President Obama was in Wisconsin today sounding like a man who likes to campaign a lot more than he likes to govern. For all his over-hyped blaming of George W. Bush for everything under the sun, and his condescending attitude, it’s interesting that Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Russ Feingold – facing a tough re-election campaign this Fall – wanted no part of Obama. He was nowhere to be seen at the event:
Washington Examiner……It’s a mildly interesting election year conundrum for Obama. He needs to keep all the Dems he can get in the Senate, and Feingold looks to be in serious trouble. But Feingold is also the standard-bearer for Obama’s Troubles on the Left — criticizing the administration for national security, war and other policies. He is currently threatening to vote against financial reform.
In any case, while Obama was sampling the Kringle in Racine, Feingold was in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Elena Kagan’s nomination to the Supreme Court…….. READ MORE
Rep. Luis Gutierrez and Laura Ingraham discuss immigration reform and Obama’s upcoming immigration speech, which is scheduled for tomorrow.
Gutierrez told Ingraham:
“The plan, as described by the President of the United States to us yesterday, is to get it done this year. To do everything we can, we think it’s important.”
Dick Morris believes Bill and Hillary Clinton are trying “to put a little bit of daylight between themselves and Obama” in a “carefully choreographed move.” Morris believes Hillary will try to run against Obama in 2012 if he “craters and loses Congress.”
An example of the incredibly tough questions Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is facing from Democrats:
(WaPo)- Early on in the third day of Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings, she ducked a particularly relevant question from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), tied to the week’s news.
“I keep wanting to ask you about the famous camp of Edward vs. Jacob or the vampire vs. the werewolf,” Klobuchar said. “I wish you wouldn’t,” Kagan responded.
Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs saying that President Obama will use a speech on Thursday to push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Gibbs said Obama will “reiterate” that we “cannot have immigration reform passed individually by each state through a patchwork of laws.”
Gibbs said Obama will also emphasize that it will take “Republican support” to get an Immigration Bill passed, which he said, “has certainly been there in the past.”
The Arizona anti-Illegal Immigration Law really has the Obama crew rattled. They are afraid other states are soon to follow suit, and they want to do something to stop it from happening. But it’s hard to say whether Obama is really ready to go all out to get something passed, or whether he is just window-dressing to make the Latino voters not be so upset with him for not getting some kind of amnesty bill passed.
Here is a video report on St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Manager Tony LaRussa speaking out in defense of Tea Party Activists that showed up at Busch Stadium. LaRussa said he is “in support” of a lot of what they are doing, and he went further by saying, “I’m actually in support of what Arizona is doing.”
LaRussa defended the right of the Tea Party or those with a different viewpoint to come to the ballpark with their signs: “This is America, right? You’re supposed to have opinions.”
Here is video of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dodging a question from ABC News’ Ann Compton on whether President Obama called to lobby for Valerie Jarrett to be appointed to fill his Senate seat back in 2008, just ahead of his election. Compton was referring to testimony during the Illinois Blagojevich trial by Thomas Balanoff, that Obama made such a call to him.
Gibbs refused to comment at all, and when Compton reminded him that he had previously said Obama never got involved in the process of filling his Senate Seat, he again brushed her off by saying again he will not comment on an ongoing trial.
Gibbs looked very uncomfortable with the question.
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