Press asking americans to Pressure Congress to keep middle class tax cuts for families earning 250,000 or less. It is too important for washington to screw this up. Now is the time for us to work on what we all agree to, which is lets keep middle class taxes low. Tweet, use the hashag my2k or email, post it on a member of Congress Facebook wall, do what it takes to communicate a sense of urgency. Ill sign this bill as soon as Congress Sends it my way. I got to repeat, ive got a pen. Im ready to sign it. So the president wants republicans to first agree to keep the middle class tax cuts, and then he wants to move on and tackle the rest of the fiscal cliff problems. Do not count on groundswell of republican support. In fact, one republican, congressman tom cob, proposed a similar idea and conservative republicans shot him down. Well get to that here in a moment. Quite a moment today. Also president obama is meeting today with 14 key ceos to try to get their support for keeping those midd
Progress does not compel us to settle. The 57th inauguration, president obama delivered the most progressive speeches ever given by a chand der in chief. The president took the ceremonial oath of office on the steps of the United States capitol. President obama did not set out to lower expectations of his second term. Instead, he established the goals of a progressive agenda. My fellow americans, we are made for this moment and we will seize it so long as we seize it together for we, the people understand that our country cannot succeed when a very few barely make it. We believe americas prosperity must rest on the rise of the middle class. Helping our fellow man rang throughout the second inaugural dress. He did not shy away from our moral obligation to each other ever. We are true to our creed when a little girl born into the poverty knows she has a chance to succeed as anyone else because she is american, she is free, and she is equal not just in the eyes of god but also in our own.
Explainer in chief is doing some serious explaining about recent attacks on his wife, a day after karl rove, washingtons favorite medical expert, saying Hillary Clinton is brain damaged. Bill clinton had other ideas about whose heads needed checking. Ive got to give him credit. You know, that embodies that old saying that consistency is the hob gob blin of little minds. First they say she faked her concussion, and now they say shes auditioning for a part on the walking dead. If it is, you cant be too upset about it. Its just the beginning. Theyll get better and better at it. I mean, you know, its im still waiting for her to admit there was nothing to whitewater. Classic clinton. Former president also had choice thoughts about the Republican Partys opinion of the benghazi attack. Hillary did what she should have done, em paneled a high review committee with the joint chiefs of staff. They looked into what was wrong. They gave 29 recommendations. She took them and started em me meanting
Relevant. Im not questioning her health. I think that health and age is fair game. It demonstrates how utterly afraid they are of her. My brain says shes running. My gut says, you know what . We dont know what kind of shape your brain is in. Your forecast on this sunday afternoon. Karl rove is still, and will likely continue, talking about Hillary Clintons health. So how is that going to play out as she gears up for a book tour while the rest of the world continues to fixate on 2016 . The topic was all over the sunday shows this morning and not many conservatives were stepping up to roves defense, except rove himself, of course. Now he says he wasnt even talking about clintons health. This is all about whether or not shes going to run for president. Just take a look at how his argument has changed over the course of the week. How did this comment come up suggesting that Hillary Clinton may suffer from brain damage . Where did that come from . No, no, no, wait a minute. No, no. I didnt
Resignation intensify. At a speech for coalition of Homeless Veterans, the secretary vowed to enact sweeping changes to counter the growing scandal over wait times in va facilities. They will eliminate performance bonuses in 2014 for Senior Executives and removing patient wait times from va employee performance reviews. The secretary said he was mislead about the scope of the problems. I was too trusting of some and i accept it as accurate reports that i now know to have been misleading with regard to patient wait times. I cant explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. This is something i rarely encounter during 38 years in uniform. And so i will not defend it because it is indefensible. But i can take responsibility for it. And i do. The secretary and the president as we said are meeting right now in the oval office in that speech we just showed you this morning. The va secretary laid out his plans to fix what he called systemic problems in