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4 Jan 2012, 1:22 pm
When President Bush recess appointed John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations, then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) said that a recess appointment was “the wrong thing to do,” and added that a recess appointee is “damaged goods… somebody who couldn't get through a nomination in the Senate. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:31 pm
President Barack Obama, in appointing former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Board, appears to have made a bold statement about executive power. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:30 pm
US President Barack Obama overrode a Republican blockade in the Senate today when he appointed Richard Cordray as director of The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 12:16 pm
" Friend... before you came, Barack Obama, I was all alone... [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 9:04 am
President Barack Obama announced four recess appointments today, including Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 7:44 am
But seriously, with that kind of time in the state, his super-conservative credentials and the ability to connect one-on-one with voters, similar to candidate Barack Obama in 2008 according to one reporter, it’s not all that surprising that Santorum was able to come out with a virtual tie in Iowa with Romney. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 7:17 am
President Barack Obama recently announced that he intends to nominate Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 7:09 am
"AP sources: Obama bucks GOP, OKs consumer watchdog. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 5:15 am
Now is the time to act or get stuck with a bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 7:19 am
President Barack Obama hasn’t quite received the satisfactory rating he had with the Hispanic voters in 2010, but a recent survey from the Pew Hispanic Center shows that many Hispanic voters still favor him in the 2012 elections. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 5:27 am
Without mentioning their names, he responded to partisan calls for Justices Clarence Thomas and Elena Kagan to sit out the pending case over President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 9:14 pm
Politico: “President Barack Obama has a new, moneyed supporter in this new year — a super PAC dedicated to mobilizing black voters in key swing states.” [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:59 pm
” Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope 58 (2006). [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:07 pm
The Democratic establishment, the President's advisers, and most mainstream political watchers assume that some tiny semblance of sanity will break through to a plurality of Republicans, and, no matter what happens in Iowa, they will nominate the candidate who appears to be freighted with the least baggage (and fewest personality disorders) and thus, the most formidable opponent for Barack Obama. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 5:33 pm
"Obama and the definition of 'recess'": Politico.com has a report that begins, "President Barack Obama's ability to jam through appointments during the congressional break depends on one big factor: What the definition of 'recess' is. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 11:00 am
Under President Barack Obama, every fifth child in America now lives in poverty. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 9:45 am
LaHood, President Barack Obama's top transportation official, met last week with Bing and Snyder, and the sides agreed that the better option is a system of rapid-transit buses operating in dedicated lanes on routes from downtown to and through the suburbs along Gratiot, Woodward and Michigan avenues and along M-59, the officials said. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 8:09 am
By Mike Dorf Just under four years ago, Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa chose among Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 7:35 am
So in this election cycle’s search for the perfect GOP candidate who can beat Barack Obama, who is the likely winner in Iowa? [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 6:09 am
Signing Statement: President Barack Obama on Saturday signed into law defense legislation while expressing his dissatisfaction with provisions that place restrictions on the prosecution, interrogation and detention of terrorism suspects, The Associated Press reports. [read post]
