Obama Social Network

UPDATED: The events have now ended.

Over the coming week, President Obama will meet with auto workers and visit each of our country’s three big auto makers. Today, he’ll be speaking at Chrysler and GM about how some of the Administration’s tough choices to rescue the auto industry have helped save a million jobs for American auto workers.

Listen live to the President’s speak at GM at 12:15 p.m. ET, and his remarks at Chrysler at 1:40 p.m. ET:

Just over a year after President Obama made tough decisions to save Chrysler and GM, these companies are returning to profitability, hiring workers, and keeping plants open. And because of the steps the administration and Congress have taken with Cash for Clunkers and the Recovery Act, the industry overall is strengthening.

UPDATED: The events have now ended.

Over the coming week, President Obama will meet with auto workers and visit each of our country’s three big auto makers. Today, he’ll be speaking at Chrysler and GM about how some of the Administration’s tough choices to rescue the auto industry have helped save a million jobs for American auto workers.

Listen live to the President’s speak at GM at 12:15 p.m. ET, and his remarks at Chrysler at 1:40 p.m. ET:

Just over a year after President Obama made tough decisions to save Chrysler and GM, these companies are returning to profitability, hiring workers, and keeping plants open. And because of the steps the administration and Congress have taken with Cash for Clunkers and the Recovery Act, the industry overall is strengthening.

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

In Virginia Beach, organizing for the 2010 election is a family affair. At a recent canvass one volunteer brought her teenage son and later took a form to register her daughter; another brought her two young children along as she talked with voters. Check out what OFA Virginia is up to—and then find an event near you and bring your kids, parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles or anyone else who wants to join in. OFA Virginia community organizer Chrisi has more:

"I’m tired of politics as usual in this country, and felt like President Obama was the opposite of that. To change our divided politics, we have to make sure that the people who we registered and voted in 2008 vote again this year because they normally don’t vote in the midterms." – Brenda T. from Virginia Beach

Saturday in Virginia Beach, families full of Obama supporters came together from around the region to register new voters and spread the word about the critical elections in 2010.

Brenda T., a frequent 2008 volunteer, came back out to get herself, her family and her community involved and mobilized in the political process again in 2010. Brenda canvassed her community with her 19 year old son B.J. and afterwards, took a voter registration form home for her own daughter to fill out.

Our organizers later met Anita O. – also of Virginia Beach. Anita is getting involved with OFA-VA because "I realized that just voting, or writing a check wasn’t enough. What appealed to me [about OFA] was that they said that we could organize in our neighborhoods, in our communities." Sticking with the family trend, Anita brought her two young daughters along, who got their first taste of volunteering for President Obama, as well as some “VOTE 2010” stickers.

OFA-Virginia will be in every community across the commonwealth this summer, making sure new voters from 2008 make it back to the polls in 2010. We hope we’ll see you at an event soon – and bring the whole family!

In Virginia Beach, organizing for the 2010 election is a family affair. At a recent canvass one volunteer brought her teenage son and later took a form to register her daughter; another brought her two young children along as she talked with voters. Check out what OFA Virginia is up to—and then find an event near you and bring your kids, parents, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles or anyone else who wants to join in. OFA Virginia community organizer Chrisi has more:

"I’m tired of politics as usual in this country, and felt like President Obama was the opposite of that. To change our divided politics, we have to make sure that the people who we registered and voted in 2008 vote again this year because they normally don’t vote in the midterms." – Brenda T. from Virginia Beach

Saturday in Virginia Beach, families full of Obama supporters came together from around the region to register new voters and spread the word about the critical elections in 2010.

Brenda T., a frequent 2008 volunteer, came back out to get herself, her family and her community involved and mobilized in the political process again in 2010. Brenda canvassed her community with her 19 year old son B.J. and afterwards, took a voter registration form home for her own daughter to fill out.

Our organizers later met Anita O. – also of Virginia Beach. Anita is getting involved with OFA-VA because "I realized that just voting, or writing a check wasn’t enough. What appealed to me [about OFA] was that they said that we could organize in our neighborhoods, in our communities." Sticking with the family trend, Anita brought her two young daughters along, who got their first taste of volunteering for President Obama, as well as some “VOTE 2010” stickers.

OFA-Virginia will be in every community across the commonwealth this summer, making sure new voters from 2008 make it back to the polls in 2010. We hope we’ll see you at an event soon – and bring the whole family!

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

Vice President Joe Biden sent a message to supporters announcing the By the People Fund to raise grassroots contributions that will help combat the special interests this election: 

0 million.

That’s what Republican-aligned special interests have pledged to spend on the 2010 election. Just to put that in context, that’s nearly million more than every interest group spent on the 2008 presidential election — combined.

