Archive for May 10th, 2009
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Scoop: Obamas outshine Cruise, Holmes
There was one celebrity power couple in the room at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner May 9, and it wasn’t Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. -
Obama to unveil health care cost cuts (Politico)
Politico – Leading health care groups will make a pledge Monday to President Barack Obama to reduce their costs by as much as $2 trillion over 10 years — a move the White House hopes will build momentum behind a comprehensive overhaul this year.
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GOP women: A minority in a minority (Politico)
Politico – Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population but less than 10 percent of the House and Senate GOP — a gender disconnect that could make the Republicans’ climb back to power even steeper than it would be otherwise.
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Cheney jabs Powell on party loyalty (Politico)
Politico – Continuing to resist the luxury of a quiet retirement, former Vice President Dick Cheney turned his fire on Colin Powell Sunday, questioning in a TV interview whether the former Bush administration secretary of state is even a Republican anymore.
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Obama more popular than U.S. among Arabs: survey (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama’s popularity in leading Arab countries far outstrips that of the United States, suggesting he could be able to boost goodwill in the region toward his country, a survey showed on Sunday.
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Catholic political divide over Obama at Notre Dame (AP)
AP – A campaign by outraged Roman Catholics to keep President Barack Obama from delivering the commencement address at Notre Dame shows that the gulf between the church and backers of abortion rights remains deep. -
Industry reps offer $2 trillion in health savings
Top representatives of the health care industry plan to offer $2 trillion in cost reductions over 10 years in a bid to help pass President Barack Obama’s health overhaul.
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AP source: $2 trillion offered in health savings (AP)
AP – Top representatives of the health care industry plan to offer $2 trillion in cost reductions over 10 years in a bid to help pass President Barack Obama’s health overhaul, a source familiar with the negotiations said Sunday.
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Feherty apologizes for joke in magazine article
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine.
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Transcript: Obama’s full remarks (Politico)
Politico – THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Good evening. You know, I had an entire speech prepared for this wonderful occasion, but now that I’m here I think I’m going to try something a little different. Tonight I want to speak from the heart. I’m going to speak off the cuff. (Teleprompters rise.) (Laughter and applause.)
