(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Maybe it’s just that we’re hypersensitive and in need of a lot of comfort and support these days, … yesterday rankled a bit. As Politico pointed out, this is a departure from usual White House … newspapers that got a question were the Washington Times, Stars and Stripes, and POLITICO — although

Dude was hosting a radio show this morning. Maybe that’s a good second career for the former Illinois governor – drive-time radio host. Anyway, Blago tried diligently to defend himself, took a sympathetic caller (comic D.L. Hughley, who’s been dipping into politico waters lately) and talked about his unfinished new book

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Is it me or are we all hamsters locked on this treadmill that goes round and round with no way to get off?  I guess we shouldn’t be complaining, we survived eight years of being treated like mushrooms; that being, locked in the dark and forced to subside on a constant line of bureaucratic/political crap!

  President Obama’s second prime-time press conference was even more of a snoozer than his first. At just under an hour, he valiantly braved the press corps and gave non-answers to a grand total of 13 questions, which nets out to about 4 1/2 minutes per non-answer. Can I get a yawn?

NEWS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT   East Room     8:01 P.M. EDT     THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Please have a seat.   Good evening. Before I take questions from the correspondents I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on the steps we’re taking to move this economy from recession to recovery and ultimately

The official transcript.For Immediate Release                                                          March 24, 2009NEWS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENTEast Room8:01 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  Please have a seat. Good evening.  Before I take questions from the correspondents I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on

Politico – Blog: Americans United for Change, the labor-backed group working to pass Obama’s budget, has a new ad targeting moderate Democrats, Jonathan Martin repor

Politico – President Barack Obama’s liberal allies are turning up the heat on a band of moderate Democratic senators with a new ad urging them to support his budget.

Obama has been on a giant and far-reaching media tour popping up everywhere from the  Tonight Show to 60 Minutes to his global op-ed to outer … word when responding to all questions was, “Persistence.” Politico has a good breakdown covering