Archive for March, 2011

It has been 30 years since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. But for retired Secret Service agent Ray Shaddick, the memories of that gray, rainy day in Washington remain clear.

Politics is serious business — but not all the time.

In their bruising fight over collective-bargaining rights with Ohio’s governor, police and firefighter unions have put their battle cry on a bumper sticker, “Help the Middle Class, Ticket Kasich.”

Today, at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time, President Obama will deliver a speech at Georgetown University regarding the future of America’s energy security. This speech will outline the President’s plan to diversify our country’s energy portfolio, reducing our dependence on foreign oil while also developing and producing cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. It’s a plan to help create jobs and ensure greater stability for American families.   Watch the speech live at whitehouse.gov/live beginning at 11:20 a.m. ET.

Tuesday morning, thanks to CNN.com, I had a chance to write a column asking what you thought about President Barack Obama’s speech Monday night on Libya and the future use of military force. Thousands of you responded, showing that many Americans long for a robust debate.

Speaking to Diane Sawyer of ABC News the President did not rule out supplying weapons to opposition fighters in Libya.

Nearly half of all Americans have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party movement, putting it in the same company as the Democratic and Republican parties, according to a new national poll.

On a day when opposition forces in Libya suffered battlefield losses, President Barack Obama made clear in interviews Tuesday with the three major U.S. television networks that he was open to arming the rebel fighters.