Archive for August, 2011
I guess the political strategists in the White House determined that since NBC and Politico were not going to postpone the GOP Presidential debate on Wednesday the 7th that it would be better for the President to defer.
“Today, the President asked to address the Congress about the need for urgent action on the economic situation facing the American people as soon as Congress returned from recess. Both Houses will be back in session after their August recess on Wednesday, September 7th, so that was the date that was requested. We consulted with the Speaker about that date before the letter was released, but he determined Thursday would work better. The President is focused on the urgent need to create jobs and grow our economy, so he welcomes the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, September 8th and challenge our nation’s leaders to start focusing 100% of their attention on doing whatever they can to help the American people.”
Well, if anyone watches the President on Thursday since there are a few football games, including the NFL Packers Vs. Saints being played.
What a poorly run Presidency.
The LEFT must be going wild with Obama acquiescing to the Republicans again.
Tags: Barack Obama, President 2012
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These are my links for August 31st from 17:48 to 17:51:
- Coincidences don’t happen in presidential politics. Ever. – There are no coincidences in presidential politics.
Strategists spend hours poring over every word a president utters, every policy position he takes and every state he visits, a level of attention to detail that makes happenstance virtually nonexistent.
And so, when the White House announced today that President Obama would deliver his much-anticipated jobs speech on Sept. 7 at 8 pm — the exact same day and time that the 2012 Republican candidates are scheduled to debate in California — the idea that the timing was purely coincidental was, well, far-fetched.
It’s clear that this White House saw an opportunity to drive a major — and direct — contrast between President Obama and his potential Republican rivals and took it.
As to whether that’s a good idea, strategists — even within the Democratic party — are divided.
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Petty HardBall even for Chicago politics.
- Google Quietly Rolls Out The Chrome Extension To Bring +1 To The Entire Web – You may recall that back in May, we spotted something in Google’s “Dear Sophie” commercial: an unreleased +1 Chrome extension. This was pre-Google+, when the +1 button still didn’t do a whole lot, so even I forgot about the extension over the past few months. But very quietly, Google actually launched it yesterday.
There was no blog post, no featured placement in the Chrome Web Store — pretty much no fanfare beyond Google SVP of Chrome, Sundar Pichai, posting a link to it on Google+. But it has the potential to be a bigger deal than it seems on the surface.
As the tagline indicates, the Google +1 Button extension allows you to “+1 a web page, anywhere you go on the web”. That’s important. You no longer have to rely on a site to implement the +1 Button, you can invoke the functionality through your browser. Imagine if Facebook made their own browser and offered an extension to “Like” any page on the web through it — same idea (and one that I still suspect will happen sooner or later).
Right now, the +1 Button just shares content you like on the web. But eventually, the plan is to look at this data as a way to affect Google Search itself potentially. That’s huge.
And while the +1 Buttons for websites just added the functionality to share your Google+ Circles, the extension doesn’t yet offer that — but I assume it will. It does offer +1 counts though already, which is nice.
Tags: +One, Boehner, Google, Obama, Pinboard Links
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks next to AFL-CIO Richard Trumpka (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, August 31, 2011
Oh My!
President Barack Obama intends to deliver his much-anticipated speech laying out his jobs agenda and plan to cut the federal deficit on Sept. 7 to a joint session of Congress. Mr. Obamas timing steps directly on a Republican presidential debate scheduled for that same evening in Simi Valley, Calif.
The president sent a letter to congressional leaders Wednesday requesting time to address a joint session on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m.
Our Nation faces unprecedented economic challenges, and millions of hardworking Americans continue to look for jobs, Mr. Obama wrote. It is my intention to lay out a series of bipartisan proposals that the Congress can take immediately to continue to rebuild the American economy by strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money in the paychecks of the Middle Class and working Americans, while still reducing our deficit and getting our fiscal house in order.
It is our responsibility to find bipartisan solutions to help grow our economy, Mr. Obama continued, and if we are willing to put country before party, I am confident we can do just that.
