Entries tagged with “Barack Obama” from RealityBites

David Weigel must have a strong stomach. He's dug into the story behind the people who keep insisting that Barack Obama is not a US citizen and hence, not qualified to become the next President of the United States. It strains credulity to see how far people will go. Kossack profmatt explained yesterday what will happen with the appeal that they've pushed to the Supreme Court.

The Slate story is important to read for one reason. So that all understand just how nuts these people are such that when they weigh in on any other topic, we'll all know their input should be disregarded.

Steve Benen writes about Obama's roll-out of his economic team: the "leaks" on Friday, the appearances on Sunday chat shows, the press conference today, the press conference promised for tomorrow.

... this is Obama's way of improving investor confidence and settling the markets before he can take actual policy steps to improve investor confidence and settle the markets. ... no one's listening to Bush, who went to Peru over the weekend, and Paulson's credibility is shot -- and Obama is simply stepping to fill the void.

Exactly what we decided was happening at the dinner table tonight.

By video link, President-Elect Barack Obama spoke to a gathering of governors and foreign officials in Los Angeles Tuesday, reiterating his stance on climate policy.

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