Ooooh, it’s nearly time again – get all the latest news at the Inauguration website
USA Today: President Obama’s second inaugural? There’s now an app for that. The Presidential Inauguration Committee plans to announce Monday it has created an iPhone and Android app that enables people to follow next week’s events as Obama is sworn in for a second term.
The app will provide livestream video of inaugural events, including the Jan. 21 swearing-in ceremony. There are also schedules for nationwide events associated with the inauguration, including the National Day of Service on Saturday.
More here
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Update: President Obama will hold a news conference at 11:15 a.m. today
Today:
11:0: VP Biden meets with Members of the House of Representatives
12:0: Jay Carney briefs the press
2:30: The President and VP meet with Secretary of State Clinton
3:0: President Obama participates in an Ambassador Credentialing Ceremony (closed press) – Ambassadors from Poland, Japan, Zambia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Tuvalu, Maldives and Mexico will attend
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TPM: Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet with House Democrats’ task force to reduce gun violence at 11 a.m. ET Monday. The House members joining Biden are: Rep. Mike Thompson (CA), Rep. Bobby Scott (VA), Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (NY), Rep. Jackie Speier (CA), Rep. Elizabeth Esty (CT), Rep. William Enyart (IL), Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO), Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS), Rep. John Conyers (MI), Rep. John Dingell (MI), Rep. Ron Barber (AZ).
Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will also attend the meeting in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
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NBC: Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe has a message for the White House: “Ban assault weapons, restrict those magazines that so have so many bullets in them, shore up any loopholes in our criminal background checks,” he said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
As Vice President Joe Biden prepares to present his gun violence proposals to the White House this week, the residents of Newtown — including first responders and some families of the victims — are speaking out on gun policy for the first time.
Few have a more personal connection to the issue than Kehoe: He was one of the first on the scene at the Sandy Hook Elementary School …. as a veteran law enforcement officer, what was most striking to Kehoe was that the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, had heavier firepower than Kehoe and his officers. The police had Glock pistols with 14-round magazines; Lanza had a Bushmaster assault-style rifle, two handguns and multiple 30-round magazines that allowed him to squeeze off an estimated 150 shots….
More here
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Washington Post: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will seek to institute some of the nation’s strictest gun-licensing requirements, ban assault weapons and restrict visitor access to schools in one of the most expansive government responses sought to last month’s school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Perhaps most controversially, O’Malley (D) will ask the General Assembly to force prospective gun owners to provide fingerprints to state police, complete a hands-on weapon-familiarization and gun-safety course, and undergo a background check to be licensed.
And the governor is seeking new measures to keep guns out of the hands of those with mental illness who show violent tendencies…..
Full article here
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Read Steve Benen here
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TPM: The White House’s weekend ultimatum that Congress either lift the debt ceiling cleanly or take responsibility for default puts Republicans in a bind over their goal of reforming entitlement programs.
In ruling out all executive options, such as minting a high-value platinum coin, the White House put the onus on congressional Republicans to agree to raise the nation’s borrowing limit — without spending cuts or strings attached — or permit the first ever credit default. President Obama has steadfastly rebuffed their calls to cut social spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, and Democratic leaders support his position.
More here
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MoooOOoooOOorning!
Good Morning TOD!!
Congrats on Magnificent Monday First proud!
G’Morning, PMGZ! Nice to see you on the go early as usual.
It is really not my choice to be up. On days that I go work noon or later…..my dog comes over to my bed at 5:45 every morning. He pulls off my comforter and wants to go out and play Frisbee. He also howls at me when I am on the phone. He so reminds me of my children when they were younger. They did the same thing…especially when I am on the phone.
My CoCo goes to daycare MWF; on Sunday she is about to jump out of her fur. I am awaken at 3:00 am either to take her out to potty or becasue a ball hit me in the face. I’ll take 05:45 over 03:00 any day.
Well congratulations proud on #1!
Just wanted to be first! Now off to read everything posted above. Don’t have to be at work until noon!!!
Morning Proud, mooooooooorning everyone!
Morning Chips! Love the pictures and articles every morning. It is the first thing I look for. Even when I have to be at work early, I come home after five and look for your morning thread first.
Ah, thank you Proud, you are VERY kind!
