Obama’s Press Conference: Subdued But Defiant

The President opened his first post election press conference by admitting it had been “a long night.”  He spoke in subdued tones, compared to his recent, vitriolic campaign speeches.  Then he summarized his analysis of the election results: Yesterdays vote confirms people are frustrated with the pace of economic recovery…they want jobs to come back […]

First Order of Business: Sweet Irony

Barack Obama’s Senate seat turns Republican, effective immediately. When Barack Obama became President he had served four years of his six year Senate term. A temporary Senator, a Democrat, was appointed by the Illinois Governor and has occupied the seat since January, 2009.  On Tuesday Republican Mark Kirk was elected U.S. Senator from Illinois. Senators […]

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