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• Science fair at the White House

  —News and Opinion

  President Barack Obama touted efforts to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or STEM) education in a speech that was carried live online Monday and followed by a short round-table Facebook presentation by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The "Educate to Innovate" campaign, for now, seems to consist mostly of getting [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  

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• Paul Ryan: When Will You Look At the Facts About the Deficit?

  —Paul Soglin: Waxing America

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  In his crusade to reach the White House, Paul Ryan published another piece of phony history and econoomics last week. The Wisconsin Republican authored Why No One Expects a Strong Recovery: He and his ultra-conservative cohort, Representative Jeb Hensarling (R - Texas) explain that we have to get back to [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:39am EST
  by paul soglin

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• Context matters. Except when it doesn't.

  —folkbum's rambles and rants

  by folkbumA moth or so ago--at the current pace of things, it may as well have been last century--then-current (now former) White House Communications Director Anita Dunn was flogged across the wingnutoverse because, in a speech that included quotes from the likes of Mother Teresa, she quoted a line from [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 1:36pm EST
  

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• Another repercussion of Obama's China jaunt

  —Letters in Bottles

  Relations with India -- good under Bush -- are souring:
  The visit comes at a time when the Obama administration is making overtures to China and focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Indians are worried their rank on the White House priority list is falling. While U.S.-India relations [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:52pm EST
  

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• Another repercussion of Obama's China jaunt

  —Letters in Bottles

  Relations with India -- good under Bush -- are souring:
  The visit comes at a time when the Obama administration is making overtures to China and focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the Indians are worried their rank on the White House priority list is falling. While U.S.-India relations [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:52pm EST
  

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• Where's the Wisconsin "Stimulus" Money?

  —Dad29

  Rich Zipperer would like to know where the Wisconsin "stimulus" money's being spent.
  
  News accounts the last several weeks by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and others have drawn attention to multiple errors and exaggerations in the reports released by the White House of the number of jobs supposedly created [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  

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• Lawyer calls Butler editorial racist

  —All Politics Watch

  Madison -- A Wisconsin lawyer is accusing the Wall Street Journal of racism for referring to an African-American judicial nominee as "the White House butler." A Thursday editorial rips President Barack Obama for appointing former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. to the bench. The editorial took issue with [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:11pm EST
  

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• THURSDAY HOT READ: THE WHITE HOUSE BUTLER

  —Charlie Sykes

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• Today’s sign of the Apocalypse

  —Marketplace of Ideas Blog

  From U.S. News and World Report’s James Pethokoukis:

  Guess what? It turns out the Chinese are kind of curious about how President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans would impact America’s huge fiscal deficit. Government officials are using his Asian trip as an opportunity to ask the White House questions. Detailed [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:00am EST
  by Steve Prestegard

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• Stimulus Errors and Dave Obey

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  The White House insists that the $787 billion stimulus has been a tremendous success. It also insist that its website, recovery.gov, is a "great success."
  
  The White House looks ridiculous.
  
  Massive problems with the data have been reported for weeks, but the Obama administration is [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 1:05am EST
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• Obey criticizes White House for 'stupid mistakes' on stimulus reporting

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  From Huffington Post: A powerful House Democrat used unusually harsh terms to blast the Obama administration's manipulation of stimulus data Monday night, and demanded an honest accounting of results from the $787 billion government program. Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, took the administration to task for pervasive [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  

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• Schroeder For Congress MO-14

  —Josh Schroeder

  
  Dear Friends,
  
  I am pleased to announce my candidacy for Missouri's 14th Congressional District. Like many of you, I didn't even know that Missouri had 14 congressional districts. But we now know based on information from the White House's website tracking jobs created or' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:50am EST
  

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• $160,000 Per Stimulus Job?

  —From Where I Sit

  The White House argues that the actual job number is actually larger than 640,000 — closer to 1 million jobs when one factors in stimulus jobs added in October and, more importantly, jobs created indirectly, such as "the waitress who's still on the job," Vice President Biden said today.

  So [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:40am EST
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• White House cut 60K jobs before releasing stimulus report

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  From ABC News: The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because the reporting outlets had submitted "unrealistic data," according to a document obtained by ABC News. The Office of Management and Budget [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  

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• Just the facts…or whatever they pretend those are

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  So, President Obama has a new White House counsel (attorney) named Bob Bauer. This is BO’s new go-to guy to stay out of hot water. The formal announcement was managed as part of a Friday news dump. Bob Bauer is married to Anita Dunn. You remember Anita, don’t you? She’s [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:59am EST
  by Cindy Kilkenny

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• The Sea Of Red Ink Swells

  —The Underground Conservative

  Gee, just when we figured the economic news couldn’t get much worse … The budget deficit for the first month of Our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama’s first full budget is bigger than even the White House thought it would be. WASHINGTON — The federal government kicked off fiscal year 2010 by [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:59am EST
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• Glenn Beck 2; White House 0

  —Fairly Conservative

  Anita Dunn is stepping away from her position as White House communications director. You might remember she and Glenn Beck got into it a bit. Oh, sure, she was only temporary. But she did have a big fight with Fox News, and now the President is headed to an interview [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:53pm EST
  by Cindy Kilkenny

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• Want to Piss Off a Kiel Native…

  —Lakeshore Laments

  Make sure you have them watch this; the official White House YouTube video of the initial reaction to the Fort Hood shooting by President Barack Obama.

