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Wednesday, Dec 16
Obama Tells New Houston Mayor He's 'Watching and Very Proud' - Politics Daily
Obama Tells New Houston Mayor He's 'Watching and Very Proud' Politics Daily (blog) He and Vice President Joe Biden will get their... SHANGHAI -President Barack Obama says there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the ... and more »
Friday, Dec 4
Obama Jobs Summit: I Care, I Really Do - Politics Daily
Obama Jobs Summit: I Care, I Really Do It was telling that Biden Thursday described the administration's $787-billion stimulus package as "much maligned" and Obama called the $700-billion bank ... Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobsThe Associated Press
Thursday, Dec 3
Cheney's Pre-Speech Criticism of Obama on Afghanistan Went Too Far - Politics Daily
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Cheney's Pre-Speech Criticism of Obama on Afghanistan Went Too Far Politics Daily (blog) Conservatives were incensed -- and had a right to be -- when Democratic leaders, including Harry Reid and Joe Biden, took verbal pot shots at George W. Bush ...
Tuesday, Nov 3
NY-23 Will Set Course for GOP of the Future
While Democrat Bill Owens welcomed staff, money and visibility from his party's establishment, including an appearance by Vice President Joe Biden on Monday, Scozzafava spent most of her time during the campaign fighting off increasingly angry attacks from the right.
Friday, Oct 30
Washington in 60 Seconds: Ethics Document Bombshell; Joe Biden Laments Inheriting 'Godawful Mess'
Quote of the Day: Via the White House pool report for Vice President Biden, speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Boca Raton, Fla. -- "His comments were general about most of his central topics: economy, world affairs, health care. 'We inherited a Godawful mess.' "
Thursday, Oct 29
Plouffe Book: Bill Clinton Doomed Hillary's VP Chances, Obama Predicted Palin Choice Debacle
The juiciest parts of advance excerpts from the new book by David Plouffe, President Obama's 2008 campaign manager, concern the vice presidential selection process in both parties. Obama seriously considered Hillary Clinton but concluded Bill Clinton posed too many complications,...
Wednesday, Oct 28
Washington in 60 Seconds: Newt vs. Fred Thompson, Democrats vs. Each Other
Good morning, Capitolists! It's time for your 60-second rundown of what's up in the nation's capital. Here's what's making news in Washington today: The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on head injuries in football. We're not sure what that has to do with the House or the Judiciar...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Michelle Obama to Attend World Series Opener
First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden will attend game one of the World Series on Wednesday night in New York, where the Yankees host the Philadelphia Phillies, the White House announced. The first game of the Series is being dedicated by Major League Baseball to U.S. military...
Biden's Popularity on a Downhill Slide
Vice President Joseph Biden's favorability ratings have been on a downhill slide since his election in November, falling from 59 percent who saw him favorably then to 40 percent now, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Oct. 16-19. Forty percent see Biden favorably and 18 perce...
Monday, Oct 26
Public Option: Win or Lose, Little Down Side for Senate Democrats
And there's always a chance the public option will survive. Reid appears to have adopted what might be called the Olympia Snowe leap-of-faith approach. As the Maine Republican said before voting yes on what she viewed as a less than perfect bill in the Senate Finance Committee, "When histo...
Friday, Oct 23
Michelle Obama Pitches Health Care At Breast Cancer Event
Filed under: The Daily FLOTUS with Lynn Sweet Everyone was "pink pinned" as First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden -- in a rare dual appearance -- headlined an event Friday marking Breast Cancer Awareness month, with Mrs. Obama prodding Congress to pass a health care bill.
NATO Ministers Endorse McChrystal Plan for Broader Afghan Strategy
McChrystal's plan calls for a "full-scale" counterinsurgency strategy that would focus on protecting Afghan population centers from attacks and hasten the training of the Afghan army, both of which would require a significant increase in military personnel. The NATO ministers did n...
Thursday, Oct 22
Michelle Obama More Popular Than President: USA TODAY/Gallup poll
Writes USA TODAY'S Susan Page, "A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the past week shows a surge in positive views of the first lady even as her husband's ratings have eroded. Michelle Obama is now viewed more favorably than the president, and her standing is nearly 50% higher than Vice Presi...
Wednesday, Oct 21
Joe Biden Smoothes Rift With Poland Over Missile Shield
Joe Biden visited Warsaw on Wednesday to propose a missile shield compromise with Poland, which expressed displeasure with President Obama's cancellation of a Bush-era missile shield a month ago, the New York Times reports. Poland and several other Eastern European nations had been d...
Saturday, Oct 17
Castle vs. (Beau) Biden Makes for Close Delaware Senate Race
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and nine-term Republican Rep. Mike Castle are running neck-and-neck when matched up in a race to fill the Senate seat of Biden's father, Vice President Joseph Biden, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Oct. 12-14.
Who Will Save the Women of Afghanistan?
The arguments against a huge troop surge are also strong, however, and possibly more reality based. National Security Adviser James Jones says there are fewer than 100 al-Qaida left in Afghanistan. If al-Qaida has largely relocated to Pakistan, maybe we should refocus our resources the...
Friday, Oct 16
Washington in 60 Seconds: ACORN Losing Friends; U.S. Paying $400 Per Gallon for Gas
Good morning, Capitolists! It's a rainy Friday in Washington, so who could blame President Obama and Vice President Biden for heading west to Texas, California and Nevada? President Obama attends the "Point of Light Forum" at Texas A&M hosted by George H.W. Bush, while Vice Presiden...
Thursday, Oct 15
Beau Biden 'Absolutely' Mulling Senate Run to Fill Dad's Seat
Beau Biden, the oldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, said today that he is "absolutely" considering a run to fill his father's unexpired term in the U.S. Senate for Delaware. Biden is currently the attorney general of Delaware and just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq as a member of the Ar...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Washington in 60 Seconds: 'What's a Little Pain When You Can Party?'
Brent Scowcroft, President George H.W. Bush's national security adviser, told the Washington Times that President Obama has succeeded in changing the tone of America's relationship with the world compared with the George W. Bush administration, but that retreat from Afghanistan woul...
Thursday, Oct 1
Castle Leads Biden in Delaware Governor's Match-Up
The two top names floated for next year's governor's race in Delaware still have not said if they will run, but if they do nine-term Rep. Michael Castle leads Democrat Beau Biden, the state's Attorney General, 47 percent to 42 percent with 6 percent undecided and 3 percent preferring someo...
Friday, Sep 25
Washington in 60 Seconds: Glenn Beck on Fire, a New Senator in D.C., Robert Byrd on the Mend
President Obama will host the G20 in beautiful Pittsburgh today; Joe Biden travels to Georgia to survey flood damage; Paul Kirk gets sworn-in to the Senate at 3:15. And finally, a Special Capitolist Report from the Washington sick bay:
