Saturday, January 31, 2009

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Obama to Outline Bailout Spending Plan Soon

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTrp-GKG9Bo&w=360] The president says in his weekly radio address Saturday his administration will outline a strategy shortly for the remaining $350 billion. "Just as we jump-start job creation, we must also ensure that markets are stable, credit is flowing and families can stay in their homes." Watch video above. Read transcript here.       

Tax Problems for ANOTHER Obama Nominee

Senate Finance Committee will meet privately Monday at 5 pm ET to discuss delayed confirmation hearings for the HHS Secretary-designate. Daschle is under fire for failing to pay more than $128,000 in taxes, partly for the free use of a car and driver provided to him. NY Times: Spokeswoman says Daschle is answering all the committee's questions, [...]

Obama Half Brother Arrested

Kenyan police picked up George Obama Saturday for possession of marijuana. George Obama and the president have the same father but barely know each other.       

AlfAlfa Sprouts

Palin, Obama to attend fancy D.C. dinner Saturday night. Obama expected to make remarks around 7:15 pm ET.      

White House Wants to Limit Commercial Use of President

Bloomberg: Obama lawyers are looking to control the use of the president's image to sell merchandise across the world. At the same time they're trying "not to squelch the overwhelming enthusiasm that the public has for the president."      

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Internet Ad Placement Is The New Mockery

H/T Michael Turk.       

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Can Larry Summers Save the Economy?

By MICHAEL SCHERER AND MASSIMO CALABRESI

Obama's brash and brilliant economic adviser has attained vast power and a chop on nearly every issue. Can the former Treasury boss sort out the financial mess before it gets worse?

In Healing One Schism, Pope Benedict Creates More

By JEFF ISRAELY

His reconciliation with breakaway traditionalists surprised powerful bureaucrats in the Holy See as much as the rest of the world

Steele Makes History, but Can the New Party Chief Remake the GOP?

By STEVEN GRAY

The former Lieut. Governor of Maryland may bring the right ideas to the table — but can he really make the GOP over into a "Big Tent"?

Remaking the White House Faith Office

By AMY SULLIVAN

Aides have been working this week to pull together a Religious Policy Council that would advise the White House not just on issues like religious liberty and faith-based initiatives, but on broader policy matters as well.

Podcasting Your Novel: Publishing's Next Wave?

By HECTOR FLORIN

Can't get your first novel published the traditional way? Build an audience via podcasting and, just maybe, the publishers will come to you

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By Amy Sullivan

Aides have been working this week to pull together a Religious Policy Council that would advise the White House not just on issues like religious liberty and faith-based initiatives, but on broader policy matters as well.

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Top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms

Never one to shy away from a controversial remark, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand of a personal apology from Barack Obama is just one of a number of less-than-realistic claims he's made since his election in 2005

Quotes of the Day

"We have this thing called impeachment and it's bleeping golden, and we've used it the right way."
JAMES MEEKS,
Democratic Illinois Senator, during former Governor Rod Blagojevich's impeachment hearing, mocking Blagojevich's expletive-laden words that were captured by the FBI on a wiretap
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How Scotland's Poet Seduced Brazil

By Andrew Downie

The locals were skeptical, but after a night of whisky, haggis and the loquacious verse of Robert Burns, his auld acquaintance won't be forgot

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Friday, January 30, 2009

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Middle Class Friday

The president makes remarks NOW to describe the mandate of the Biden-headed Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Watch live here. Calls the economic slump "continuing disaster" for America's families, country's leaders can't "drag our feet" to find a solution. Also signs related executive orders during the event in the East Room of the White House. Plus: Read Biden's [...]

McCain to Obama: Going After Limbaugh a Mistake

Former rival tells “Fox and Friends” Friday he can't understand why the president would go after the conservative radio king. “He has a very wide viewing audience. He is entitled to his views. People listen very carefully to him... I don't know why the president would take him on.” Watch video above. Read excerpts here.        [...]

Gov. Quinn Ready to Get to Work

New Illinois Governor tells WLS Radio's "The Don and Roma Morning Show" he expects to be busy on his first full day. Says his job is to "mend the flaws" in state government, needs to assess the damage that's been done. Will  hold a media availability shortly.      

US Chips in $20 Mill for Gaza Relief

The Obama administration makes an emergency contribution Friday for relief efforts in the Gaza strip. The funds will be distributed by U.N. Agencies and the ICRC for food assistance and other relief.       

ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS

This Week: Rep. Frank, Sen. DeMint, Google CEO Schmidt, FedEx CEO Smith      

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Gregg's Betrayal?

The Washington rumor mill is working overtime on speculation that President Obama may name Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) as his new Commerce secretary. Official word from both camps is decidedly mum and cagey (Gibbs: "I'm not going to play the name game. The president hasn't made his decision on the next Commerce Secretary yet."). For [...]

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Stem Cells: Poised for a Breakthrough

By ALICE PARK

After eight years of political ostracism, stem-cell scientists like Harvard's Douglas Melton are coming back into the light--and making discoveries that may soon bring lifesaving breakthroughs

Will the U.S. Stick by Karzai in Afghanistan?

By TONY KARON

The Obama administration is revising its strategy in Afghanistan. The question is whether the current President will be part of it

The Stimulus Bill's Bumpy Ride: Is Bipartisanship Possible?

By MICHAEL SCHERER AND JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

Obama presses for a speedy economic stimulus bill only to find the process slowed up by partisan politics and in need legislative sleights-of-hand

Whining to the Bitter End, Blagojevich Gets the Boot

By DAVID VON DREHLE

After delivering a whiny valedictory, the embattled politician is thrown out of office by a unanimous vote of the state senate

France's First Lady Carla Bruni: A Traitor to Italy?

By JEFF ISRAELY / PARIS

Madame Nicolas Sarkozy has been a big hit in her adopted country France but, in so doing, she has injured the pride of her native Italy

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By KAREN TUMULTY

Don't miss David Von Drehle's account of the proceedings

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Never one to shy away from a controversial remark, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demand of a personal apology from Barack Obama is just one of a number of less-than-realistic claims he's made since his election in 2005

Quotes of the Day

"I'm not telling you."
GORDON BROWN,
British Prime Minister, refusing to reveal to the press who was calling his cell phone, which went off during a press conference in Davos with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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How Scotland's Poet Seduced Brazil

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The locals were skeptical, but after a night of whisky, haggis and the loquacious verse of Robert Burns, his auld acquaintance won't be forgot

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