Obama appalled by tornado damage in Alabama
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 30th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Obama appalled by tornado damage in Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — President Obama joined thousands of storm victims across the tornado-ravaged South on Friday in making his way past splinteredhouses along devastated streets, and he promised federal aid to help communities rebuild.
The conservative coup: Now, on the debt ceiling
First, it was the Bush tax cuts. Then it was cuts to the 2011 budget. Now it’s spending cuts as a condition on raising the debt ceiling. In each instance the left opposed the Republicans’ position. In each case the Democrats in Congress huffed and puffed. And in each case the Democrats capitulated.
GOP hopefuls court primary voters in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — It lacked the showbiz-style pizazz of a Donald Trump entrance, but a Republican forum here Friday night featured something else — top-tier political figures sharing the billing, signaling to grass-roots activists that this was the kickoff of the GOP’s 2012 race for the White House.