Conyers to Obama: You won’t shut me up
When last we left you, House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers was openly complaining about having to always save Obama’s “can” on the healthcare “reform” issue even though, in Conyers’ eyes, President Obama wasn’t giving true “reform-minded” folks like him much in return. Well, apparently word got back to the President about Conyers’ remarks and as a result, the President personally called Conyers in an attempt to shut -, er, um, talk through some of their disagreements. How did Conyers respond to the gesture? Blabbing about it to The Hill:
Obama acknowledges success of Iraq surge – finally
Something he wouldn’t do last year in a blatant attempt at placating his party’s anti-war base:
Why did you have to go there, Sarah?
The divine Ms. Sarah has stepped into a minefield, thanks to remarks she made yesterday to conservative radio talk show host Rusty Humphries regarding the “Birther” issue (transcript via AJ Strata):
The Beer Summit vs. the Jobs Summit – which will prove more productive when all is said and done?
Another informal poll for you this week. The answers are:
Krauthammer and Hayes on Obama’s Afghanistan speech
Pretty much sums up my thoughts: