I could say more but no need. August 1, 2013 11:24 am at 11:24 am | Data Driven @just sayin, Perhaps you're right about Obama being "cheap cheap cheap" when it comes to his own money, but aren't we all? I don't think Obama deserves any particular criticism for not creating an entourage of cousins and uncles and aunts who follow him around everywhere. It's just petty. Conservatives will do better by offering reasoned critiques of his policies.
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Obama is expected to pick up the themes of equal justice and opportunity during events to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, planned for Aug. 27-28. Among the initiatives the president and his administration have supported are the Becoming a Man program, anchored in low-income public high schools in his adopted Kim Kardashian hometown. Obama met with participants in Chicago in February and hosted some of the young men at the White House in June. First lady Michelle Obama has headlined events targeted to youth empowerment, especially after the shooting death of Chicagos Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old honors student. In April, for example, Mrs.
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Keystone Kremlinologists Trying to Decipher Obama
Despite his ongoing campaign to promote his economic agenda, President Obama is having trouble persuading the country that his policies are helping the middle class. The latest Monmouth University poll finds that a plurality of Americans think Wall Street and other elites have been served better than the middle class by the president. Only 12 percent of Americans said middle class families have greatly benefited from Obama's policies, while 46 percent said they haven't benefited at all and an additional 39 percent say they have benefited only a "little." [ READ: GOP Strategist: Obama in a 'World of Hurt check this out '] There is considerable skepticism that Obama's policies have been of much benefit to any groups. But the haves are seen as benefiting more than the have-nots, according to the poll. Forty-four percent said Wall Street bankers had been helped "a lot" by Obama; 35 percent said wealthy families had benefited a lot, along with health insurance companies at 34 percent, poor families at 20 percent and middle class families at only 12 percent.
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Poll: Obama No Help to the Middle Class
"The president was very appreciative of the question," Carney said in response to a question from CNN chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin. "The question got into specifics about a program and I think the president not only said that his staff would follow up on it, he guaranteed that the president's staff would follow up on it. And he was very glad to see the interest in these kinds of programs that was expressed by the congressman." Multiple sources tell CNN that another heated moment came when Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Colorado asked about rumors that Larry Summers is being considered to head the Federal Reserve, and told the president it is a bad idea. [link] Sources said the president got defensive and clearly upset, saying that he is sick of the Washington game and liberal press like the Huffington Post going off on Summers as not liberal enough.
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Source: Obama was 'rude and dismissive' in exchange with Democrat
We do not think it does any good to get into a debate about whether one job is more important than another, Shawn Howard, the spokesman, said in an e-mail. To be sure, Obama in the interview with the Times left open the possibility his administration will approve the project. He said url it represents a potential benefit in terms of integrating energy supplies with ally Canada. Greenhouse Gases Obama also hinted he is in search of concessions on greenhouse gases . Keystones fate hinges heavily on whether the project is going to significantly contribute to carbon in our atmosphere, he said. And there is no doubt that Canada at the source in those tar sands could potentially be doing more to mitigate carbon go to website release. White House officials arent saying what steps Canada could take to alleviate concerns that the development of Albertas oil sands would worsen the risks of climate change .
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