Obama Swing State Fund Taps Wealthy to Aid Key States
President Obama’s campaign money machine has begun to funnel cash to state Democratic parties in key 2012 battlegrounds, according to Federal Election Commission filings released Tuesday. The transfers through the Swing State Victory Fund — a joint fundraising account run by Obama for America —… Read More »
EmailObama to Congress: Don’t ‘Muck’ Up Economic Recovery
Encouraged by the latest jobs numbers, President Obama today issued a stern warning to Congress on the economic recovery: “Don’t muck it up.” “The economy is growing stronger. The recovery is speeding up. And we’ve got to do everything in our power to keep it… Read More »
White House: Jobs Report Shows Economy Is Healing
The latest jobs report is “further evidence that the economy is continuing to heal” but that faster growth is needed to put more Americans back to work, the White House says. Reacting to this morning’s better-than-expected figures, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Alan… Read More »
The Presidential Planner: Getting Veterans Back To Work
Following up on a proposal in his State of the Union address, this morning President Obama will outline an initiative intended to help returning veterans find work by leveraging the skills developed in the military. Speaking at a fire station where firefighters were among… Read More »
One Term or Two? Romney, Obama Campaigns Launch Fundraising Duel
If you’re looking for the latest sign that the general election campaign is already underway, look no further than the homepages of “Obama for America” and “Mitt Romney for President.” On these sites, a head-to-head fundraising duel is taking place over comments both men have… Read More »
President Obama, Democrats, Advertise Trump Endorsement of Romney
On his campaign Twitter account Thursday afternoon, President Obama tweeted out a video of real estate magnate/reality TV star Donald Trump endorsing Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney. “@BarackObama: In case you missed it: http://OFA.BO/FTvUmj,“ the tweet reads, with a link to Associated Press video from the… Read More »
Fact Check – Obama and the ‘One-Term Proposition’
Three years ago today, a freshly-inaugurated President Obama said of his plan to fix the financial crisis that “if I don’t have this done in three years, then there’s going to be a one-term proposition.” Republicans are marking the anniversary with an election-year Web video… Read More »
The White House Defends Requiring Insurance Companies to Cover Contraception Despite Catholic Church Objections– Today’s Q’s for O’s WH — 2/2/12
TAPPER: Two health care issues in the news today. The Susan G. Komen Foundation has decided to stop funding breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood. Twenty-two Democratic senators just wrote a letter to the Komen Foundation asking them to change that decision. I’m wondering if… Read More »
White House Zings Trump – Won’t ‘Comb Over’ Endorsement of Romney
Asked at today’s press briefing if President Obama pursued an endorsement from Donald Trump, White House press secretary Jay Carney took a shot at the real estate mogul’s hair, saying “you know, I’m not going to comb over that question.” When pressed, Carney… Read More »
President Obama Bypasses White House Press Corps for Other Q&A Opportunities
President Obama talks to the White House press corps far fewer than his predecessors, but he gives more interviews to a variety of folks, ranging from news anchors to late-night comedians to members of the public via social media. This is the conclusion of a… Read More »