Good morning Chips and proudmemberofglobalzero. All of you who are coming to DC the weather is muggy and warm. That’s better than it was four years ago sunny and freezing.
Morning Sonjia – I appoint you our official DC-weather-alerter!
Gee, I always wanted to be a weather person. I got to find my pointer and practice on my map.
bikinis. every single time.
Even for the men??
/Resists temptation to whip out Newt pic
Heh, if that’s what wimmin wish for ….
Please resist, governor…!
One week more! Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening, TODobots! It would be great if we could maintain today’s Washington temperatures, or even improve on them next Monday!
A sedate ‘Good Morning’, to you Mayoress Chips! I’m practising calm and control this week to balance out next week.
Happy Majestic Monday VC!
Good Morning!!
A very ‘Marvellous Monday’ to you too, Ms Dudette. It sure felt good running beside you to start my day! Make every moment special today.
Thanks VC! You too!
G’morning Chips, TOD, lurkers, etc & Happy Monday!
Excellent mishmash Chips – thanks.
Gorgeous post Chips! Good Gettin’ Up Morning To You!!
Good moooooooorning to ya Dudette!!
Thank you for that picture of the beautiful gov of Maryland. So nice to start of the day looking at him and POTUS, Atty Gen Holder and VP Biden. Bill Clinton introducing Lincoln movie at Golden Globes was such a hoot!
I received a email from our beautiful gov of Maryland. For the FIFTH year in a row now, Education Week magazine has named Maryland’s public schools #1 in the country! Now that’s beautiful.
Yesss!
Go Gov Malloy. Finally a pol with some bones.
I would rather see MD Gov Martin O’Malley as President in 2017 than that fake “No Labels” corporate backed Republican group.
Anything Joe Mansion and Jon Huntsman are promoting together is to be avoided.
Yep! Me too!
Ditto that 1000 times, HF. If O’Malley succeeds, I would seriously consider moving to Maryland. It’s close by and seems a million
times saner than this area of PA. Since PA has been living with an absolutely rotten and corrupt governor for two years, I’ve come to appreciate how much a good governor can change the whole feel of a state. On a state level, the difference between someone like the execrable Corbett in PA and O’Malley in DC is like the difference between GWB and PBO.
An Inauguration Ap? NOW, for the first time, I’m interested in finding out what all this ‘Ap’ fuss is about. Another bit around which to wrap my befuddled mind. Boy, PBO’s team sure is dragging me into the 21st century, protesting all the way.
That’s right VC. I’m definitely getting the Ap. With PBO there’s no staying behind – it’s #Forward!
‘Morning, Hopef! Is my breakfast on the table? I’ll be there in a jiffy if all is already ready.
Mooooooooooooorning VC!!
Nothing, slowpoke! I’m just being my usual
troublesomefriendly self. Nothing wrong with social chit chat, is there?Why was troublesome crossed out????????
Well, I’m trying to be truthful. I haven’t caused any trouble since .. [o lord, this just popped into my head
] ..since I ‘lured’ that pervert here to ask for my number!!!
Ugh, don’t remind me of your friend!!!
This is what bugs me about my aging memory – it throws the weirdest things at me at the most unexpected times!
Not to worry, Chiparoo, as I said, I’m on my best behaviour this week.
“I’m on my best behaviour this week.”
“My” is what worries me – it’s all worryingly relative.
(Went to have breakfast) ‘My’ is very definitely the key word.
Can’t slip much by you, eh? Have yourself a stupendous day!
Goodness – I stepped away to get a bit of a life, and I’ve clearly missed a ton of stuff! When did all this happen?!
See, T, you can’t blink for too long or too often if you want to be ‘au courant’ on this blog! You’ve got to be on site and keep your eyes open.
Seriously it’s so long ago that all I remember is that some joker was asking Ms Chips for my and Amk’s contact info (since we were both so charming, I’d guess 
), and s/he had some other tidbits to share about which Chips, in motherly indignation, covered our eyes & ears. I had totally forgotten about it, until I promised to stay out of trouble. You see, at the time, mother Chips sternly asked where had I been and what had I been up to to attract said attention and if I remember correctly, hinted at my need to stay out of trouble. 
Can you imagine? /angelic smilie/
Goodness! Be careful out there, VC. There are some real loons surfing the internetz.
