I’m convinced there are no new arguments in Washington; the only thing that changes is the side that is making them. As House Democratic leaders consider their options for passing the health care bill, there is going to be a lot of talk about the use of the “self-executing rule” — or, as Republicans are [...]
From our White House photo blog: I’m sure that, as always, our commenters will have great suggestions for captions. But my own on this one: The Obama girls on their revised Spring Break trip. UPDATE: Commenter grape_crush FTW: “Lilliputian Ambassador’s Helicopter Finds Alternate Landing Pad.”
Okay, call it more of the same. But this story by David Hilzenrath (page A4 of the Washington Post) is an important reminder that it’s ugly out there, even for those of us lucky enough to have the very best coverage:
Then again, there’s this from one of today’s White House pool reports: Subject: WH print pool 4 Left hotel at 11:58 am. Unidentified woman in the crowd appeared to be trying to join the pool after the speech but was stopped by agents posted at the hotel. Arrived at WH at 12:07 pm after uneventful [...]
This one leaves me speechless: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House. Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in [...]
The New York Post reports: Two sources in the golf community have told The Post that Ari Fleischer, the former presidential advisor to George W. Bush and the man who was brought in to help repair the steroid-shattered image of Mark McGwire, has been huddling with Woods, plotting a strategy for his return to golf [...]
The White House Correspondents Association followed up with the White House on my experience the other day, and I now have something of an official explanation of why I was repeatedly denied access to the citizens in the audience at President Obama’s health care speech near Philadelphia. The interference, I am told, was “unintentional and [...]
From our White House Photo Blog.: P.S.: This totally confirms what I thought at the time. That dress added lbs. I liked the swearing-in outfit much better.
