Official White House Photo by Pete Souza –Obama departs on a whirlwind tour of the Gulf Coast today with stops in Mississippi, Alabama and Florida before delivering his first Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday night. Reportedly included in the speech: a case for comprehensive energy and climate legislation, including some form of carbon [...]
Walter Shapiro, writing after swings through Kentucky and South Carolina, raises the caution flag for his profession. What we are witnessing in this election cycle is the slow death of traditional statewide campaign journalism. I noticed the same pattern (and the same nearly reporter-free campaign trail) in Kentucky last month as I covered libertarian Rand [...]
REUTERS/Lee Celano –The Wall Street Journal reports Blanche Lincoln still has good leverage for her derivatives plan, but it will be tough for the spin-off measure opposed by the White House, the Fed, the FDIC, Volcker, Geithner, et al. to remain unchanged in conference. –In his upcoming Times Sunday mag piece, Matt Bai finds some [...]
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This picture, taken yesterday, comes courtesy of Swampland alum Karen Tumulty.
