Posts tagged President Obama

Charge! With Bipartisan Hurdle...

By ToPhOrN on February 25, 2010
Charge! With Bipartisan Hurdle Cleared Democrats Will Finish Off Health Care

President Obama challenged Republicans to do some “soul searching” on whether they will support the Democratic health care plan, using the final moments of his health care summit to ask them to put up or shut up. If they don’t want to cooperate, the two... [+]

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25Feb

Obama's new Health Care proposal...

By ToPhOrN on February 22, 2010
Obama’s new Health Care proposal does NOT include a public option

President Obama officially released his own health care reform proposal on Monday in a last-ditch effort to unite the Democratic Party around some sort of comprehensive legislation. Coming days before the much anticipated bipartisan health care reform summit this Thursday, the 11-page White House proposal... [+]

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22Feb

House GOP-ers: Start Over And We'll...

By ToPhOrN on February 9, 2010
House GOP-ers: Start Over And We’ll Come To The Table – White House: No

Congressional Republicans have been calling for more bipartisanship for months, decrying closed-door Democrats-only meetings on health care reform. So President Obama invited GOP leaders to the White House Feb. 25 for a televised, bipartisan summit on reform. In response, House Republicans leaders yesterday sent a... [+]

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09Feb

The Secret History of the Birthers

By ToPhOrN on February 8, 2010
The Secret History of the Birthers

The Birthers were back in force at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. WorldNet Daily founder Joseph Farah used his prime-time speaking slot, broadcast on C-Span, to pump up claims that President Obama was not born in the United States—and received enthusiastic applause from... [+]

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08Feb

Bill Maher For President - Video

By ToPhOrN on February 6, 2010
Bill Maher For President – Video

Bill Maher was a guest on “The Jay Leno Show” Friday and took the time to joke about President Obama’s new populist tone, among other Washington news. After the two laughed about the recent Conan-Leno-NBC debacle, Maher offered up his political observations. On health care... [+]

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06Feb

Obama Tells Conservatives Dems To...

By ToPhOrN on February 3, 2010
Obama Tells Conservatives Dems To Grow A Pair

Just as President Obama’s appearance before the House Republican caucus last Friday gave him an opportunity to push back against some of the most outlandish conservative caricatures of his presidency, his visit with Senate Democrats on Wednesday morning allowed him to confront, head on and... [+]

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03Feb

Republican Asshats think Obama Is...

By ToPhOrN on February 2, 2010
Republican Asshats think Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll

A new poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters illustrates the incredible paranoia enveloping the party and the intense pressure drawing lawmakers further and further away from political moderation. The numbers speak for themselves — a large portion of GOP voters think that President... [+]

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02Feb

Democratic Déjà Vu

By ToPhOrN on January 31, 2010
Democratic Déjà Vu

Democratic differences are endangering Democratic control of Congress, while blame for the collapse of health-care reform has been laid at President Obama’s doorstep. Pundits charge that Obama ceded control of his agenda to a dysfunctional Congress, futilely attempted to negotiate a bipartisan agreement in the... [+]

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31Jan

How to Reform Our Financial System

By ToPhOrN on January 31, 2010
How to Reform Our Financial System

PRESIDENT OBAMA 10 days ago set out one important element in the needed structural reform of the financial system. No one can reasonably contest the need for such reform, in the United States and in other countries as well. We have after all a system... [+]

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Obama visits Verizon Center for...

By ToPhOrN on January 31, 2010
Obama visits Verizon Center for College Basketball

From POLITICO President Obama visited the Verizon Center today to watch the Georgetown Hoyas thump the Duke Blue Devils, 88-77. POTUS sat just feet from the court in a cushioned folding chair, pool reports, just to the right of a line of shirtless students in... [+]

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