Tag Archives: Congressional Republicans

Time to Put Away Domestic Summits

March 1, 2010 – 12:33 am

The Obama White House seems to have two answers for every big communications challenge. The first, a presidential speech. The second, a domestic summit.
We can debate later why the President’s speeches have stopped persuading the public. Here I want to say a word about all these domestic summits. The word is, [...]

By Clark S. Judge (WHWG) | Posted in Presidency | Also tagged , | Comments

The Big O meets the GOP

January 31, 2010 – 12:31 pm

So I watched the president’s appearance before the GOP House caucus.
It came, of course, two days after Mr. Obama delivered his State of the Union address. Drafting an SOU is generally a team effort. I have been on one of those teams (1988), penning the best received, per the pulse polling, [...]

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Time for a White Knight on Health Care?

December 18, 2009 – 12:05 pm

Health care reform has turned into a fratricidal war among Democrats. Liberals vs. moderates; Reid vs. Lieberman; Ben Nelson vs. the world. Meantime, poll numbers for the president, Congressional Democrats, and the reform effort are falling through the floor. The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll shows more Americans would rather do nothing than pass the Reid [...]

By Ed Walsh (WHWG) | Posted in Congress, Presidency | Also tagged , , | Comments

Stop Scaring People! That’s My Job

December 10, 2009 – 10:29 am

The Wall Street Journal reports on a testy exchange between President Obama and Congressional Republicans at the White House yesterday.
“At one point, the president told Republican leaders to ‘stop trying to frighten the American people,’ displaying a chart showing diminishing job losses over the past four quarters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said after [...]

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Fore! GOP Shanks Budget Drive

March 26, 2009 – 5:06 pm

Apparently Republicans spoke too soon — on purpose.
Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports on GOP infighting over today’s press conference to release a budget blueprint that … seems incomplete.
Thrush tells us that Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor have had a more thorough alternative budget in the works for weeks but were strong-armed into today’s announcement by Minority [...]

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Cantor: Yes We Do!

March 26, 2009 – 11:22 am

Turns out all those people who suggested that Republicans lack a coherent plan to counter President Obama’s proposals are wrong. As Politico reports:
House Republicans have begun unveiling detailed alternatives to President Barack Obama’s policies — a concerted effort to push back against Democratic efforts to label them “the Party of No.”
On Wednesday, it was a [...]

By Ed Walsh (WHWG) | Posted in Congress | Comments

GOP: Don’t Look Obstructionist

February 6, 2009 – 1:02 pm

The power of the podium was in evidence this morning as President Obama announced his new team of economic recovery advisors. The president jumped on today’s dismal labor report to urge action on a stimulus bill. He also got in a few lashes at obstructionists in the Senate.
While he did not identify Republicans explicitly, the [...]

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