Oh, I’m careful, and that time Mama Chips was right there with one hand on hip and the other with a brush away motion and a ‘Shoo! Shoo! Get lost’ message. I don’t think s/he ever came back.
What’s with that new pink outfit your are wearing in the current thread? You are forever shaking up my eyes with these non-seasonal changes in dress. Have a heart for the visually challenged.
I was tempted while out and waiting for something, so I thought I’d check in to TOD. It must not have recognized that it was really me… But, I’m back to normal now. After the inauguration, I need a new avatar – still scoping…
Oh, okay. You forgot, ‘yield not to temptation’, eh?
Yes I’ve set a place for you. Freshly brewed coffee, orange juice, oatmeal, pancakes, eggs, french toast, canadian bacon, sausage, bagels, smoked salmon, tomato & cucumber salad, steamed carrots, and lots more.
A light breakfast then?
Morning Ms Chips! Did you notice I’m on my best calm and controlled behaviour this week, to offset and rambunctiousness that MAY seep out next week?
It’s a buffet spread. You can eat as much or as little as you like. But please don’t let me see you carrying stuff out in Ziplocs.
ROTFLMAO! You see – that’s exactly why I enforced that rule because I knew you would be hauling off my stuff before long! Put them back NOW. Throw the Ziplocs away!
Wait a minute there! You trying to fatten me up or test my self-control, Hf? Thanks, anyways, I’ll just have a glass of freshly squeezed-by-your-own-hands o/juice.
No friend, it’s a buffet. So you’re free to stick with just the oatmeal, tomato salad and OJ.
:)
I tried to get the app. Couldn’t find it yet. Keep us posted. There is a big chance that I have no idea how to get it. If someone has gotten it let me know. I am all packed and ready to go. I leave very early Wed. morning. I will spend a week with my daughter. We are going to have so much fun going to see the inauguration. I wish everyone could be there. This is history! I just love love love this President. Fifty years from now my grandchildren will be making a mint with all my Obama collection.
I downloaded it, and it’s a great APP. You can find the AP on this site.
http://action.2013pic.org/page/s/official-app%20
I have a Droid, so I clicked on the appropriate link for Droid, and followed instructions.
I got the wrong one first, deleted it and got the right one. Thank you.
Just do a seach for Inuagural 2013! It’s a very cool app!
Um, I mean, Inaugural 2013. Yeah!
I posted the link above.
I know, dahling! Just referring to doing a search directly in the app store on your phone.
Okay- cool
I got it, thanks.
Puling this from the previous thread.
Arrgh!
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/13/andrea-mitchell-white-house-women-are-not-happy-about-obamas-cabinet-picks/
What the hell is this hag’s problem with our President?
I don’t know. Maybe she needs an enema or something.
Mitchell is puffed up more by her colleagues than she really is credible, IMO. Then again, a lot of the Washington crowd seem to be held in place by their own and their colleagues inflated ideas of them. That’s one reason they are so down on this President – he does not subscribe to their inflated notions of their importance and he does little to add to their sense of superiority – like hobnobbing with them.
Who is the hag Mrs. Greenspan or Sen. Shaheen?
By the way, any woman who is not happy who work at the WH can QUIT, and maybe Mrs. Alan Greenspan has a great job for them.
That’s a good point, Annieb. I’m sure there would be no shortage of more appreciative women to do their jobs. That’s a point worth sharing widely if the opportunity presents itself again.
No Dudette, Mr. Greenspan is the one who looks like he needs that..
Same problem almost the entire MSM/GOP has with POTUS: President Obama puts his people before profits. They know PBO’s decisions will reflect his long long term thinking about what’s best for the country Not the 1%.
Two random comments this morning. I don’t know if anyone here will agree but my all-time favorite FLOTUS dress is the white one-shoulder Inaugural ballgown. Cannot wait to see this Inauguration dress.
And when any TOD person starts to doubt that there will be action on gun violence please try to remember in the dark days of the ACA fight even our allies like Lawrence OD were calling Obamacare Dead On Arrival. Not a good idea to bet against our President.
Morning Vicki (my namesake)! Re the dress, my all-time favourite is the black number she wore in England, the black one shoulder dress at the NAACP Awards, the royal blue gown, the colourful off-the-shoulder blouse, the……
Right on Vicki!
On the dress though, while I thought she was stunning in the Jason Wu 2009 Inaug gown, it wasn’t quite my favorite.
I love how Naeem Khan’s gowns just make her sparkle. My two favorites (I honestly can’t choose between them):
the one she work for their first State Dinner (with the Prime Minister of India
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iMG-Jh3yYi0/TmCzC2uhBLI/AAAAAAAAAe0/P8Kx06G7aP8/s1600/michelle-obama+Naeem+Khan.jpg
this one from last years Governors Ball in Feburary
http://dressdebate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/michelle-obama-in-naeem-khan-feb-2012__oPt.jpg
Imagine this over privileged, excessively overpaid, incompetent woman suggesting that she speaks for “women.” I’d like to meet the one woman in this world who identifies with this witch and thinks she reflects her views. Women love and support PBO, Andrea, and unlike you, they have the good sense to see when he’s being slandered. You don’t have the brains, clout or personality to change anyone’s mind.
You deserve a gold star for the tweet.
A triple Gold Star indeed. Beautifully stated, jackiegrumbacher. I love your energy of speaking the power to your thoughts and words. Thank you very much.(((( Love you))))HZ
http://www.alternet.org/speakeasy/leowgerard/gop-uses-government-hurt-not-help?page=entire
Good round-up of news. I’m glad that Gov. O’Malley is pursuing very strict gun safety measures because any life lost at the hand of such a violent weapon is an affront to a civilized society. He’s making the point that even if/when the federal government passes gun safety laws, states will still have to step in and make sure their state and local government does the same. Without a 50 state strategy or some acknowledgment from states that having lax gun and assault weapons loopholes makes a neighboring state less safe, the work becomes even more harder. If one state has comprehensive gun control laws and another state does not, it puts everyone in danger, allows illegal weapons to roam free on the market, and tears at the fabric of society. It’s going to be a long slug but worth it in the end.
It is encouraging to see many of this type of letter appearing in local papers across the country—-ordinary citizens speaking out on the gun issue. As this writer reminds—-out of a U.S. population of 315 million, the NRA represents 1.2% of the population and should not be able to mandate anything, should not be able to control our gun laws.
http://www.nwherald.com/2013/01/07/tired-of-nra-rhetoric/aiiyb7v/
Good morning fellow TODers. I was offline for the weekend. Anything interesting happen?
I was just thinking this morning that a nightmare for manyRepublicans is going to come true next Monday when PBO gets inaugurated for a second time.
But, it would have been a far worse nightmare for the entire country if it was Willard taking the oath of office. The next four years (heck the next four weeks) will be tough due to the continued efforts of the GOP to do anything it can to obstruct anything positive happening in this country. But we have the leadership in place to get us through these tough times ahead. And we have the backs of those working on our behalf.
Morning Japa. You know, there was a time, being the gloomy type, that I all I could picture was Romney being inaugurated, it was the worst of nightmares. And now here we are, just a week away from PBO’s second inauguration – still pinching myself. Happy days.
Adele’s Golden Globes speech was one of the best last night. Genuine shock and happiness. It made me crack up even more when they flashed to Taylor Swift when she realized Adele, not her won. The evil eye she gave Adele means she’ll be penning another whiny song soon.
She was a hoot, love her.
LOVE Adele, she is such a breath of fresh air. Just had to laugh at the face Taylor Swift made. Heh.
Good morning TODers! I had high hopes of going to this inauguration, but alas I will not be there in person. I am very much looking forward to the watching the party online though!
You will be able to see better. I watched on t.v. last time and sat and blubbered through the whole thing.
A ten year-old Jewish boy was failing math. His parents tried everything from tutors to hypnosis; but to no avail.
Finally, at the insistence of a family friend, they decided to enroll their son in a private Catholic school.
After the first day, the boy’s parents were surprised when he walked in after school with a stern, focused and very determined expression on his face. He went straight past them, right to his room and quietly closed the door.
For nearly two hours he toiled away in his room with math books strewn about his desk and the surrounding floor. He emerged long enough to eat, and after quickly cleaning his plate, went straight back to his room, closed the door and worked feverishly at his studies until bedtime.
This pattern of behavior continued until it was time for the first quarter’s report card. The boy walked in with it unopened, laid it on the dinner table, and went straight to his room. Cautiously, his mother opened it and, to her amazement, she saw a large red ’A’ under the subject of Math. Overjoyed, she and her husband rushed into their son’s room, thrilled at his remarkable progress.
“Was it the nuns that did it?” the father asked. The boy shook his head and said, “No.”
“Was it the one-to-one tutoring? The peer-mentoring?” “No.” “The textbooks? The teachers? The curriculum?” “No”, said the son.
“On that first day, when I walked in the front door and saw that guy nailed to the Plus Sign, I KNEW they meant business!”
I spit my soda out on that one. As a Jewish woman married to a Catholic man….sooooooooooo funny!!! Thanks for the great laugh this morning.
Priceless!!
The version I heard ended with the kid saying “The only other Jew in that place they have nailed to the cross.”
A small farm boy was milking his cow when all of a sudden a bull came charging towards him.
As horrified workers nearby watched, the boy calmly continued his milking.
To everyone’s astonishment, the bull stopped a few inches from the boy, turned around and walked away .
“Weren’t you afraid?”one of the workers asked the boy.
“Not at all,” the boy replied. “I knew this cow was his mother-in-law.”
Newtown Police chief need to have that message to those cowards in Congress also., Democrats and Republicans. If there are any parents of those 20 kids kill in Newtown who feel that these assault guns need to be ban, then we need them to fine the strength from some where and come forward and start speaking up and out. Because the NRA don’t give a dam what happen to those kids, and the NRA has Congress in it’s hip pocket.
Good Morning, Everyone
For all my fellow Downton Abbey fans…
My poor Edith
and FREE BATES!!
President Obama to hold news conference today, what’s that about?
Hmmmm…..I saw you posted on Twitter. Now I’m VERY curious.
Very curious too, too early for gun control announcements I would have thought. Debt ceiling?
An invitation to TOD’ers along with air-tickets and 5-star hotel coupons?
That did cross my mind Amk, but I reckoned it’d be more likely he’d contact us privately – but we’ll see.
You mean, you didn’t get the call yet ? Flotus has already called me and told me about the tickets, limo and the whole works.
Tickets …. I notice the plural. Amk, have I ever told you how much I like and admire you?
Of course. How could I ever forget your declarations?
Only that much ? ? ?
You gotta do better than that.
LOL. Looks like you’re about to clip my ears.
Well …. if I don’t get one of your tickets….
Just as I thought. …
I am sending them across to vc.
I hope your limo takes a wrong turn and ends up in New Jersey.
Did I ever tell you that you have a wondrous, self-less personality ?
No – but it’s about time you flippin’ did
Mother Teresa….
Well, now you’ve really insulted me
/runs
Seems like it’s to talk about the debt ceiling issue…
Ah, okay, thanks Hopefruit.
Maybe we’ll see that iron fist in a velvet glove that VP Joe warned them about.
Toodle doo yous!!! Another great getting up day at the intersection of TOD and O! PBO to have another press conference at 11:15est today. I must have missed something. I didn’t know he had anything going on for today. Of course, I’ll take him anywhere, anytime, for any reason.
Moooooooorning Cooooooookemom!
howdy ma’am, mighty nice to be here in these here parts
High levels of pollution in northern China and the capital, Beijing, in recent days prompt calls for government action in state and social media.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21007893
Wasn’t this model of gobinment that the thugs were citing as ideal?
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS> RIGHT NOW!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/14/1441701/newtown-nra-shooting-game/
One Month After Newtown Shooting, NRA Releases Shooting Game App With Coffin-Shaped Targets
Game??? Game??? Are they FUCKING KIDDING ME!
Oh my God. I can hardly bear to click the link.
Do it. Then let EVERYONE KNOW! Bastards.
Had a look Desertflower, there honestly are no words for this. None.
Horrible assholes.
No, they’re not kidding. They’re evil!
https://twitter.com/Dudette9t9/status/290845187628990465
Fixed it!
[Awwww!]:
President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have had a private luncheon together at the White House almost every week–barring holidays and foreign travel–since 2009, and today they will have their final pow-wow of the first term. [.....] Today’s luncheon will be at 12:30 PM in the Oval Office Private Dining Room.
