Sunday's comic was It lives!!, by Matt Wuerker God v. James Inhofe, by Hunter Mitt Romney, incompetent campaigns, and anti-Southern elitism, by Steve Singiser Teacher job satisfaction drops as school budget cuts and layoffs rise, by Laura Clawson The PVI/Vote Index: Quantifying good Dems, bad Dems and ugly Republicans, by David Jarman The Obama administration steps up for bullied kids in Minnesota, by Scott Wooledge Women of color in women's history. Part two: Latinas, Denise Oliver Velez The danger of the current arguments on contraception, by Dante Atkins
"As a Southerner, I would tell him: that kind of stuff doesn't really go over well in the Deep South," Gibbs said on CBS's "Face The Nation." "I will tell him this," said Gibbs, a devoted Auburn University football fan who sometimes abandoned the White House podium to catch a gam. "If somebody says they love the SEC, it's not the investigative body that looks into offshore, Cayman bank accounts. In fact, it's the world's greatest football conference. I hope he'll sort of go with the flow if he's down there."
"I will tell him this," said Gibbs, a devoted Auburn University football fan who sometimes abandoned the White House podium to catch a gam. "If somebody says they love the SEC, it's not the investigative body that looks into offshore, Cayman bank accounts. In fact, it's the world's greatest football conference. I hope he'll sort of go with the flow if he's down there."
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) writes in a new book that President Obama ditched him in the 2010 election after he helped Obama win the biggest legislative victory of his term by passing healthcare reform. Specter also claims that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did not uphold his promise to grant him seniority accrued over 28 years of service in the Senate as a Republican.
Specter also claims that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did not uphold his promise to grant him seniority accrued over 28 years of service in the Senate as a Republican.
Love letters reveal Nixon's sensitive side
This week, Rod Blagojevich becomes federal prisoner number 40892-424. [...] A trip to the big house would be humbling for anyone, but it is a particularly degrading ordeal for a man who until a short while ago dreamed of being president. To find out what Blagojevich can expect inside, POLITICO talked with ex-pols who served time behind bars about how best the disgraced 55-year-old Chicago native can survive prison. And nothing will be more difficult than the first day, they said.
A trip to the big house would be humbling for anyone, but it is a particularly degrading ordeal for a man who until a short while ago dreamed of being president. To find out what Blagojevich can expect inside, POLITICO talked with ex-pols who served time behind bars about how best the disgraced 55-year-old Chicago native can survive prison.
And nothing will be more difficult than the first day, they said.
In January, 77 percent of Capitol Hill staffers said they have BlackBerrys, down from 93 percent in 2009, the last time the survey was conducted. Just 1 percent of those surveyed who work on Capitol Hill said they were planning to buy one. In 2009, 76 percent of the private-sector staff surveyed said they owned BlackBerrys, but now just 50 percent do. The technology’s predominance fell among federal executives, from 76 percent to 57 percent. Fewer than 1 percent in the private sector and executive branch planned to buy a BlackBerry.