Before taking office, Obama aides said the soon-to-be-president would give a “major speech” in a Muslim capital within 100 days of taking office. The “Hallmark holiday” had an actual goal. Today we learned that the speech will happen in Egypt - one of the many possible locations to choose from - on the 136th day [...]
After early afternoon rumors that Souter was headed out after 18 years on the big bench late night “media reports” made it official: he’s leaving at term’s end, as long as he has a successor confirmed.
Nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, Souter was a “moderate conservative” that turned into a consistent liberal [...]
Obama started out with issue #1 on everyone’s mind: swine flu. He even joined the re-branding campaign and called it H1N1. After his opening statement, Obama’s underlying theme was focused on reminding the American people how much he has to deal with as president – he mentioned it numerous times – while the press was more [...]
Ok, lets be clear: No promise any of this will happen. But here’s what I’m looking forward to in tomorrow’s press conference.
1) Obama discussing Specter. Will it be pure elation as we’ve seen already today or measured optimism for the potential direction for Obama’s agenda? - He’s excited but doesn’t expect to have a rubberstamp [...]
Last week, the White House press corps turn to their favorite past time - narcissism - and asked White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to grade the press corps performance over the past 100 days. “Talk about us, Robert!” We used to always get a kick out of those types of questions. Gibbs proclaimed, “An [...]
It’s turning into a BUSY political day after swine flu controlled the airways for the beginning part of the week. Tomorrow is a big milestone for President Obama. The events of his first 100 days in office can be put into three categories. The Good. The Bad. And the Perceived Good.
The Good. His plans to [...]
I just got back from a Fox News hit on “Happening Now” to discuss President Obama’s trip to Mexico and the increasing problems at our southern border with drug trafficking. Jon Scott did the interview and Bob Beckel, campaign manager for Mondale’s 1984 campaign, was my co-panelist. It was a lot of fun. Many thanks [...]
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning President Obama returned from his first overseas trip as president. To follow-up on my column from The Times last Thursday, I wanted to look at the trip from a communications perspective. Did Team Obama have a solid message? Were they able to effectively communicate that message and what [...]
A few interesting headlines this morning.
The first is re: Karl Rove’s reaction to Vice President Biden’s recent comments about former President George W. Bush.
Second, Arizona State University is not awarding President Obama an honorary degree when he speaks at commencement next month. Degrees are conferred on those with “lifetime achievement” and according to ASU, he does [...]
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The Video
Finally! Here is my Fox News appearance from Thursday. For holding up my Flip and recording it off the TV, it turned out alright - although the sound and quality aren’t perfect. You can watch it on YouTube here or below.