Politics
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Living While Obama: A Solar Salute
President Obama speaks at the nation’s biggest farm of solar panels, the Sempra U.S. Gas & Power’s Copper Mountain facility in Nevada. The stop was a part of the president’s four-state trip to promote his renewable-energy policies.
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Romney and Gingrich: Kindred Spirits?
Now that the human pretzel otherwise known as Mitt Romney has won the Illinois primary, thereby re-establishing his claim to be the inevitable nominee of the Republican Party, the pressure is on his rivals to drop out so that he can focus his energy on trying to drive President Barack Obama from the White House.…
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Condi Rice on Being Romney's VP: 'Not Me'
She really couldn’t be any clearer. On Fox News’ Fox & Friends yesterday, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made one more attempt to shut down questions about whether she would consider being Mitt Romney’s running mate if he wins his party’s nomination. From the Washington Post: Rice, now the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior…
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Obama's Day, March 22: Visiting Ohio State University
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTHURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 In the morning, the President will visit the Cushing, Oklahoma area to discuss his Administration’s commitment to improving and supporting the infrastructure that helps us leverage our domestic resources, while also ensuring these projects are developed…
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At NYC Protest, Everyone Was Trayvon
A crowd reaching the thousands gathered for the Million Hoodie March at New York City’s Union Square Wednesday to protest the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and their lawyer Ben Crump, addressed supporters before the mass spilled into the streets. “Our son is your son,” Fulton…
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What Has Health Care Reform Changed?
The second anniversary this Friday of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act comes at a tricky time. While the Obama administration has been busily stumping for the president’s landmark health care reform law, looming just ahead, on Monday, is the start of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could potentially dismantle…
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Trayvon Martin: Time for a Gun-Policy Debate
The tragic case of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old boy fatally shot in a suburban Orlando, Fla., neighborhood last month, has rightly galvanized certain quarters of the country. It has become a symbolic commentary on race, class and justice. But it should also offer a window into a larger, universal question: Where is the meaningful gun-policy…
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Living While Obama: The White House Gets Green
President Barack Obama accepts a bowl of shamrocks from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden look on during a reception in the East Room of the White House on March 20. The president wore greenery in his suit pocket in honor of the Irish leader’s visit,…
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Obama's Day, March 21: Discussing Energy in Nevada
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 In the morning, the President will travel to Boulder City, Nevada. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at McCarran International Airport are open press. While in Boulder City, the President will visit the Copper Mountain Solar…
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Mitt Romney Called Winner of Illinois GOP Primary
Television networks are projecting that Mitt Romney will handily win the Illinois Republican presidential primary. According to the Washington Post, Fox News was the first channel to make the call. Rick Santorum, who had said that he’d take the GOP nomination if he won Illinois, is projected to come in second. Get the latest primary…