  I've had more than a few friends -- either those I went to high school with, or knew throughout the greater Kiel community --' [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Unbold Prediction of the Week

  —Lakeshore Laments

  We have two major anniversaries in America this week.  On Monday, the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall will take place.  On Tuesday, the 40th Anniversary of the start of PBS's "Sesame Street" will take place.

  Prediction: The White House will make a bigger deal out of the [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:28pm EST
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• The Messiah’s Priorities

  —The Underground Conservative

  From Fox News’ White House blog Row 2 Section 4 via Riehl World View: 11:25AM THE PRESIDENT addresses the House Democratic Caucus – Cannon House Office Building 2:30PM THE PRESIDENT makes a statement to the press on Health Care – Rose Garden 2:45PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart The White House [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:46am EST
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• Obama’s Cool Detachment

  —Boots and Sabers

  Indeed.

  After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the toll of dead and injured climbed. The White House was notified immediately and by late afternoon, word went out that the president would speak about [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:34am EST
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• Barrett's Chit-Chat Pal Patrick Gaspard

  —Dad29

  It was reported that Tom Barrett was conversing with Patrick Gaspard about running for Governor.
  
  Gaspard is working in Obama's White House, and has lots of interesting connections.
  
  Gaspard, a longtime operative for ACORN and one of its partisan arms, New York's Working Families Party, currently holds [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:07am EST
  

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• Barrett met with White House political director

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  During President Barack Obama's visit to Madison on Wednesday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett met with White House political director Patrick Gaspard. The meeting was reported by Politico. Also, on Thursday, Gov. Jim Doyle met with Gaspard in Washington, D.C., in addition to having meetings with Obama, Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:38pm EST
  

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• White House Playing Politics? Barrett meets with Obama`s Political Director

  —Wisconsin GOP Blog

  Barrett must have forgotten to mention this when asked if he met with Obama about the WI governors race. He met with Obama's Political Director yesterday instead. Gaspard, Barrett meet amid 2010 buzz - Alexander Burns and Carol E. Lee - POLITICO.com Source: www.politico.com
  
  UPDATE: First Barrett meets [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:31am EST
  

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• Your National Coverage on the Barrett-Obama Meeting

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  From Politico...discuss.

  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett met with White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard Wednesday during President Barack Obama's trip to Wisconsin, amid reports that the White House has been urging Barrett to run for governor in 2010.

  Barrett and Gaspard spoke before Obama's afternoon speech at a Madison middle school [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:01am EST
  by kevinbinversie

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• Stimulus: Jobs Saved or Created - Numbers

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  Obama, his administration, and their mouthpieces in the media are scamming the American people on the $787 billion, wildly successful, job saving or creating stimulus.
  
  Last Friday, Jared Bernstein, a White House propagandist/liar, wrote:
  Good news, folks. The Recovery Act is working, and so are over [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:00am EST
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• The man who might want to be governor

  —Marketplace of Ideas Blog

  WTMJ radio’s Charlie Sykes has some advice for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is pondering whether or not to run for governor in the wake of other Democratic candidates’ dropping out:

  As you prep for your discussions with the White House, you might want think a bit [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:00am EST
  by Steve Prestegard

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• White House Playing Politics? Barrett meets with Obama`s Political Director

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  Barrett must have forgotten to mention this when asked if he met with Obama about the WI governors race. He met with Obama's Political Director yesterday instead. Gaspard, Barrett meet amid 2010 buzz - Alexander Burns and Carol E. Lee - POLITICO.com Source: www.politico.com Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:38am EST
  

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• Letter From Home 11/4/09

  —CAFFEINATED POLITICS

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  After an intense 12-hour day James and I are exhausted in every sense of the word.  Our friend with Alzheimer’s was moved today to an assisted living facility in a fashion that was modeled after a White House move.  Everything was orchestrated from those who would keep our friend active and away from all the ‘action’, to the workers who helped us make [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:25pm EST
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• It’s a good night for Republicans

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  New Jersey and Virginia have elected Republican governors in spite of the White House’s push to campaign in those states. (Oh yes, he did. He’ll be distancing himself very quickly, but he made a constant effort to keep those states on the Democrat’s tally sheet.) The 23rd district race in [...]

  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:33pm EST
  by Cindy Kilkenny

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