Obama Holds Health-Care Forum in Virginia
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 2nd, 2009 4:36 am by HL
Obama Holds Health-Care Forum in Virginia
President Obama offered a wonkish defense of his embattled health-care reform effort during an hour-long town hall meeting in Northern Virginia yesterday that featured seven questions, including one sent via Twitter and several from a handpicked audience of supporters.
Recriminations Over Sarah Palin Mask Deeper GOP Troubles
On the same day Republicans surrendered a symbolically significant seat in the Senate, the Sarah Palin wars erupted again inside the party. Leaks followed by trash-talking followed by recriminations.
Bauer, Sanford’s Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina, Draws New Attention
With every word South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) utters about his extramarital affair, his would-be successor leaps closer to a job that he wants dearly but that many leaders in the state’s fractured Republican Party have been scheming to keep from him.
Opposition Leaders Defy Iranian Authorities, Call Ahmadinejad Government Illegal
TEHRAN, July 1 — Three opposition leaders, including a former president, openly defied Iran’s top political and religious authorities Wednesday, vowing to resist a government they have deemed illegitimate after official certification of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection.
