President Obama is scheduled to hold a news conference today beginning at 12:45 p.m. – about an hour from now. By my count, it will be his first full-fledged conference since July 22, 2009 – just over 10 months – when he infamously said tha……Continue Reading Stop the Presses! Obama to Hold Live Press Conference in One Hour!
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Spill, Baby, Spill! Obama’s Katrina Moment?
As the nation’s chief executive, presidents are often assumed to be “in charge” of the executive branch’s departments and agencies. In truth, however, in our system of shared powers at the national level, presidents exercise joint control – and control is probably too strong a word – over the federal bureaucracy with Congress. Indeed, many […]…Continue Reading Spill, Baby, Spill! Obama’s Katrina Moment?