The next time the President and Vice President are scheduled to dine together is on the second day of their second term in office. On Monday, Jan. 21, following the swearing-in ceremony, they will feast on lobster tail, bison tenderloin, and apple pie at the Inaugural Luncheon in Statuary Hall at the US Capitol, hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
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http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2013/01/president-obama-vice-president-biden.html
POTUS holding a news conference at 11:15am. Do my best to watch.
Sweet.
Neat! Menu for Jan 21 sounds deeee-lish!!!
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/newtown-sandy-hook-school-shooting/hc-newtown-pozner-family-gun-recommendations-20130113,0,6388703.story
[Hoo-boy!!!]:
This is what happens when one very delusional, very opportunistic grifter makes more money than he knows what to do with thanks to easily-tricked disciples who willingly endorse his madness. Yes, Glenn Beck is building an amusement park called — what else? — Independence Park.
But he’s pitching it to be much more than a roadside tourist trap with a tilt-a-whirl, concessions and skeeball. Beck and his ridiculous imagineers want their herd of followers to believe it’s a real city — their own version of Ayn Rand’s “Galt’s Gulch,” a place that’s entirely divorced from the rules of American society, yet it ironically claims to be a facility for elevating the Beck version of American values and teaching it to suckers who pay the price of admission.
Realistically, it’s a monument to the conservative entertainment complex.
On his website, Beck released a series of videos in which he unveiled his Disneyland, and when I watched each of them, I felt like I was observing the meandering schemes of a mental patient who impulsively scrawled his manifesto onto the walls of his padded room using his own feces.
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More here: http://thedailybanter.com/2013/01/welcome-to-glenn-becks-grifter-theme-park/
What do you think the President should say and needs to do in the debt limit? And what do you think he should say? And so on and so forth.
And now we got To Rep Marsha Blackburn? What do you think the President should say?
Ugh!
More pics from yesterday’s rehearsal. I didn’t realize the rehearsal was such a complex thing otherwise I’d have come downtown & taken pics!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2013/jan/13/obama-inauguration-dress-rehearsal-pictures#/?picture=402317191&index=0
VP Biden?
Chips, you and I are clearly on the same page re VP Biden’s stand-in.
LOL! I don’t even think the PBO/ FLOTUS stand-ins look like them. But they are more comparable along the lines of height at least.
But the Bidens are waaaaaaaay off…
To be honest, I think I look more like PBO than his stand-in, but as you said, at least height/hair-cut was similar!
HAHAHAHA! Yes, judging by your TOD pic – you do look more like PBO than his stand-in. Why they didn’t select you for the rehearsal is beyond me.
Oh, dear.
I had a few “ummmm’s” at that one too! I’ll give them “A” for being severely serious!
WOW…security must’ve been very tight at that rehearsal. Thanks for the link. I’m having a chuckle at the stand-ins for VP and Dr. Biden
Hmm. coats and gloves on one side; None on the other. Although Mrs O’s standin’s legs must be cold.
Dudette, believe it or not I was thinking the same thing. That dress need to be alittle longer. Al least at the knees, I was thinking unless it is a warm day out there, the young lady legs must be cold. I do think her shoes are cute.
She decided to suffer but look cute doing it! Hah!
LaHood is expected to attend the North American International Auto Show, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. He is also expected to return later in the week to announce a funding grant for a proposed light-rail development in Detroit.
The proposal is a 3.4-mile combination of light rail and street cars officials in Detroit say will revitalize the city’s downtown areas. LaHood is expected to announce that the DOT will provide $25 million for the project, which is known as M-1.
The Hill-
HEADS UP!!
NPR reporting PBO will hold a news conference at 11:15 this morning
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/14/169318088/obama-to-hold-news-conference-this-morning?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
And the great jounos in the WHPC will spend the entire time asking about the “lack of diversity” in the administration.
…. and they won’t even get the irony, Debz. Wonder will the White Boys’ Club aka Politico ask a question?
Politico, NBC ABC, they are interchangeable. All members of the same club.
Excellent. RT’ed.
Very good news.
Brilliant, thanks Jovie.
According to Knoller, PBO’s presser delayed until 11:30.
But but but Andrea Mitchell told me that women are not happy….
Heads up everyone:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/01/14/heads-up-president-obama-news-conference-1130-est/