The Blind Side: Starring Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama
While I'm cheering for Pelosi's political skill, I wish I could be cheering louder for passage of a bill that actually did more to accomplish universal affordable health care for all Americans.
While I'm cheering for Pelosi's political skill, I wish I could be cheering louder for passage of a bill that actually did more to accomplish universal affordable health care for all Americans.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
"I know there are some in this chamber and watching at home who are skeptical of whether this plan will work," Obama said. The camera quickly flashed ...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama's first address to Congress started with a funny and slightly awkward moment, as the president began speaking without being introduced. S...
Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011
A new Diageo-Hotline Poll finds that 66 percent of Americans, when provided with specific details, support the current proposed stimulus package. That...
MyDD | Posted 05.25.2011
On Wednesday morning, January 21, I had the opportunity to sit down with the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to talk about Barack...
Politico | Posted 05.25.2011
Allies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi call her a grand master at "three-level chess" -- a skilled politician who games out her complex relationships wi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama returned to Capitol Hill today for the first time since his election, convening leaders of both parties to lay the groundwork for his eco...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Monday with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss their legislative agendas includi...
Politico | Posted 05.25.2011
After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama's presidential campaign is insular, u...
SF Gate | Posted 05.25.2011
It is a prospect that thrills liberals and terrifies many Republicans: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi working hand-in-glove with a President Barack Obama....
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama ramped up his search for a running mate on Monday, consulting with one congressional ally by phone and dispatching mem...
The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011
The effort by Hillary Clinton's bundlers to pressure Speaker Nancy Pelosi into retracting her comments about superdelegates has caused a spurt of Obam...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Nancy Pelosi doesn't seem to be backing down from her position on super delegates, despite being the target of a threatening letter from big-wig Clint...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Aides to Sen. Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that they knew key fundraisers for her campaign were sending a letter to Nancy Pelosi, castigating the ...
AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: It doesn't sound like the letter had much effect on Pelosi's attitude towards the nomination. From her press office: Speaker Pelosi is confi...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it would be damaging to the Democratic party for its leaders to buck the will of national conventio...
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
Via Politico: Nancy Pelosi tells Boston TV that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket is "impossible." "I think that the Clinton administration ha...
San Francisco Chronicle | Zachary Coile | Posted 05.25.2011
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged both leading Democratic presidential candidates to cease their bickering, warning that the escalating rhetoric could ...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011