Republican leaders spent most of the day jumping all over President Barack Obama’s statement that the private sector is doing fine. They are also calling on the president to sign legislation extending all tax cuts, including those for the rich, as that is their prime issue.
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama was engaged in damage control today after a rare gaffe. Why would he say the private sector is doing “fine?” … Because he’s comparing it to public sector job cuts, which drag down the employment picture? … Because most of the people he sees are rich? His fundraising is going great guns. Romney bested him this past month, but not by much, and only because he was able to tap his core backers for the first time for the bigger money amounts. … Because he wants to make the race really interesting? … Because he’s catching Romney’s foot-in-mouth disease? … It was quite out of character for Obama to say something so demonstrably foolish. … Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta had no public events today after a whirlwind Asian tour. Now we will see over the next few weeks and months what sort of take he really got in pushing for the new “Pacific Pivot.” … Governor Jerry Brown continued budget negotiations today. His administration is meeting with various union bargaining units to secure the needed 5% cut in compensation costs he is demanding as part of his state budget cuts.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT” and MAD MEN‘S SEASON FINALE: “THE PHANTOM.”
President Barack Obama this morning urged Europe’s leaders to act quickly and decisively to solve the continent’s economic crisis. Obama says there are solutions available to European leaders, including injecting capital into weak banks.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT” and MAD MEN‘S SEASON FINALE: “THE PHANTOM.”
** OBAMA TODAY. President Barack Obama is in Washington.
Obama received the daily intelligence and economic briefings in the Oval Office.
He then delivered a statement on the economy in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
Following that, he and Vice President Joe Biden met for lunch in the Private Dining Room.
Obama then met with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia in the Oval Office.
At 11 AM Pacific, Obama holds a bilateral meeting with President Benigno Aquino II of the Philippines in the Oval Office.
At 11:50 AM Pacific, Obama honors the Super Bowl XLVI Champion New York Giants on the South Lawn.
At 2:10 PM Pacific, Obama attends a fundraiser at The Jefferson Hotel.
Obama made some cogent points this morning about the multi-faceted and transnational nature of the economic challenge, as you can see in the clip above.
But he also made a significant gaffe, saying that the US private sector is “doing fine.”
Naturally, Republicans jumped all over this, and Obama was forced to appear after his session with Philippine President Aquino — in Washington to discuss the “Pacific Pivot” in American geopolitics I’m about to write about again — to acknowledge his error.
UN observers seeking to visit the site of a recent massacre in Syria came under attack late yesterday, then were forcefully turned away by Assad regime forces. That Kofi Annan ceasefire deal really hasn’t worked out.
Afghan officials complained for a third day that NATO forces have killed civilians, reiterating anger over how 18 civilians were killed in an air strike in eastern Afghanistan.
Obama is monitoring several geopolitical crises involving the Arab Awakening, Iran and Israel, Iraq, AfPak, and North Korea.
With the UN-negotiated ceasefire in tatters, training is ramping up for the opposition fighters in Syria who are part of the so-called Free Syrian Army, which was founded last July when a group of military officers deserted.
Military Crisis Zone Times: The Arabian Gulf is ten hours ahead of Pacific time, and Afghanistan is eleven and a half hours ahead of Pacific time.
** FROM THE JERRY FILES. Governor Jerry Brown is in Northern California.
He has no scheduled public events as of this morning.
Brown and Democratic legislative leaders continue to negotiate, working to meet a June 15th California budget deadline, are about $2 billion apart on Brown’s proposed cuts, mostly in welfare, child care, and in-home care.
Brown, pointing to victories for public pension reform measures on Tuesday in San Jose and San Diego, is also pushing for action on his public pension reform proposal to backstop support for his November revenue initiative.
** MAD MEN: THE ANVIL HAS LANDED. … From my June 6th review.
** JERRY BROWN FOR PRESIDENT + 20. … From my June 6th essay.
** FIAT LUX, WILLARD! … From my June 1st column.
** MAD MEN: CONTROVERSY AS JOAN LOWERS HERSELF TO RISE, PEGGY EXITS ANTICLIMACTICALLY (AND SCDP GETS ITS HALO CLIENT). … From my latest essay.
** THE NEW SPACE ERA TAKES BIG STEPS FORWARD. … From my May 30th essay.
** MAD MEN: A GREAT LEAPER FORWARD? JOAN, JAG, DON’S RETURN TO ADVERTISING (AND OTHER, ER, TREKS). … From my May 23rd review.
** A BUCKET OF WOE: JERRY BROWN’S UNSURPRISINGLY UNHAPPY BUDGET. … From my May 16th essay.
** MAD MEN: DANGER! SLIPPERY WHEN SOAPY (ESPECIALLY IN DARK SHADOWS). … From my May 15th review.
** NUCLEAR’S ONCE BRIGHT AND SHINY FUTURE BLINKS OUT. …From my May 12th essay.
** FROM GOVERNATOR TO MOONBEAM. … From my January 3rd, 2011 feature.
** OBAMA: RIDING WITH HISTORY. (NOTE: As Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, this column was the featured column on the top of the front page of the Huffington Post.) … From my January 19th, 2009 Huffington Post column.
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This is up about $50 from the low of $34 per barrel prior to enactment of the Obama economic recovery program, reflecting a low point in global economic activity, and down about $30 per barrel from the price at the time of the Osama bin Laden raid.
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Great remarks by Barack on Eurozone problems and our economy.
O boy, that looks like a big civil war coming there to me…
O well…
BB:Obama made some cogent points this morning about the multi-faceted and transnational nature of the economic challenge, as you can see in the clip above.
But he also made a significant gaffe, saying that the US private sector is “doing fine.”
Naturally, Republicans jumped all over this, and Obama was forced to appear after his session with Philippine President Aquino — in Washington to discuss the “Pacific Pivot” in American geopolitics I’m about to write about again — to acknowledge his error.
That was supposed to be
Yeah, you don’t hear ANYTHING about the Battle of Midway, it’s weird.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT”
Good news video of President Obama on the economy.
Good good news Al Jazeera news video on the Free Syria Army.
We are going to end up choosing sides in a Syrian civil war.
The media doesn’t care about history… You can’t tweet it.
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Yeah, you don’t hear ANYTHING about the Battle of Midway, it’s weird.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT”
Too bad he didn’t stop there…
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Great remarks by Barack on Eurozone problems and our economy.
That makes no sense for him to say that, what, is he hanging with Biden too much??
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:49 pm
O well…
BB:Obama made some cogent points this morning about the multi-faceted and transnational nature of the economic challenge, as you can see in the clip above.
But he also made a significant gaffe, saying that the US private sector is “doing fine.”
Naturally, Republicans jumped all over this, and Obama was forced to appear after his session with Philippine President Aquino — in Washington to discuss the “Pacific Pivot” in American geopolitics I’m about to write about again — to acknowledge his error.
I can’t believe Obama said that, what the hay was he thinkin’?
More crisis video today?
Hahah, ouch!
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama was engaged in damage control today after a rare gaffe. Why would he say the private sector is doing “fine?” … Because he’s comparing it to public sector job cuts, which drag down the employment picture? … Because most of the people he sees are rich? His fundraising is going great guns. Romney bested him this past month, but not by much, and only because he was able to tap his core backers for the first time for the bigger money amounts. … Because he wants to make the race really interesting? … Because he’s catching Romney’s foot-in-mouth disease? … It was quite out of character for Obama to say something so demonstrably foolish. …
Did old Leon get the mission accomplished??
… It was quite out of character for Obama to say something so demonstrably foolish. … Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta had no public events today after a whirlwind Asian tour. Now we will see over the next few weeks and months what sort of take he really got in pushing for the new “Pacific Pivot.” …
JB is going to get his way there…
… Governor Jerry Brown continued budget negotiations today. His administration is meeting with various union bargaining units to secure the needed 5% cut in compensation costs he is demanding as part of his state budget cuts.
Syria or Iran crisis video today?
Syria.
Agreements will be announced soon.
>Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 5:32 pm (Edit)
JB is going to get his way there…
… Governor Jerry Brown continued budget negotiations today. His administration is meeting with various union bargaining units to secure the needed 5% cut in compensation costs he is demanding as part of his state budget cuts.
I don’t know yet.
>Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 5:31 pm (Edit)
Did old Leon get the mission accomplished??
… It was quite out of character for Obama to say something so demonstrably foolish. … Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta had no public events today after a whirlwind Asian tour. Now we will see over the next few weeks and months what sort of take he really got in pushing for the new “Pacific Pivot.” …
He said it in the midst of other stuff which provided some context. Still, it was dumb.
>Cooper Hawks says:
June 8, 2012 at 4:53 pm (Edit)
I can’t believe Obama said that, what the hay was he thinkin’?
Indeed.
>Jack Aubrey says:
June 8, 2012 at 3:57 pm (Edit)
Too bad he didn’t stop there…
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Great remarks by Barack on Eurozone problems and our economy.
Heh.
>Jack Aubrey says:
June 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm (Edit)
The media doesn’t care about history… You can’t tweet it.
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Yeah, you don’t hear ANYTHING about the Battle of Midway, it’s weird.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT”
Only one side if we choose.
>Jack Aubrey says:
June 8, 2012 at 3:52 pm (Edit)
We are going to end up choosing sides in a Syrian civil war.
Be nice.
>Jack Aubrey says:
June 8, 2012 at 3:58 pm (Edit)
That makes no sense for him to say that, what, is he hanging with Biden too much??
Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:49 pm
O well…
BB:Obama made some cogent points this morning about the multi-faceted and transnational nature of the economic challenge, as you can see in the clip above.
But he also made a significant gaffe, saying that the US private sector is “doing fine.”
Naturally, Republicans jumped all over this, and Obama was forced to appear after his session with Philippine President Aquino — in Washington to discuss the “Pacific Pivot” in American geopolitics I’m about to write about again — to acknowledge his error.
Shallow media culture.
>Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:50 pm (Edit)
Yeah, you don’t hear ANYTHING about the Battle of Midway, it’s weird.
** NEW COLUMNS COMING UP … MIDWAY FROM MIDWAY: UNSUNG 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF HISTORY’S MOST IMPORTANT BATTLES COMES AS OBAMA TRIES “THE PACIFIC PIVOT”
That makes sense.
>Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:49 pm (Edit)
That was supposed to be
In Syria.
>Capitol Boy says:
June 8, 2012 at 2:47 pm (Edit)
O boy, that looks like a big civil war coming there to me…