Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Giving Back

Entire Obama family pitches at Fort McNair Thursday to assemble backpacks with books, snacks, toys for children of the armed forces. POTUS previews Monday service initiative kick off: "We want every American to take some time out this summer to do something for others."

Wackiness Deadly

Mary Matalin on Imus: "You can survive indiscretions; you can't survive wackiness." Read more ace analysis on Sanford's chances here.

Bernanke: Fed Didn't Pressure BofA to Buy Merrill

Fed Chair testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Thursday. Says acquisition efforts were "done with the highest integrity..." STATEMENT: Read it here (pdf).

Obama's Big Energy Push

The president will urge Congress to pass the climate bill in Thursday afternoon remarks in the Rose Garden. Vote expected Friday.

Next Up: Immigration

Obama meeting with bipartisan group of lawmakers on both sides of the issue to take place in the State Dining Room Thursday. White House says meeting is to "launch a policy conversation... with the hope of beginning the debate in earnest later this year."

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Schadenfreude on Hold

I take no pleasure in political sex scandals, even when the perpetrators are politicians I find loathsome and hypocritical. Indeed, any sign that a pol actually is human, has flaws, has faults, is often an indication that, post-scandal, he (or she, but usually he) might be more able to relate a little better to the [...]

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