cbsnews.com - 2/4/2009
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(CBS) President Obama had hoped to focus today on his economic stimulus package Tuesday, and he invited a handful of journalists to the White House to talk about it. But it was all overshadowed by former Sen. Tom Daschle's withdrawing his nomination for Health and Human Services secretary. What ...
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blogs.tnr.com - 2/3/2009
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blogs.tnr.com —
Two quick points about Daschle's withdrawal: 1.) My
read of what happened: Daschle was obviously personally close
to Obama--he'd supported Obama early on; stocked his campaign with key lieutenants, lobbied superdelegates on his behalf. All of that ...
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Exit Daschle, Plus Who's Plan B? - The Plank
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Couric & Williams Paint Obama as 'Culture of Washington' Victim
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... and then there are rules for indispensable people, and that’s exactly the opposite of the grassroots message that he,” meaning you, Mr. President, “came here with.”
All of the quotes/assessments above in this item are based on what aired on the evening newscasts, not the full interviews, which were not much longer than what aired. Links to what the networks have posted online:
ABC News: Article and video of Charles Gibson with Obama.
CBS News: Transcript and video of Katie Couric with Obama.
NBC News: Video of ...
President Obama admits he ’screwed up’
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... that even though this is an honest mistake, I believe, on Tom’s part, that, you know, ordinary people are out there paying taxes every day and whether it’s an intentional mistake or not, it was sending the wrong signal.
You can watch President Obama’s admission in the following video:
The full transcript of Katie Couric’s interview with President Obama is available here.
I appreciate it when a man can admit he made a mistake. Nevertheless, Obama is still ...
Progressive Breakfast: Attacks Shift From Phony Pork to the Poor
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... And I want to continue to work with Democrats and Republicans to find some common ground.
But what I can't accept is the politics as usual, where we think about scoring points instead of acting. We've lost a million jobs in the last two months. We can't afford another four million jobs lost this year. And every economist that I talk to projects that if we don't act quickly, we could end up seeing a much more severe situation than we're seeing right now.
Obama on CBS Evening News
KATIE COURIC: Sen. Mitch McConnell said over the weekend ...
How Hard Was That?
Daily Kos —
... It's pretty sad that President Obama seems to be the only Democrat making the case for the economic stimulus and pushing back against the GOP attacks against it: ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama's choice to head U.S. healthcare reform withdrew in a flap over personal taxes on Tuesday, prompting the president to admit "I screwed up" and distracting from his drive for a nearly $900 billion economic stimulus ...
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday admitted he made a mistake in handling the nomination of Tom Daschle as his Health and Human Services secretary, saying Daschle's tax problems sent a message that the politically powerful are treated differently than ...
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