Feb 12
Here’s what it looks like when the featured guest is gone, the crowds have left and a lone letter on the ground serves as a reminder of an administration and a welcome-home rally now in the past….
Source:W: The End
Feb 12
Twenty-one U.S. mayors met today with top Obama administration officials to express their support for the economic stimulus package. After the meeting, the mayors discussed the challenges they face as their cities deal with the economic crisis. Watch the…
Source:Mayors back stimulus package
Feb 12
The “stakeout” is a staple of White House coverage. Traditionally, folks who meet with the president - and want to talk to the press about it - head to the stakeout position just outside the West WIng. Here’s a…
Source:White House stakeout
Feb 12
President Obama huddled at the White House today with corporate CEOs as he sought - and got - support for his economic stimulus package about to begin a potentially perilous path through Congress. After the session, the president and…
Source:Obama and the CEOs
Feb 12
As expected, President Barack Obama moved quickly to rescind a George W. Bush executive order that gave presidential heirs the right to block release of White House records. In a Wednesday executive order, Obama revoked a Nov. 1, 2001 Bush…
Feb 12
A wrap of the day’s events in Midland as George W. Bush came home….
Source:The Bush rally
Feb 12
The scene in the East Room as President Barack Obama announced members of his Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The economy is bad, says the president, and getting worse….
Feb 12
From the Department of Inauguration Nitpickery: President Barack Obama said this during his inaugural address: “Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.” Wrong. Obama is the nation’s 44th president. But only 43 Americans have now taken the presidential oath….
Source:Presidential math
Feb 12
Here’s White House press secretary Robert Gibbs at his first daily briefing for the building’s press corps. Topics du jour include why President Barack Obama did a replay of the oath of office and why the president is keeping…
Feb 12
Here’s former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former FEMA Director Joe Allbaugh discussing the flight from Washington to Midland with George W. Bush. Watch the video to see which one of them got a kiss from Bush….