Tag Archives: Robert Gibbs

The End of Jester Gibbs

Posted on January 5th, 2011

When I see White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, the term shooting the messenger comes to mind.  How was it possible Gibbs could be appointed to be the mouthpiece of the White House?  It was the first sign the Obama Administration were setting their bar to rank amateur, and they never improved beyond that. Over [...]

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Proposition C spells trouble for Robin Carnahan

Posted on August 6th, 2010

By DAVID CATANESE    POLITICO While Washington is obsessing over what the results of Missouri’s anti-health care reform ballot initiative mean for President Barack Obama, the state’s political insiders are debating whether it’s Democratic Senate nominee Robin Carnahan who needs to be worried. A staggering 71 percent of Show-Me state primary voters cast ballots Tuesday opposing [...]

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Obama Dares Republicans to Fight Wall St. Bill

Posted on April 15th, 2010

By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & GLENN THRUSH For weeks, the White House strategy on financial regulatory reform remained an open question: Would President Barack Obama water down his bill just to get something passed — the way he did on health care?  A Palinesque “Hell no!” was the answer coming from the White House on Wednesday [...]

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This Just In…Obama’s Favorite Authors: Mitt Romney & Karl Rove

Posted on March 26th, 2010

Obama Stops to Browse at a Bookstore By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG IOWA CITY — President Obama spent plenty of time in Iowa as a candidate. On Thursday, he had a little homecoming of sorts, making a surprise visit to the Prairie Lights bookstore, a business he had referred to during a campaign-style rally just an [...]

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Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama ‘dumped him for dinner’

Posted on March 25th, 2010

By:  Giles Whittell, Washington, and James Hider, Jerusalem For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how [...]

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Posted on March 13th, 2010

The press finally falls out of love with Obama. By Howard Fineman | NEWSWEEK Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, was 50 minutes late for his briefing, apparently a record for tardiness, but few reporters in the White House Press Room bothered to feign outrage; they didn’t seem all that eager to ask him [...]

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Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due

Posted on March 7th, 2010

JONAH GOLDBERG Who gets to claim responsibility for success in Iraq? Joe Biden? ‘Victory has a hundred fathers,” John F. Kennedy said, “and defeat is an orphan.” By that standard, George W. Bush has won the Iraq war. Last month, Vice President Joe Biden proclaimed on CNN’s Larry King Live that the peaceful transition to [...]

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Great Moments in Health Care Reform

Posted on February 12th, 2010

Remember the old ‘Gillette, Great Moments in Sport‘ series?  We certainly do, so we decided to revisit that MSNBC paved road they call memory lane.  Do you recall that press conference, perhaps the last time Obama spoke to the press?  You know, the one where he made the Henry Louis Gates comment?  I bet you do!  So [...]

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The Solid Principles Report: February 11th, 2010

Posted on February 11th, 2010

The Solid Principles Report: February 11th, 2010 We speak with SDNN Political Columnist Colleen O’Connor about the allegations Steve Poizner has made against Meg Whitman and the Californian Gubernatorial Race.  Hear an extract of our upcoming interview with John Dennis, currently challenging Nancy Pelosi in the 8th Congressional District seat.  We also speak with John Cronin about the upcoming Obamacare Forum with Republican Leaders, [...]

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Press Room Laughter Dies Down

Posted on February 10th, 2010

What’s next, the Laughter Index? ~~John Cronin~~ By:  Patrick Gavin The White House press room was a jovial place to be in the early days of President Barack Obama’s presidency. But times have changed. Back in May, POLITICO analyzed the press briefings and found that the instances of laughter — as indicated by “(Laughter)” being [...]

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