On West Coast, Obama makes fundraising push
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 26th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
On West Coast, Obama makes fundraising push
SAN JOSE — President Obama opened a West Coast fundraising blitz Sunday with appearances at four events in Seattle and San Jose as his reelection campaign sought to make up ground after a series of summer setbacks.
With his popularity fading in national polls, Obama challenged his supporters to “shake off any doldrums” and recapture the yes-we-can attitude of his historic 2008 campaign.
Verdict on Kagan’s first year on Supreme Court
The phone rang last year as soon as the Senate confirmed Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court’s newest justice.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said he wanted to be the first to congratulate and welcome Kagan to the court, she recalled at a recent event at the Aspen Institute. And Roberts told her one other thing: that the two were going to be serving together for the next 25 years.
Netanyahu declines to address GOP critique of Obama on Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted Sunday that his nation’s bond with the United States and President Obama remains strong, but he declined to counter harsh criticism of Obama’s Middle East policy by Republican presidential candidates.
Speaking as the United Nations’ Security Council prepares to debate an application to create a Palestinian state—a move Obama has pledged the United States will block—Netanyahu said he stands ready to sit down and negotiate a peace deal. But he said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ request for UN intervention was undermining peace efforts.