Good for the GOP Presidential contenders?
NBC and Politico will call the shots, but a GOP debate after the President’s speech would be a full two hour prime time television rebuttal of the President.
Of course, the debate is only being carried on MSNBC.
My bet is the debate will be cancelled and rescheduled until a later date. Now, agreeing on that date may be problematic.
Tags: Barack Obama, John Boehner
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An interesting poll over at the Huffington Post and the Patch.
Last week, our HuffPost-Patch Power Outsiders poll of influential Republicans in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina found two thirds satisfied with the current crop of candidates and only 8 percent offering Palin when asked who else they would like to see run in a follow-up question.
This week, we decided to dig deeper into evaluations of Sarah Palin, starting with a more straightforward question: Should Palin run or not in 2012? We received responses back from 151 of our influential Republican leaders — 35 in Iowa, 48 in New Hampshire and 63 in South Carolina. Just 15 percent said yes, Palin should run, while 81 percent said she should not.
And, these GOP Primary state outsiders are split on whether Sarah would make a good President. But, they make one thing clear – Palin could NOT beat Barack Obama next year.
This really is nothing new. Most of the polling from PPP and others for over a year have demonstrated Palin’s lack of electability in a general election.
Now, with a deadline looming, will Sarah decide to shoot her wad and go for it?
Well, will ya, Sarah?
Tags: Polling, President 2012, Sarah Palin
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Dang, make up your mind.
The organizer of the Tea Party rally in Iowa this weekend told NBC News he had to cancel Christine O’Donnell’s speaking slot again — after she was re-invited — “after a conversation with Sarah Palin aides — and is now hopeful Palin will attend the Saturday rally.
I can understand Sarah Palin’s concern.
Obviously, someone in the Iowa Tea Party is not happy with Sarah Palin’s demands.
Tags: Christine O'Donnell, Sarah Palin, Tea Party
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Taegan Goddard (who edits the excellent Political Wire website) neatly summarizes the Romney campaign’s stop-Perry plan: “1)…Sarah Palin jumps into the race and pulls Tea Party voters away from Perry, 2)…. Michigan moves up its primary in the GOP calendar, and 3)….Perry (makes) a mistake in the series of post-Labor Day debates.”
I don’t think Mitt Romney will wait for Sarah Palin or Michigan.
He will start after Rick Perry in South Carolina on Labor Day. The anti-Perry mail will start in Iowa and Florida.
Romney is a brutal campaigner and he is not going to have this nomination stolen from him.
Tags: Mitt Romney, President 2012, Rick Perry
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks next to AFL-CIO Richard Trumpka (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, August 31, 2011
Oh My!
President Barack Obama intends to deliver his much-anticipated speech laying out his jobs agenda and plan to cut the federal deficit on Sept. 7 to a joint session of Congress. Mr. Obama’s timing steps directly on a Republican presidential debate scheduled for that same evening in Simi Valley, Calif.
The president sent a letter to congressional leaders Wednesday requesting time to address a joint session on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m.
“Our Nation faces unprecedented economic challenges, and millions of hardworking Americans continue to look for jobs,” Mr. Obama wrote. “It is my intention to lay out a series of bipartisan proposals that the Congress can take immediately to continue to rebuild the American economy by strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money in the paychecks of the Middle Class and working Americans, while still reducing our deficit and getting our fiscal house in order.”
“It is our responsibility to find bipartisan solutions to help grow our economy,” Mr. Obama continued, “and if we are willing to put country before party, I am confident we can do just that.”
Good for the GOP Presidential contenders?
NBC and Politico will call the shots, but a GOP debate after the President’s speech would be a full two hour prime time television rebuttal of the President.
Of course, the debate is only being carried on MSNBC.
My bet is the debate will be cancelled and rescheduled until a later date. Now, agreeing on that date may be problematic.
Tags: Barack Obama, President 2012
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