Recent 2008 Election Posts
Transportation Chief Hastily Backtracks on ‘Stop Driving It’
Ray LaHood , the plainspoken transportation secretary who told Toyota owners to stop driving the vehicles with pedal problems, became an advertisement for the virtue of remaining scripted.... Read more »
Essential Reads: Hollywood Video Edition
What does Al Gore, Hollywood actors, Osama Bin Laden and President Obama have in common? - Rush Limbaugh dances to Lady Gaga at Miss America Pageant - No joke –… Read more »
Troops Prepare and Publicize Offensive Against Taliban
The U.S. and Afghan militaries are about to launch their biggest joint offensive of the war, and appear to be making sure the Taliban know about it.... Read more »
President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan
President Obama ordered the rapid development of technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal.... Read more »
A Small-Business Owner Takes His Case to the Top
A Florida-based entrepreneur had the opportunity to ask President Obama a question that many others have wanted to ask.... Read more »
Bernanke Takes Oath at Fed, Quietly
The ceremony marking a second four-year term as Fed chief had none of the pomp and praise of four years ago.... Read more »
White House Memo: Few News Conferences, but Still Taking Questions
The president’s effort to use alternative avenues including blogs, Internet videos and Facebook has altered the way a president deals with the news media.... Read more »
Justice Defends Ruling on Finance
In a speech, Justice Clarence Thomas defended the Supreme Court ruling that President Obama criticized in his State of the Union address.... Read more »
General’s Opposition to Gay Policy Was Years in the Making
Adm. Mike Mullen began thinking about the impact of “don’t ask, don’t tell” some five years ago.... Read more »
National Prayer Breakfast Draws Controversy
An ethics group is asking President Obama to stay away from the National Prayer Breakfast, whose sponsor, the group says, has ties to anti-gay legislation in Uganda.... Read more »
