Today With President Barack Obama

Obama's Speech to House Democrats Issues Conference

2012-01-27T20:00:00.000-08:00

Obama's Schedule Jan. 28

2012-01-27T19:29:00.000-08:00

7:15 PM
Obama delivers remarks at the 99th annual Alfalfa Club Dinner in Washington. Michelle Obama attends.

What the heck is the Alfalfa Club?

Romney on the Blind Trust Then and Now

2012-01-27T18:39:00.000-08:00

In 1994, he called it a ruse:

Last night it was his excuse for investing in Freddie and Fannie.

Newt Too Good to be True

2012-01-27T18:26:00.000-08:00

Newt sparked and stalled, sparked and now he's stalling again, thanks to Romney's backers, who aren't excited to have Newt as the nominee. But Newt has his own backers, namely casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who mostly cares about Israel. Forget about bridges to the Muslim world if Newt ever became president. Newt is a kept man. Adelson, who contributed at least $10 million to Newt through a superpac, wants to buy the presidency. Adelson once said he owned the sidewalk outside of his Venetian casino (he lost that battle in court) because he wanted to keep union protesters off the sidewalk. Talk about maniacal.
In reality, there's not much difference between Newt & Mitt. Newt enriched himself by milking our government as a "historian" and Mitt enriched himself by milking our tax system. Two out of touch rich guys.

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Obama Gets a Social Visit From HW Bush and Jeb Bush

2012-01-27T16:38:00.000-08:00

The AP says it was a social call. H.W. Bush says it was a "good meeting, good meeting" with Obama.

Obama Campaign Returning Lobbyist Donations

2012-01-27T16:18:00.000-08:00

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is refunding the donations of five registered federal lobbyists who gave to the committee last year, OpenSecrets Blog has learned. Some of these refunds were triggered after OpenSecrets Blog brought the contributions to the campaign's attention.

The Obama campaign has pledged to refuse contributions from lobbyists, continuing a policy it set during the 2008 campaign.
Open Secrets......

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told OpenSecrets Blog that refunds would be issued to all individuals who were registered lobbyists."When we catch [a contribution] from a federal lobbyist that slips through the cracks, we immediately return the contribution," LaBolt said. "Unlike our opponents, our campaign does not accept contributions from Washington lobbyists."

West Wing Week Jan. 27

2012-01-27T13:15:00.001-08:00

Instagram Founder on Sitting in the First Lady's Box

2012-01-27T13:11:00.000-08:00

See who else sat with FLOTUS during the State of the Union here.

Rubio Trying to Change GOP Anti-Immigrant Mindset

2012-01-27T13:03:00.000-08:00

Note the light applause after he says "we must admit we've used rhetoric that is harsh... sometimes we've been too slow in condemning that language for what it is." He says the left is using immigration for pure politics, which is so far from the truth. The truth is democrats actually care about people. The GOP's constituents is business and only business. Traditionally, republicans haven't been in favor of immigration reform because business enjoys the cheap labor.
But good luck to Marco Rubio. I commend him.