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Obama and GOP Senators: Trading Complaints for Debates
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Tuesday, President Obama jaunted up to Capitol Hill to attend the Senate Republicans' weekly private get-together. He had come to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year -- which in congressional terms is rather short. You might have heard that there's an election in November, and legislators up for re-election will be spending much of the summer and fall in their home states doing what they can to keep from joining the ranks of the unemployed. Still, there are plenty of items on Washington's to-do list: immigration, energy legislation, a Supreme Court nomination, and more. ...
Women's Vote Will Likely Decide British Elections
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyMany things are still uncertain as we move toward the British general elections later this spring. But here's one thing everyone agrees on: This election will be decided by women. Signs of women's strategic importance are everywhere you look. Both candidates for prime minister have assiduously courted the "Internet vote" by reaching out to the well-educated, middle-class stay-at-home moms who populate popular sites like Mumsnet. (There's even a new tag to identify these voters -- "cybermums" -- which bears resemblance to America's "soccer moms" of campaigns past.) ...
Why Question Time Is Right for Obama, House GOPers and Washington
By David Corn - Politics DailyAt Wednesday's White House daily briefing, I asked deputy press secretary Bill Burton if the Obama administration would say yes to the cross-partisan coalition of bloggers, commentators, politicos and techies calling on the president and GOP congressional leaders to commit to regular, frequent and public Q&As between the commander-in-chief and the opposition party. (I have a special interest in the matter, as one of the organizers of this barely organized effort.) Burton, no doubt, had anticipated the query, and he noted that White House strategist David Axelrod had already maintained that ...
Obama Takes 'Question Time' to Senate Democrats
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Feb. 3) – As second acts go, President Obama's "question time" session with Senate Democrats on Wednesday was hardly dramatic. Unlike his earlier meeting with House Republicans in Baltimore, Obama faced a friendlier audience that mostly shared his agenda, even if those facing close re-election battles next fall tried to sound tough when they were called upon. "The questions were rather tame," Rutgers University political scientist Ross Baker said. "It was more like a family reunion." Or an episode of "Father Knows Best," in which a beneficent and generous Obama offered ...
Bloggers Launch Campaign for More Obama-GOP Question Time
By David Corn - Politics DailyLast Friday afternoon, President Obama and House Republicans made history. At the GOPers' issues retreat in Baltimore, the president fielded sharp questions from the Republican legislators on critical issues: health care reform, taxes, the budget, the stimulus, energy, government transparency, earmarks, and other matters. The exchanges, broadcast live on the three cable news networks (with Fox News cutting away in the middle), were substantive and civil. The session -- a far cry from the soundbite sallies of conventional political discourse -- was gripping to watch. (You can see the video ...
Opinion: State of the Union Needs More Pow, Less Pomp
By Bob Lehrman - AOL News
(Jan. 26) – Jan. 12, 1966, was a night of firsts. It was the day Adam West first appeared on TV as Batman, dispensing justice to villains like the Riddler while brightly colored Pow!s and Zap!s exploded across the screen. Later that night, Lyndon Johnson first announced in his State of the Union that he expected to stay in Vietnam "as long as aggression commits us to battle." And when he finished, TV viewers saw something else new: the first-ever televised response to the State of the Union. Forty-four years later, Adam West is off the screen and Vietnam is history. But the annual ...
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