Showing posts with label Obama's State of the Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama's State of the Union. Show all posts
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
THE WEASHINGTON POST: The most important figure in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address wasn’t on the House floor. In fact, he hasn’t taken a seat in front of the chamber in 13 years.
But as he campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination in Florida, former House speaker Newt Gingrich was doing more to boost President Obama’s reelection prospects than anything Obama himself could do. While Obama was using the speech to portray the Republicans as plutocrats, Gingrich was doing all he could to prove the caricature true. Read on and comment » | Dana Milbank | Opinion Writer | Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: State of the Union 2011: US risks losing its global supremacy, Barack Obama warns: The US risks losing its global supremacy and must "win the future by out-innovating, out-educating and outbuilding the rest of the world," President Barack Obama told Americans on Tuesday night. >>> Alex Spillius, Washington | Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES TIMES: President Obama, perceived by critics as free-spending in his first two years in office, is expected to call for a temporary halt to non-security discretionary spending in his State of the Union speech. Job creation also will be a main focus.
WASHINGTON — President Obama will call for a five year freeze on non-security discretionary spending in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, White House officials said, in a bid to help reduce the deficit and counter public perceptions that he spent too freely in his first two years in power.
Obama will also discuss plans to find budget cuts wherever he can, the White House said. The military, for example, isn't covered by the proposed freeze, yet Obama will advance a separate five-year plan, drawn up by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to achieve $78 billion in savings, the White House said. >>> Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau | Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
THE GUARDIAN: Barack Obama admits mistakes have contributed to dive in approval rating: President says he is more interested in delivering on promises than re-election in interview before state of the union address >>> Chris McGreal in Washington | Tuesday, January 26, 2010
LE TEMPS: États-Unis: Vent de panique sur Washington : Changement de stratégie pour le président Barack Obama. Les thèmes liés à la santé et à l’environnement sont relégués. Retour à la discipline budgétaire,aux petits pas et aux accommodements >>> Luis Lema | Mercredi 27 Janvier 2010
THE TELEGRAPH: Barack Obama will attempt to transform his presidency in a State of the Union address focusing on jobs, the economy and controlling mounting national debt.
The president will take the podium in the House of Representatives with grim forecasts in his wake. This year's deficit is set to be $1.35 trillion, only marginally lower than last year's. Unemployment is predicted to stay at 10 per cent throughout 2010 while the housing market remains stagnant.
"We're going to talk about how we can first of all, focus on job creation and growth," the president said in an interview with ABC.
"There are going to be a set of proposals that we put forward that help to stabilise the situation and deal with the growing insecurity and anxiety of people who, even if they haven't lost their job, are still feeling squeezed by their incomes shrinking and their costs going up."
Though he said there were no "magic solutions" to reducing the deficit, the president will outline a three-year freeze on domestic spending, excluding the military and homeland security, in his 2011 budget that would save $250 billion by 2020. State of the Union: Barack Obama to announce spending freeze >>> Alex Spillius in Washington | Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, February 09, 2009
After a rocky start, the new President knows he has to seize back the political agenda, says Toby Harnden.
During last year's epic election campaign, Hillary Clinton said that in the White House "there is no time for on-the-job training". Joe Biden, too, remarked that the presidency was "not something that lends itself to on-the-job training". Both were aiming barbs at their then primary opponent. Mrs Clinton has since brought what she would refer to as her "lifetime of experience" to the role of Secretary of State, while Mr Biden has traded 36 years in the Senate for the vice-presidency. And the rookie they derided is President.
Now, the words of his former rivals are returning to haunt President Obama. After a distinctly rocky start to his presidency, he has admitted he "screwed up" and is returning to one thing in his political career that he has perfected – campaigning. In Elkhart, Indiana, today and Fort Myers, Florida, tomorrow, Mr Obama will try to seize back control of the political agenda with question-and-answer sessions with voters in two of the swing states that gave him victory.
Already, however, he is struggling, and the product he is now selling is not himself but a near-trillion-dollar economic "stimulus" package loaded with pet Democratic spending projects that has awakened slumbering Republicans in Congress and is now supported by barely a third of Americans. In between the Indiana and Florida stops, he will return to the White House for a prime-time press conference in which he will appeal directly to citizens and seek to rekindle the magic of his campaign. >>> By Toby Harnden | Sunday, February 8, 2009
CANADA FREE PRESS: Obama’s State of the Union: He Won, America Lost!
Would someone please explain to President Obama that being president and commander-in-chief of the greatest nation on earth is NOT quite the same as midnight basketball or a game of HORSE?
In basketball, one can push, shove and elbow the opposition out of the way in order to achieve one’s objective. A dominant center needs to get along with just four teammates, but has no need to compromise or work with opponents.
By way of contrast, running the United States of America involves shared responsibility and authority with two co-equal branches of government. At stake are the lives and well being of 300 million Americans and billions of non-Americans all across the globe.
President Obama has put in nearly three weeks of harrowing incompetence, aggravated by insufferable arrogance. On at least two occasions, the novice president has reminded those who do not agree with him that “I won.” >>> By John Lillpop | Monday, February 9, 2009
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