A couple more things about that Byron York column. First, the topline argument about President Obama’s popularity is even sillier than it first seems, because the president’s popularity has risen with whites and held even with blacks since the election.
62 percent of whites approve of the job Obama
FreedomWorks has launched a Facebook page for a Sept. 12, 2009 march on Washington — 9/12 being the date that Glenn Beck is building his anti-whatever and pro-whatever else movement around.
On April 15, taxpayers gathered across the country. Now it’s time to bring that message to Washington on
Here’s a supplement to Aaron’s great photo spread from this afternoon’s rally.
Today was certainly a red-letter day for supporters of gay rights. In addition to the Vermont Legislature’s passage, and then veto-override, of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, the District of Columbia City Council today unanimously voted to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
In Atlanta, a neighborhood revitalized in the 1990s as part of the city’s Olympic bid has been scarred again by vacant and abandoned homes, undoing years of progress. In Washington D.C.’s struggling Anacostia community, decades of work to rebuild and reinvest are being lost to blight brought on More…
The Senate this morning voted to end debate (ie, kill a filibuster) on legislation to give residents of Washington, D.C., a voting member in the House of Representatives. The count was 62 to 34, with eight Republicans voting for the measure and two Democrats voting against.
The procedural step More…
The Presidential Inaugural Committee today announced the initial lineup for the official opening inaugural event in Washington, slated to kick off at 7 p.m 2 p.m EST Sunday. Dubbed “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial,” the festivities will air for free nationwide, exclusively More…
If you’re planning to be in Washington Jan. 20 to take part in President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration celebration, you might have a hard time getting close enough to see the swearing-in ceremony. But now you may be able to score a choice seat to watch the preceding inaugural More…
Are you planning a pilgrimage to the nation’s capital to witness President-elect Barack Obama’s historic inauguration? Are you worried that the festivities might end when, as usual, the D.C. bars close at 2 a.m. on weeknights?
Good news! The Washington Post reports that the D.C. City Council More…
Celebrations sprang up throughout the world last night — captured in a remarkable front-page slideshow on the Huffington Post – after the major networks made the call for Sen. Barack Obama. But nowhere was the jubilation more passionate or immediate than in our nation’s capital.
I headed downtown to More…
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