I don't know about you but I think our US Capitol so gorgeous and so inspiring...and then I get a bit distressed because despite the best intentions of our politicians, they just are not fixing so many important issues in this country. In some instances they are neglecting matters...and in others they are meddling and stifling initiative. Maybe our problems are overwhelming...and maybe our ... read more
There were three last Democratic Senators Senator Reid needed to massage. Each got something for being last. You tell me who is the smartest and whether any of them is a dummy. Senator Mary Landrieu got 300 million for her state, Senator Ben Nelson got the Dems to dump a provision stripping health insurers of their anti trust exemption and Senator Blanche Lincoln got an extended 72 hour period to ... read more
Statement from White House / President Obama:
Subject: Statement from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tonight's Senate Vote
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release November 21, 2009
Statement from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on ... read more
Check out the note I just got from my FNC colleague Trish Turner:
Reid said he just spoke to Sen Kennedy's widow, Vicki Kennedy. He said "she was crying pretty hard.". He called just off the floor - in the Democratic cloakroom before coming to the presser - to inform her of the vote.
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Here are some pics from the LBJ room in the US Capitol. We did our interview the other day with Senator Kyl in the room. This is where the minority party - the Republicans - caucus (meaning meet.) I figure you would never get a chance to see it (I had never seen it before) so I shot some pics for you. ... read more
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers about Governor Palin...facebook...health care reform....facebook...medical guidelines for mammograms, pap smears ...etc.
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Did Senator Harry Reid - with YOUR MONEY - just buy Senator Landrieu's health care vote for ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? (YOUR one hundred million dollars - not his!) Yes, it is done all the time -- but does that make it right? and especially for such an important vote? buy it?(and what would you do if you were Senator ... read more
Check out the pic OTR Producer sent me from a Palin book signing. Kerry explains the pic a bit in the text below the pic. It looks like it got a bit political outside. Ouch! [PS - CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS POSTED IN THE GREEN OVAL...right hand side of GretaWire]
From: O'Connor, Kerry
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 6:57 PM
To: Van Susteren, Greta
Subject: ... read more
[BY THE WAY --- CHECK OUT THE GREEN OVALVIDEOS WE JUST POSTED -- CLICK ON THE GREEN OVAL on the upper right hand side of GretaWire]
A quick tease...tonight ON THE RECORD at 10pm ....
Senator Kyl has lots to say about tomorrow night's 8pm vote.
and .... Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodger about cancer screenings for women...and Governor Palin (fyi: she has something to say about ... read more
November 22, 2009 07:58 PM EST
So beautiful ....
I don't know about you but I think our US Capitol so gorgeous and so inspiring...and then I get a bit distressed because despite the best intentions of our politicians, they just are not fixing so many important issues in this country. In some instances they are neglecting matters...and in others they are meddling and stifling initiative. Maybe our problems are overwhelming...and maybe our ... read more
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