March 22, 2009: President Obama’s Worse Week, Selling the Budget on Leno & 60 Minutes

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
President Obama with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show.”

IN FOCUS: STATS
In Focus: Stats

Obama and the polls: is opinion shifting?: In the new National Public Radio poll conducted by the Democratic polling company Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and its Republican counterpart, Public Opinion Strategies, 42 percent [...]

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March 24, 2009: President Obama’s Second Press Conference Focusing on the Economy & Budget

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama spoke in the East Room of the White House Tuesday.
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In Focus: Stats

President Barack Obama “Obama Defends Economic Recovery in News Conference”: “We will recover from this recession. But it will take time, it will take patience, and it will take [...]

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March 19, 2009: AIG’s Bonus Scandal and St. Patty’s Day at the O’Bama White House

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

Stephen Crowley/The New York Times The waters of the fountains at the White House ran green to mark St. Patrick’s Day.

White House Photo, 3/17/09, Pete Souza

President’s Picks Bracket

The President picks his winners for the
NCAA Tournament.

Official White House Photo, 3/17/09, by Chuck Kennedy

Budget Spratt Conrad

The President outlines the new priorities in [...]

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March 15, 2009: Obama’s First Fifty Days in Office & Ratings Slide

White House Photo 3/11/09 by Chuck Kennedy

Council on Women

President Obama signs an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls.

White House Photo 3/10/09 by Pete Souza

Education

The President lays out his five pillars of investment and reform for education.

White House Photo 3/11/09 by Chuck Kennedy

Council on Women

President Obama [...]

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March 8, 2009: Obama Focuses on the Economy, Budget Debate Dominates, but Afghanistan Looms

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

White House photo 3/6/09 by Pete Souza

Jobs in Ohio

Today the President went to Ohio for the Graduation of the Columbus Police Division’s 114th Class. The bad economic numbers are more than statistics there, but the recovery act did bring some good news.

IN FOCUS: STATS
In Focus: Stats

Poll: Obama’s rating at all-time high NBC/WSJ [...]

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March 1, 2009: Obama Presents the Budget, Announces Iraq Troops Pull Out Date & CPAC Meets

THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY:

White House Photo 2/28/2009

Your Weekly Address

President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate, and assures special interests that he is ready for the fight.

White House photo 2/26/09 by Pete Souza

The Budget

Read the outlines of the President’s FY2010 budget — then [...]

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