Obama’s Africa bond more personal than policy Politico Photo: AP ACCRA, Ghana — To many of his African listeners, he came not as a finger-wagging outsider but as a deeply disappointed son of Africa – giving … and more »

Obama Says Economic Stimulus Plan Worked as Intended – Bloomberg – recession-solution.net 07/11/2009 China Daily Obama Says Economic Stimulus Plan Worked as Intended Bloomberg July 11 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said his 7 billion stimulus bill “has worked as intended” as he pushed back against Republican criticism that his recovery program has failed to rescue the economy.

So it turns out that the preeningly pristine Washington Post got caught selling “intimate” rubber chicken dinners with Administration officials and liberal Think Tankers to anybody willing to pony up $25 grand who needs a favor or two! Here’s the marketing flyer – click to expand: Apparently it never occurred to to the WaPo execs that selling access to politicos was an ethically iffy proposition, but after the above flyer was leaked to Politico the hammer came down big time.