Reuters – Tackling the housing market’s woes is a “high priority” for President Barack Obama, a White House official said on Monday, but the aide would not say whether housing-related measures would be in Obama’s jobs speech later this week.
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Reuters – Small-town Americans probably don’t make as much money as Warren Buffett, but they pay more of their income in taxes, President Barack Obama said on Monday, citing the billionaire investor to argue that the government needs more revenues to balance the budget.
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I like the video, but Rep. Walsh is an alleged deadbeat dad. I guess he’s fighting it. See Chicago Tribune, ” Walsh: I’ll privately fight child support claims ,” and Northwest Herald , ” Walsh tries to clear air at town hall-style meeting .” ( Added : A Memeorandum thread.)
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Here’s the photo from last night, after getting gas at the California-Nevada state line. That’s a first for me: $5.00 a gallon fuel prices. So I can tell you, it’s not the “prospect” of $5.00 gas prices the president will face. He should be facing them right now, freakin’ presidential asshat. At USA Today , ” Obama: We will end ‘manipulation’ of gas prices ” (via Memeorandum ): Faced with the prospect of $5-a-gallon gas this summer, President Obama said today his Justice Department is creating a team to “root out any cases of fraud or manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices.” “That includes the role of traders and speculators,” Obama said at a town hall-style meeting in Reno, Nev. “We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of American consumers for their own short-term gain.” “This gas issue is serious,” Obama said, adding that the best solution is developing alternative energy sources. Yeah, better hurry up with that. The White House itself is doing its best to deplete existing reserves. See Paul Bedard, ” Earth Day Ends Obama’s 53,300 Gallon Trip ” (via Mememorandum and Doug Powers ).
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AP – The nation’s capital lumbered to work in a pall Monday, somber from the Congress to the White House, as official Washington absorbed an assassination attempt against one of its own. Giving voice to the grief, President Barack Obama conceded that everyone was still in shock.
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You do have to give John Kerry some props: he is using the old saying that there is no such thing as bad press to good effect. Witness his latest histrionics Speaking at a town hall-style meeting promoting climate change legislation on Thursday, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) predicted there will be “an ice-free Arctic”
