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A Deliverable From Obama’s Meeting With BP Execs
TIME’s energy and enviroment writer Bryan Walsh:
During his Oval Office speech last night, President Barack Obama told the American people that he would be meeting with the chairman of BP on Wednesday and that Obama would “inform him that he is to set aside whatever resources are required to compensate the workers and business owners
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Morning Must Reads: Tough Sell
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–Obama’s oval office address last night was not exactly a crowd pleaser. He pulled off the optics fairly well, but the jumble of military metaphors was awkward and the substance was torn between two competing visions. Those looking for detailed marching orders on how to Plug The Leak Now were thrown off by …
Big Oil Battles Congress
From TIME’s energy and environment writer Bryan Walsh:
Around 10:30 AM Eastern this morning, just as the five executives of the major global oil companies were settling in for what was set to be a brutal hearing from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a fire broke out on BP’s Enterprise drilling ship, which is processing thousands
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Alan Grayson is Your Summer Blockbuster
Not to turn Swampland into the Chronicle of Floridian Political Advertising, but always-colorful Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson’s opening re-election offering is just too good to pass up:
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The avalanche of red meat might seem a bit strange considering he represents a R+2 …
Jobs
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(via Adam Smith)
Morning Must Reads: Going Big
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–The two words to listen for in Obama’s Oval Office address tonight are “carbon pricing.” It is still unclear whether the president will focus on proximate fallout of the spill or “Go Big” on climate.
–Possible tea leaves: Obama sent a letter yesterday to members of political arm Organizing for America …
1,000 Words: Bogus Beckham Edition
This priceless photo that’s currently making the rounds — James Fallows calls it the best of the World Cup — is purportedly of Obama’s glee and David Beckham’s consternation just after England’s goalkeeper flubbed their match with Team USA over the weekend. Too bad it’s a blatant fake. The reflection in the table shows the original …
Morning Must Reads: Primetime
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–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 …
Morning Must Reads: Beck and Call
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–With the scale of the crisis still coming into focus, Obama has summoned BP bigwigs for a meeting.
—Barney Frank says the so-called “Volcker Rule” that would restrict proprietary trading at big banks will definitely be included in final financial reform legislation and that Democrats are …
Financial Reform Conference Kicks Off
Members of the House and Senate are currently meeting to iron out the differences between their two regulatory reform bills and you can watch the thrilling roller coaster ride live on C-SPAN if you’re so inclined.
If you need some reading material to follow along with, here are a few suggestions:
Morning Must Reads: In the Water
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–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 …
Re: The Nikki Haley v. Gresham Barrett Runoff
Via Peter Hamby, Barrett is going up with this spot statewide:
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So far, he’s declining to directly criticize — or draw any real distinction from — Haley and her reformer message. Some may accuse Barrett of dog whistling about Mark Sanford, Will Folks or even Haley’s Sikh …