Some campaign promises are big and rhetorical, while some campaign promises are intimate and very specific. In the first group fall the compulsory issues candidates have to weigh in on: balancing budgets, reducing crime, improving schools, etc. Today, President Obama addressed the second group of campaign promises when speaking with House Democrats in advance of [...]
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Should Obama Have Appeared with George Lopez?
August 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Elections
I see a little bit of buzz on Facebook this morning about Obama’s recent cameo with George Lopez in a promo for Lopez’s new show. Not everyone I’m reading in the FB comments is impressed.
A couple quick reactions:
First, that’s funny. That’s very funny. I’d check the show out if I had cable.
Lopez must have [...]
Tags: 2012·George Lopez·Latino vote·Obama
Obama Rallies on Health Care Reform in Grand Junction
August 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Health care reform
I haven’t read accounts yet from folks who were there, but I think on the whole the president found the right tone in his prepared remarks today in Grand Junction.
As usual, he wasn’t quite as sharp on his off-the-cuff delivery, but it’s awfully nice to see him take controversy head on.
I believe that we should, [...]
Obama Town Hall in Grand Junction
August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Health care reform
The Los Angeles Times has a piece up today highlighting White House efforts to push back against Republican attempts to block public conversation about health care reform. In addition to launching a new site, www. whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/, the president will appear in a series of town halls, including one in Grand Junction.
The article also mentions the [...]
Tags: Colorado·Grand Junction·Health care reform·Obama·Tony Perkins
