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Obama: The Manipulated Puppet or the Ventriloquist’s Dummy

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:23:03 GMT

This week members of the Congressional Black Caucus met to say that Obama’s top people (Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod) are not responsive to the needs of African Americans and to the concerns expressed by the Black Caucus, nor will these men allow the...
Source: Red County

In Defense of Desiree Rogers

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:27:07 GMT

On Nov. 24, 2008, Desiree Rogers was tapped by then President-elect Barack Obama to be the new White House Social Secretary, working in an office of the East Wing overseen by First Lady Michelle Obama. The night before the announcement, Rogers and Mrs.
Source: Politics Daily

Keep looking like you belong

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:42:10 GMT

Party crashing is an ancient custom in Washington. What’s different about Tareq and Michaele Salahi, who famously crashed the Obamas’ state dinner, is that they seemed to be purely social climbers, there to be photographed with the mighty.
Source: Ventura County Star

You may not be "Pro-Israel" if....

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:48:39 GMT

Moshe Phillips The recent media attention garnered by the relatively new J Street lobby necessitates an examination of the very notion of the term "Pro-Israel." Until very recently the J Street was always self-branded as "Pro-Israel."
Source: Renew America

Remember 'never let a serious crisis go to waste' when you are jobless

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:35:39 GMT

By now, everyone has heard the quote from the man closest to the president, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, "That you never let a serious crisis go to waste." Think about that. If a crisis can go to waste, certainly it could be over too soon.
Source: Chillicothe Gazette

Big primary challenge news: Blanche Lincoln, John Barrow and? Donna Edwards?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:07:41 GMT

Today brings big news about primary challenges to incumbent Democrats in at least three campaigns: Primaries remain one of the few leverage points we have with Congress. I say we lean on the lever as often, and as hard, as possible.
Source: Open Left

Secret Service's Sullivan Takes the Hot Seat

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:48:08 GMT

Head bowed, U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan mumbled (or maybe his microphone is just too far away, but for those of us in the room he's incredibly hard to hear) his way through a morning of tough questions at a House Homeland Security...
Source: Time Magazine

Lefty Blogger Moves Against Obama

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:10:42 GMT

While President Barack Obama has struggled to keep the center together, he's had one unquestioned political success: Keeping the left at bay.
Source: Accuracy in Media

Quoted in 'Change: Tax Cuts For The Wealthy, Deploy More Troops'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:18:25 GMT

said in Riehl World View:

If the House Republicans had a vote like this the same week Bush announces a troop surge, Rahm Emanuel and the folks at the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] would've been popping champagne

Quoted in 'Reducing Long-Term Budget Deficit `Foremost' in Obama's Mind, Emanuel Says'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:21:41 GMT

Rahm Emanuel said in Bloomberg.com:

You can’t get from here to there on global warming if you don’t have a theory of the case as it relates to nuclear power

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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:22 GMT

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 10, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:37 GMT

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addresses the United Jewish Communities/Jewish Federation of North America during their General Assembly November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Brian Williams At The White House-Rahm Emanuel

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:15:33 GMT