Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Geithner Gets Grilled

The Treasury Secretary gets another chance to please elites NOW as he answers Senate Budget Committee's questions. Watch live here. Defends administration's proposed budget, says economic conditions require increased spending. Read prepared remarks here (pdf). Sen. Sessions calls statement dishonest: "You need to get out of the campaign mode ... this sounds a lot like David Axelrod to [...]

Biden Opens State Stimulus Summit

The VP speaks at the start of the day-long stimulus implementation conference with senior state officials Thursday morning. Warns getting future money is dependant on how they spend the first batch. "No swimming pools in this money." Pool report here. Obama expected to swing by later in the day.

Steele Walks Back "Choice" Comment

In a statement, the RNC chief insists "I am pro-life, always have been, always will be." Comment comes after he tells GQ he believes abortion is an "individual choice" and should be left to the states. Read more excerpts here.

Arnold Warns of "Valley of Doom"

Governornator urges constituents to support budget reform on the ballot in May in Thursday address to the Commonwealth Club Of California. "Never again do we want to find ourselves wandering around in another $42 billion Valley of Doom." More speech excerpts here.

FLOTUS to Fort Bragg

Michelle Obama will tour the military base in North Carolina Thursday and meet with military spouses. In the late afternoon, she'll speak to community organizations in Fayetteville that provide support to the soldiers and their families. It's the First Lady's first official out-of-state trip.

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Steele Back in Hot Water

Newly crowned Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is the gift that just keeps on giving. In this GQ interview Steele calls abortion an “individual choice,” being gay not a choice and the Rat Pack the Pack Rats. He does know he's the head of the RNC, right?

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