“As of now, I am in control here in the White House.”
It is a pity that he will be most remembered for this unfortunate sound bite, from March 30, 1981. It was an inaccurate assertion that the then-Secretary of State made to reporters in the White House briefing room, after gunman John Hinckley nearly assassinated the new President, …
To the great disappointment of the conservative blogosphere, it turns out that it wasn’t the current one.
In this shot from our White House Photo Blog, the First Lady stares down about 50,000 calories. Mmmmm…donuts.:
That’s what Congressman Joe Sestak, a retired Navy Admiral, is suggesting. Here’s the account in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) said yesterday that the White House offered him a federal job in an effort to dissuade him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in the state’s Democratic primary.
The disclosure
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Okay, having read and seen the other side of this story, all I can say is:
I’m with Mitt on this one.
UPDATE: Commenter Virginia Gentleman offers:
Only one way to settle this.
Judge Judy.
Back in the days when I first arrived in Washington, Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming was one of my favorite people to seek out. That was pretty much the case with just about every other reporter in town, too. Simpson was always good for a salty quote; more importantly, he had a way of looking at things that made you consider them in a …
In their dueling Sunday show appearances, FactCheck.org says, neither Veep colored entirely inside the lines. It’s worth reading their entire report, but here are some of the highlights:
Michelle Obama to appear on Mike Huckabee’s show this weekend on Fox.
Both of them, of course, are waging public campaigns against obesity. Will they also find time to discuss Huckabee’s recent declaration that he was not “abandoning Jesus” by inviting Obama Girl on the show?
Good news? Not necessarily, our Curious Capitalist colleague Barbara Kiviat tells us.
By golly, this is turning into a groundswell! I’m going to need a bigger bandwagon. Harry K. Scwartz delivers the latest endorsement in the Philadelphia Inquirer*:
The signals are growing louder that the Obama White House is readying its own health care plan in advance of next week’s summit. Press secretary Robert Gibbs fueled the speculation in his briefing yesterday. Asked about the possibility, Gibbs replied: “Stay tuned.”
If so, it would be a sharp break from the strategy that the White …
The only real surprise for me in this story was: Mitt Romney flies coach?????
NPR’s Julie Rovner gives us the history of the individual mandate:
For Republicans, the idea of requiring every American to have health insurance is one of the most abhorrent provisions of the Democrats’ health overhaul bills.
“Congress has never crossed the line between regulating what people choose to do and ordering them to do
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