According to what we’re being told, Obama did not know that these comments were being taped on Thursday night, as he addressed a group of high-dollar campaign donors in Chicago. According to the LA Times, “the late-night remarks were accidentally piped back into the White House press room, where a couple of diligent reporters heard […]
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Obama’s budget plan
I want to watch this, but I’m really tired, and need to go to sleep. If it’s not asking too much, would you mind watching it for me, and leaving me some notes, so I know whether to be optimistic or pissed off tomorrow morning?
Introducing the People’s Budget
As you no doubt know, President Obama and congressional leaders were able to avert a government shutdown by reaching an agreement on the 2011 budget late Friday night. While we don’t yet know all the facts, it looks as though the Republicans were not successful in their attempts to defund public broadcasting, and stop the […]
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