a black preacher with no official rank or […]
Yesterday was all about echoes. Echoes from voices past continuing into beyond. A sea of tens of thousands cheer and chanting as they looked up at video monitors showing the first family walking down a pathway of Martin Luther King’s most inspiring quotes en route to a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to honor his […]
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama unveiled a stimulus plan Thursday night that he says will boost hiring and provide a jolt to the stalled economy if it becomes law. A mix of $253 billion in tax cuts and $194 billion in new spending, the total bill for the plan is $447 billion. Given staunch […]
President Obama wrapped up the debt-ceiling debate just in time to celebrate another important milestone, his 50th birthday.Take a look at Jennifer Hudson leading the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to President Barack Obama on the eve of his 50th birthday and check out our photo gallery below: http://specials.washingtonpost.com/mv/embed/?title=Crowd%20sings%20Happy%20Birthday%20to%20Obama&stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Frf%2Fimage_606w%2F2010-2019%2FWashingtonPost%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2FNational-Politics%2FVideos%2F08042011-16v%2F08042011-16v.jpg&flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2F08042011-16v.m4v&width=480&height=270&autoStart=0&clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fcrowd-sings-happy-birthday-to-obama%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2FgIQAyb0qtI_video.html President Obama Releases Birth Certificate, Tells […]
Via Newsone.com: While the full details of the recent debt ceiling deal signed by President Obama have yet to be released to the public, many pundits and political experts are claiming that the hardest hit groups will be the poor and minorities. Since the deal was signed, President Obama has been criticized by the Congressional […]
“What I really want right now is to, to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday,” Obama told NPR recently. He got an early birthday present on Sunday, when leaders of both parties in both houses of Congress hammered out a deal to avoid default. Read More:
We’ve all expressed our opinions, vented, aired it out, and in my heart of hearts, no matter how we got to this point, I believe most of us share a common goal – to re-elect President Obama. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=blog_inner/30402/1573138/The Fly Jock
With millions of Americans unemployed, many economists believe a job growth program powered by another stimulus will help get Americans back into the workplace. While many Washington insiders heard Obama mention the word “slashing” throughout his news conference yesterday, many failed to miss the most important part which had to do with spurring growth. “One […]
Mark Halperin is at the top of the news circuit this morning, not for his work as Time magazine’s editor-at-large. Instead, Halperin is at the center of controversy today for using a common term for a man’s penis and directing such a derogatory statement towards President Barack Obama. On MSNBC’s Morning Joe segment, Halperin exclaimed […]
