Labor Group Airs Ad Celebrating Stimulus Passage The labor-backed political group Americans United For Change is already going on the air with this new pro-stimulus ad, seeking to claim the political narrative in the wake of the bill's final passage into law:The ad is running on national cable and in the D.C. media market -- so it's essentially aimed at the political classes, with the key message that there remains more work to be done.Obama Delivering Speech Today On Mortgage Relief President Obama is spending the morning in Phoenix, Arizona, where he will deliver a 12:15 p.m. ET speech on his mortgage relief plan, which would reportedly involve the government setting out to reduce foreclosures by providing subsidies and other incentives to help lower payments costs, and to encourage the renegotiation of loan terms. He will then head back to Washington, with a scheduled 5:45 p.m. ET arrival back at the White House.Biden Meeting With Middle Class Task Force -- And Ryan Crocker Vice President Biden is having lunch today with members of the Middle Class Task Force, the White House effort chaired by Biden to study everyday economic conditions and make policy recommendations. Then in the afternoon, he will be meeting with Ryan Crocker, the Bush-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, for a closed-door meeting to discuss the situation in that country.WaPo: Palin Caught Between Alaska, National Politics The Washington Post takes a look at Sarah Palin's political life these days, revealing a pol who is caught between the competing pressures of her state and national political lives, and whose every moved it analyzed with an eye towards 2012. "There's nothing we can do to stop it," said Palin aide Joe Balash. "People wonder why she's doing something or not doing something."Two Ohio Dems Jump Into 2010 Senate Race Ohio Democrats now have a primary for the open Senate seat of retiring GOP Senator George Voinovich, with both Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher both declarin...
Labor Group Airs Ad Celebrating Stimulus Passage
The labor-backed political group Americans United For Change is already going on the air with this new pro-stimulus ad, seeking to claim the political narrative in the wake of the bill's final passage into law:
The ad is running on national cable and in the D.C. media market -- so it's essentially aimed at the political classes, with the key message that there remains more work to be done.
Obama Delivering Speech Today On Mortgage Relief
President Obama is spending the morning in Phoenix, Arizona, where he will deliver a 12:15 p.m. ET speech on his mortgage relief plan, which would reportedly involve the government setting out to reduce foreclosures by providing subsidies and other incentives to help lower payments costs, and to encourage the renegotiation of loan terms. He will then head back to Washington, with a scheduled 5:45 p.m. ET arrival back at the White House.
Biden Meeting With Middle Class Task Force -- And Ryan Crocker
Vice President Biden is having lunch today with members of the Middle Class Task Force, the White House effort chaired by Biden to study everyday economic conditions and make policy recommendations. Then in the afternoon, he will be meeting with Ryan Crocker, the Bush-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, for a closed-door meeting to discuss the situation in that country.
WaPo: Palin Caught Between Alaska, National Politics
The Washington Post takes a look at Sarah Palin's political life these days, revealing a pol who is caught between the competing pressures of her state and national political lives, and whose every moved it analyzed with an eye towards 2012. "There's nothing we can do to stop it," said Palin aide Joe Balash. "People wonder why she's doing something or not doing something."
Two Ohio Dems Jump Into 2010 Senate Race
Ohio Democrats now have a primary for the open Senate seat of retiring GOP Senator George Voinovich, with both Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and