O to hold first presser since spring at 11 a.m. ET – quote predictions?
The Hill reports that this morning the President will be taking his first series of questions from a “hungry press” since a spring presser:
Koran burning called off, but no, there is no plan to move the Ground Zero Mosque
Looks like the WH will no longer have to consider whether or not to place a call to Jones, urging him not to go through with the Koran burning. Via Fox40:
Think Obama can wait til 2012 to dump Biden?
The Hill reports that Vice President Joe “Gaffetastic” Biden had some kind words for President Bush on Stephen Colbert’s show last night on the issue of Iraq:
Welcome to Cartel City
That Mexico is wracked by violence as the federal government battles drug gangs and the gangs battle each other isn’t really news anymore; around 23,000 people have died since 2007, and I’ve written before about violence in Mexico’s northern border cities, as well as the possibility of it spilling over to our side. Secretary of State Clinton recently referred to this drug war as an insurgency, something the Mexican government loudly denounced.
Dear Mr. President: I appreciate your concerns for troop welfare, but …
In an interview this morning that aired on ABC’s Good Morning America, President Obama weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Florida church that plans to burn the Koran on 9/11: