You go girl!
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley blasted President Obama and the National Labor Relations Board today. She called on President Obama to address the NLRB's unprecedented lawsuit against Boeing during his jobs speech on Sept. 8. The South Carolina governor made the comments during a conference call with bloggers and journalists this morning.
Citing the fact that at least 1,000 jobs and the future of American aircraft manufacturing hang in the balance with the NLRB's lawsuit against Boeing, Haley called the president's silence on the issue "cowardly" and "unacceptable."
Unusually blunt language aimed toward the nation's chief executive, reminiscent of a more verbal age.
Haley also cited the fact that the current White House Chief of Staff and Commerce Secretary both served on Boeing's board at the time the South Carolina plant was approved, and demanded that he speak up and go on the record whether he agrees with the NLRB's actions or not.
For the first time this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry leads President Obama in a national Election 2012 survey. Other Republican candidates trail the president by single digits.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows Perry picking up 44% of the vote while the president earns support from 41%. Given the margin of sampling error (+/- 3 percentage points) and the fact that the election is more than a year away, the race between the two men is effectively a toss-up. Just over a week ago, the president held a three-point advantage over Perry.
Perry leads by nine among men but trails by five among women. Among voters under 30, the president leads while Perry has the edge among those over 30. The president leads Perry by 16 percentage points among union members while Perry leads among those who do not belong to a union. The other candidates are close to striking distance in the polls. For an incumbent, at this early stage this isn't a good sign for your election chances. Lots of political game yet to play, but Obama is already tripping at the starting gate.
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Is that poll of anyone, or just registered voters or is it likely voters? If it is just anyone then Obama is in deep trouble. Likewise if it is registered voters then Obama is in trouble too.
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Needless to say, Barack Obamas joint session request to John Boehner didnt win him any competence points from either side of the aisle. Guess who wrote this rather biting criticism of the attempt to hijack attention from the Republican presidential debate on September 7th:
Obamas press secretary, Jay Carney, claims it is pure coincidence that the Obama administration happened to schedule this speech at the exact same moment as Rick Perrys first primary debate performance. Carney suggested the Republicans re-schedule their debate for the night after Obamas address. This suggests either the Obama administration is either extremely incompetent or just remarkably petty.
This scheduling decision seems more like an incredibly petty move by the White House, designed to step on the Republican debate, and an attempt to prevent Rick Perry from being the big story the next day.
What makes this childish, passive aggressive act really ironic is that Obama will probably use the speech to call for more civility in Washington and ask for both sides to work together. But needlessly stepping on the other partys important events isnt how you actually go about promoting civility and encouraging cooperation.
RedState? Daily Caller? Investors Business Daily? Er how about Jon Walker at the left-wing activist website FireDogLake?
If Obama wanted to pre-empt the debate, he should have just given the speech from the Oval Office, and that way he wouldnt have had to ask John Boehner for the use of Congress as his venue. Now hes stuck between two unpalatable options, as ABC reported last night:
Obamas request for the joint session on Wednesday would have conflicted with a planned debate of Republican presidential candidates in California. Boehners request for the joint session on Thursday conflicts with the opening game of the NFL season.
And lets not forget the last time Obama had a conflict between a major speech and other preplanned televised events he moved his speech rather than interfere with it. Of course, that TV event was much more important than one that helps voters select Obamas opponent in 2012:
President Obama had a message for the American people Monday night, an explanation of the governments intentions in Libya, one that he believed was important enough to request air time from the broadcast networks as well as the cable news networks.
But the administration also recognized that some networks, like ABC, had important priorities of their own: the programs they had scheduled for prime time Monday like Dancing with the Stars, the second most-watched show on television.
After some friendly negotiations, all parties agreed to a mutually acceptable time: 7:30 Eastern, which meant the speech on the military situation in Libya could be delivered and analyzed in time for the fans of Dancing, as well as other scheduled network shows, to see the shows they expected to see at their regularly scheduled times.
So, uh, Obama moved a war speech to accommodate a dancing show, but cant come up with any other time to talk about his jobs plan except to interrupt the Republican presidential debate. Childish amateur, indeed.
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#5: At this point, I miss Jimmy the Peanut Carter. Posted by: Shieldwolf|| 2011-09-01 19:53|
I wouldn't go that far, but Tricky Dick would be a major improvement. Heck, Gerald Ford would be a major improvement. Walk through Washington, DC, and pick the first guy you meet that's not wearing a tie and carrying a briefcase (or the female equivalent), and HE'D/SHE'D be an improvement. "Improvement" over BHS is a pretty low bar to set.
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flop sweat and unintelligent stammering is unusual for an experienced and fact-based reporter cum Presidential Spokeshole. But that doesn't describe Jay Carney (D-Amateur), does it?
Nice career demolition, Jay. You make your predecessor Gibbs look suave and thoughtful. I thought that impossible
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For the first time this year, Texas Governor Rick Perry leads President Obama in a national Election 2012 survey. Other Republican candidates trail the president by single digits.
Needless to say, Barack Obamas joint session request to John Boehner didnt win him any competence points from either side of the aisle. Guess who wrote this rather biting criticism of the attempt to hijack attention from the Republican presidential debate on September 7th:
