On This Day: President Barack Obama relaxes on a sofa in the Oval Office with First Lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha, Feb. 2, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today
The President meets with Turtle McConnell and Toerag Ryan
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On This Day: President Obama visits with his daughters Malia and Sasha and kisses First Lady Michelle Obama, in a private study off the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
Moooooooorning everyone, have to run, back in a bit!
Morning Chips……and everyone else. Hope everyone has a fantastic day. :)
Congrats, darn I had to enter my login this morning. That’s OK. Say hi to Danny this morning. Going to go back and read last nights comments. Have a good day Chips.
Good morning TODVille, and congrats on first!
GM Chips
What a wonderful picture to wake up to. Thanks Chips. GM tnmtngirl.
Good morning, Ms. Chips!
Hello tnmtngirl and Roberta. See you in June, right?
Wished I could swing it. Not in the budget this year. :-(
Morning LDS (I’m reading backwards from the latest post ), did you see this? *THIS WEEK* DonnaD wants to compile her list of TODobots heading to the WH in June. Send her an email if you haven’t already done so, please.
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/02/chat-away-745/#comment-1478347
VC, thank you. I am on it right now!
I can’t stop laughing at the Daily News front page. They really don’t like The Donald.
Thanks for brightening my commute m
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE VOTERS EVEN GAVE ANY CONSIDERATION TO CRUZ….I’M PUSHING RUBIO WITH RIGHT WINGERS BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY LOVES THE LORD. IT LOOKS LIKE KASICH IS COUNTING ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. CARSON NEEDS TO GO HOME AND GET HIS SHIRTS AND NEVER RETURN. HILLARY IS THERE BUT…THIS TIE IS THREATENING. THEY SAY BERNIE HAS NEW HAMPSHIRE…I WANT TO SEE PBO’S POLICIES CONTINUE…BUT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUSH HILLARY UP THE HILL…………………PUSH..PUSH..PUSH…BECAUSE BERNIE IS HANGING ON FOR THE RIDE…HE’S LIKE A LINTBALL IN A DRYER MINUS FABRIC SOFTENER!
LOL. Apt metaphor.
FRANKLY…OUR ONLY SWEET AND WONDERFUL ANSWER IS FOR THE ENRGIZER TO STRAP IN…FOUR MORE YEARS…I ABSOLUTELY HATE THIS!..:(
Bwahahahaha! 😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahaha!!!! Dead clown walking!!!!!!
That’s hilarious! Secretary Clinton better do better in New Hampshire though. Was kind of surprised at Iowa.
nah, NH will be a wash for her. she has to pull all out in NV and SC. and on super tuesday, bernie crashes and berns.
I hope Harry Reid campaigns hard for her in Nevada. This is a heavily Latino state, which isn’t exactly fertile ground for the tone deaf Bernie. On the other hand, I do fear a reluctance among some Latinos to vote for a woman.
A Bernie crash is fine by me. I’ve never felt the Bern. Actually, all I can think is how on earth Sanders thought that his best approach to minority outreach was to pull Cornell West to his camp?!?!
BS likely to take NH but HRC will dust the floor w/ him shortly thereafter.
GM pkayden.
What amk said.
NH is VT’s neighbor, state motto is something like “I’m cranky and I’m proud of it.”
Posted link on the overnight thread to Wikipedia’s Dem’s delegate count/schedule for 2016.
Everything MSM publishes until Feb 27 (SC primary) will either be:
1) worthless gossip
2) worthless whining about traveling, no sleep, bad coffee, etc.
Three days after SC primary is Super Tuesday, both of which WILL matter in #Campaign2016.
SC = 53 pledged delegates
SuperTuesday= 864 pledged delegates
Not a surprise in IA, but disappointing. Bernie is going to win NH, always was.
It matters when we get to states that have a mix that looks like America.
I agree with Democratic strategist Peter Fenn, who said this morning that a protracted primary (as long as there isn’t damage to the party) stays focused on issues and not about emails, etc. More debates, more chance to talk about important stuff, instead of the b.s. GOP.
The Hillary supporters get that. It will depend on the Bernie supporters who have yet to show civility.
Trump will make America great by not winning. America will continue to be great with a Democratic President to build on President Obama’s accomplishments. Trump supporters are so delusional.
Like their candidate.
I somehow doubt that Trump will go quietly into that good night. Iowa was his first taste of what a real election feels like. He’s probably right now trying to figure out how to game the system the next time.
Excellent!
THAT WOMAN HAS BRAINFREEZE DISEASE!
Morning. Best advice for the day is to stay away from pundits who will turn Hillary’s win into a loss. I’m fed up with the deep disdain with which HRC is treated, even by Democrats who spout GOP talking points about her without realizing how gullible they are. Sanders supporters I’ve talked to refuse to acknowledge that he would be a disaster in the GE. Sorry to say, I’m actually getting to dislike people I once thought were decent and fair minded.
Good morning TOD :)
#DiplomacyHasConsequences
It’s all about education ….
I love to read stories like this, Bob. In a dark world, this gives me hope for the future my granddaughter will live in.
According to Rubio, he is the best president ever? Arguably George Washington and Abe Lincoln has nothing on how Rubio has run this country.
According to him, of course.
Lol
THE GREATEST AND THE PERFECT OF ALL THINGS IS GOD….EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET WILL HAVE TO ASSUMED THE POSITION..AND HUMBLY BOW! EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS GOD’S…WHEN WE FAIL TO PUT HIM WHERE HE BELONGS HE BLOWS OUT THE BARN,,,SO TO SPEAK!
Morning, Jovie. I didn’t know that coming in third in Iowa made someone president of the US. Learn something new everyday.
Goooooooo Morning! Coffee anyone? ☕️
When I first saw this pic, I thought it was Ted Cruz! (soooo sorry Bill Murray :-) )
It’s cooooold out there today (for Donald Trump ha ha)!
THIS………………………….MAKES ME VERY HAPPY!
I WANT TO SEE AFRICA UP FRONT IN ALL AGENDAS…WHERE IT BELONGS!
Me too, Sue :)
Just one example why Amb McGurk is correct ….
Seem familiar ….
bbl ……
I HOPE SOMEONE PROVIDES THE ENRGIZER WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF AIRLINE BAGGIES FOR HIS MEETING WITH TURTLE AND EDDIE MUNSTER….BRING SOME DROOL BIBS FOR THE BOYS!
Saw this and immediately thought of Amk. Dunno why really. 😆
Good Morning, Everyone :)
Buon giorno TOD!
Someone on Joy Reid’s timeline mentioned that history was made: First woman to win the Iowa Caucuses! That’s actually pretty cool. Is this being made a big deal in the press right now or are they pushing “tie”? (Ha ha…. feels so weird to be rooting for HRC :-) )
I’m with ya Madame Soph!
😀
LOL.
Didn’t I read that high school students did a vote, Trump and Bernie won? Keep learning kids…..
LOL! Turtle and Toerag! 😆
ON MY FB……………ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER CHOICE VENUES….APPARENTLY CARSON IS DETERMINED BTW TO SEE THE ENRGIZER AT THE PRAYER BREAKFAST…HOPING TO DENOUNCE OUR PRESIDENT AS A HUMAN BEING I PRESUME…CARSON HAS ANTI-CHRIST VERBAGE ON THE MENU!
A fictional President Cruz will just make it legal to carpet bomb folks. I just hope the DEMs don’t sign off on it like they did for GWB.
G’morning Chips and TOD!!! Congrats Chips & Roberta on 1st & 2nd!! :) Happy Tuesday everyone! :)
I HATE THIS DAY BECAUSE ANY AND ALL EVENTS LEADING TO PBO’S DEPARTURE MAKE ME ILL…LITERALLY…GONE FOR THE DAY!..LOTS TO DO…:(
GM HF2.and all the rest of you wonderful TOD Family. We are waiting for a storm and blizzard to hit our area today. Schools closed, businesses closed we are to get 8-12″ of snow with 40-50mi winds. Not going to be a good day. It is supposed to last until Wednesday. I am warm and snuggly in my apartment watching it all come down. Will probably take pictures of it.I don’t know how to post them here but if I do on Twitter maybe someone cane swing them over. :-)
Sounds kinda like the blizzard we had on the East Coast a couple weekends ago!!! Well, be safe and snug while it storms outside :)
It is a beautiful day!
GM TODville.
Ignore points 1-6 (typical beltway blather), focus on last point.
https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/694521268750536704
NJ Edwina (@NJedwina) tweeted at 9:02am - 2 Feb 16:
.@EricWolfson .@eclecticbrotha. If Palin doesn’t switch she’ll lose her membership to NAG, the powerful grifter’s union. They don’t play. (https://twitter.com/NJedwina/status/694521304528097280?s=17)
P.S.does anyone know how to get tweets to display from an ipad?
the mealy mouth has suddenly gone totally silent. mebbe realized his gig is up?
Okay now, you must realize everybody loves Donald J. Trump.
Oh, I sooooo can’t wait for the Trump “tribute to the fallen” segment of Stephen’s “Hungry for Power Games”!
Tonight should be a fun one though :-)
#FreeSavchenko
Good thing Sarah Palin got her endorsement money from Trump up front.
When is the National Prayer Breakfast?
bella, I don’t know whether you are kidding or not, but it’s a funny line.
No I’m not kidding, you know I have a reason for asking. I saw that POTUS and FLOTUS suppose to attend and the Alabama football prayer who won the Heisman was ask to pray the closing prayer.
That Texas right wing tea party nut hosted it last year, Rep. Gloomer. I’m not sure that is how you spell his name.
via bj poster david
the agony of defeat.
Wonder how long the #Trumpster will last …
Yup. I have been betting that the ratfucker will quit once he starts losing. And y’day was not a good day for him.
You know, AMK, I had that thought last night; I’m tempted to say he may quit now, after Iowa. If he never intended for it to get this far in the first place (you know, I figure this all started as personal promotion for $$ and got out of hand), he may just quit before it gets really embarrassing.
If Il Duche quits before NH, I want credit for the prediction :-)
Where’s the smile?
As long as I can shower, have a quiet spot of my own, the food isn’t horrible and there are books to read, what’s not to like?
India’s Supreme Court has agreed to revisit a previous judgement that upheld a law criminalising gay sex.
Three senior judges said the 2013 ruling would be re-examined by a larger bench of judges, in a move that has been welcomed by activists.
The judges said that the issue was a “matter of constitutional importance”.
According to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a 155-year-old colonial-era law, a same-sex relationship is an “unnatural offence”.
In deeply conservative India, homosexuality is a taboo and many people still regard same-sex relationships as illegitimate.
There has been a very vocal campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in India.
On Tuesday, the court heard a “curative petition” - meant to “cure” an earlier court order perceived as a “miscarriage of justice”.
The court said the five-judge bench would be headed by the chief justice of India.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35469006
Hey from Iowa, where we’re enjoying a blizzard with our caucus hangover! Actually I am *so* happy it’s over and the circus has moved on. I posted some notes from my caucus experience last night and 99ts asked whether our attendance was large. For comparison, I looked up the 2008 results (we were in a different spot then and we might even be a different precinct by now): in 2008 P4 had 321 and P5 had 386. We were Precinct 5 last night and had 321 - hmmm, some coincidence. Anyhow, I totally agree with everyone who is thinking the Iowa Caucus is a stupid process and not very representative. :roll:
So, did Cornell West help Sanders with Black voters in Iowa????????
What black folks in Iowa? Any blacks in Iowa?
Some - we had several Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans at our little precinct in Coralville, IA.
Thought this was interesting, in light of the man one of you highlighted yesterday who switched from Sanders to Trump. Aren’t most Independents these days just Republicans who are too embarrassed to call themselves that? Also, can anyone caucus for either party in Iowa?
Look at the Pooch Posters! Look at them! 😍👏🏾😘
Good Morning BFF and TOD.
Chat away
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/02/02/chat-away-745/