Or lack their off: At least one prominent former Bush official has the following message for President Obama: I don’t care if it’s warm enough to grow orchids in the Oval Office. Put your suit jacket on. In an interview scheduled to run Wednesday night, Andrew H. Card Jr. told the syndicated news show Inside […]
We got wingnut Ed Morrissey trying to explain it out, in typical wingnut fashion: Outlook isn’t exactly “archaic”. Many organizations use Outlook to handle e-mail, scheduling, and other tasks. It’s not my favorite program, but it works, especially for large organizations. Or at least large organizations that know what they’re doing. {[}]gt; The article Morrissey […]
Everyone remembers the SCHIP debacle last year. Polls showed overwhelming support amongst Americans for the popular program that provides healthcare to children, but Republicans still killed the legislation. Well it is back up, and it looks like the Republicans will really lose out: Republicans appear to have overplayed their hand when blocking the expansion of […]
Day 4 of being President and the media is already crying foul: A growing media frustration with Barack Obama’s team spilled into the open at Thursday’s briefing, with reporters accusing the White House of stifling access to his oath re-do and giving Obama’s first interview as president to a multi-million dollar inauguration sponsor. Veteran CBS […]
No more secrets! On his first day in office, President Obama put former president Bush on notice. His administration just released an executive order that will make it difficult for Bush to shield his White House records–and those of former Vice President Dick Cheney–from public scrutiny by invoking the doctrine of executive privilege. Shortly after […]
Those are the words of Bill Burton, Obama’s spokeman, upon entering the White House. Hopefully that is more change we can see coming.
Today President Obama announced that he was freezing the salary of all White House aides. Not only that, but he also announced he was instituting new limits on lobbyists in the White House.
Talk about inspiration: “Obama on My Mind” will open at a small theater in the British capital in March, producers have announced. The play’s book, music and lyrics are by U.S.-born writer Teddy Hayes. Hayes on Wednesday described the show as a humorous romp set in an Obama campaign office, with songs that mix pop, […]
Checking out the new White House website, I noticed we also now have a White House blog.
Seems like our third branch doesn’t much like the secrecy that the President has been trying to instill: A federal judge on Friday rejected the Bush administration’s latest attempt to keep secret the identities of White House visitors and declared that it engaged in illegal record-keeping practices. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth concluded that the […]