Exclusive gridiron dinner, president obama had another opportunity to rub elbows with congressional republicans. That is something hes been doing a lot of this month as part of a new charm offensive. Shouldnt be news that the president is reaching out in a bipartisan fashion to try to solve problems for the country. Reporter oklahoma senator tom coburn was just one on an a list of republicans invited this past week to break bread with the president. Its an effort to break the partisan logjam on capitol hill. We exchange very different frank, candid views of one another that were very different but at least we had this conversation. Reporter this. Coming week, the president s heading to capitol hill on tuesday, wednesday and twice on thursday to press members of both parties to get a deal on spending and spending cuts for the coming fiscal year. I believe we can come together on both sides of the aisle. Reporter some are asking how far the president has to bend to get something done. We
He goes on to say he is confident that he has not broken any laws or done anything dishonest. The escalateing media frenzy has reached the point of no return. He says he will step down next wednesday morning 10 00 a. M. Local time. He is 67 years old. He spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. He was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the history of the United States if he had finished out his current term. That would have been 16 years in office. She a hes a democratic. He was elected for the fourth time in oregon recently. He is nope for his work on health reform. The rollout in oregon of obama care was a disaster. For the past several months kitzhaber has been in trouble in relation to his girlfriend. Specifically pay to play plans. If she was paid while in his administration and serving in an unofficial capacity as the states first lady. That lead to a state criminal investigation and a demand from the states largest newspaper that he resi
I apologize to all of those people who gave of their faith, time energy and resources to elect me to a fourth term last year and who has supported me the last four decade. It is deeply troubling to realize a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no independent verification of the allegations involved. Nonetheless i understand i have become a liability to the very institutions and policy toss which i have dedicated my career and indeed my entire adult life. He goes on to say he is confident that he has not broken any laws or done anything dishonest. But reading from his statement here, the escalating media frenzy has clearly reached the point of no return. Kitzhaber says he will step down officially next wednesday morning 10 00 a. M. Local time. 10 00 a. M. In oregon. John kitzhaber is 67 years old. He spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. He was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the histo
ANN/THE STAR – This is how you do it. It’s been 40 years since the first Ghostbusters movie came out, and we’re finally getting a sequel that captures some of the magic that was in the original. It’s taken a while to get here, with one sequel coming out in 1989, another one coming out […]