When our administration and this movement decided to take on the special interests, we knew we were making a choice. And the consequences are clear. These groups have fought us at every turn in our struggle for change, and now they’re trying to drown out our voices — and our accomplishments — with their campaign cash this fall.

We’re not going to sit back and let that happen. Today, Organizing for America is announcing the By the People Fund with the goal of getting 3 million citizen donations to fuel our grassroots campaign for the upcoming election.

Please donate today and help us take back this election from the corporate interests.

With our By the People Fund, we’re going to make a statement this fall — strengthening our grassroots efforts on the ground, focusing on getting first-time voters from 2008 back to the polls this year, and holding the Republicans and their special-interest allies accountable.

We’ve all gone to the mat with these folks time and again — ever since Barack and I took office. And, from the Recovery Act to historic health reform to Wall Street reform, you helped prove we could win those fights.

Now these groups have one goal in mind when it comes to November 2nd — erasing the progress we’ve made together.

By spending an unprecedented amount of cash to support Republicans, they’re doing their best to buy their way back into power. And, if they do, they’ve been clear that they will do everything they can to undo the historic achievements we’ve fought so hard to win.

It’s no wonder that each and every Republican in the Senate on Tuesday voted to allow these special interests to have a greater say in our elections. Their vote will allow these groups to spend millions on campaign ads — and not have to reveal who’s actually behind them.

I’ve been in politics a long time. I’m used to seeing the good guys outspent by interest groups. But we’ve never been outnumbered — and we’ve never been outhustled.

I’m asking you to make sure it stays that way. Will you chip in and help us grow our By the People Fund?

Please donate or more today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/ByThePeople

Thank you,

Vice President Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden sent a message to supporters announcing the By the People Fund to raise grassroots contributions that will help combat the special interests this election: 

0 million.

That’s what Republican-aligned special interests have pledged to spend on the 2010 election. Just to put that in context, that’s nearly million more than every interest group spent on the 2008 presidential election — combined.

When our administration and this movement decided to take on the special interests, we knew we were making a choice. And the consequences are clear. These groups have fought us at every turn in our struggle for change, and now they’re trying to drown out our voices — and our accomplishments — with their campaign cash this fall.

We’re not going to sit back and let that happen. Today, Organizing for America is announcing the By the People Fund with the goal of getting 3 million citizen donations to fuel our grassroots campaign for the upcoming election.

Please donate today and help us take back this election from the corporate interests.

With our By the People Fund, we’re going to make a statement this fall — strengthening our grassroots efforts on the ground, focusing on getting first-time voters from 2008 back to the polls this year, and holding the Republicans and their special-interest allies accountable.

We’ve all gone to the mat with these folks time and again — ever since Barack and I took office. And, from the Recovery Act to historic health reform to Wall Street reform, you helped prove we could win those fights.

Now these groups have one goal in mind when it comes to November 2nd — erasing the progress we’ve made together.

By spending an unprecedented amount of cash to support Republicans, they’re doing their best to buy their way back into power. And, if they do, they’ve been clear that they will do everything they can to undo the historic achievements we’ve fought so hard to win.

It’s no wonder that each and every Republican in the Senate on Tuesday voted to allow these special interests to have a greater say in our elections. Their vote will allow these groups to spend millions on campaign ads — and not have to reveal who’s actually behind them.

I’ve been in politics a long time. I’m used to seeing the good guys outspent by interest groups. But we’ve never been outnumbered — and we’ve never been outhustled.

I’m asking you to make sure it stays that way. Will you chip in and help us grow our By the People Fund?

Please donate or more today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/ByThePeople

Thank you,

Vice President Joe Biden

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

President Obama took some time out of his schedule to take a walk through the new HealthReform.gov website, a one-stop shop where consumers can find out about their health insurance options. Watch the video to get a tour of the new site where you can learn about your new rights under health reform and get straightforward, easy-to-use information all in one place. You can also check out the yellow notes throughout the site to give your feedback on improving HealthReform.gov:

President Obama took some time out of his schedule to take a walk through the new HealthReform.gov website, a one-stop shop where consumers can find out about their health insurance options. Watch the video to get a tour of the new site where you can learn about your new rights under health reform and get straightforward, easy-to-use information all in one place. You can also check out the yellow notes throughout the site to give your feedback on improving HealthReform.gov:

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

Republicans yesterday blocked the DISCLOSE Act from coming to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor—legislation that would have undone the harmful effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling by requiring increased transparency when it comes to our political process.

As President Obama noted before the vote, Republicans had blocked unemployment benefits, small business tax credits—and now legislation to ensure regular people’s voices aren’t drowned out by special interests trying to influence elections. “On issue after issue, we are trying to move America forward,” the President said. “They keep on trying to take us back.”

The Boston Globe reported on yesterday’s Republican obstruction on one of the President’s top priorities:

Senate Republicans defeated legislation yesterday to require more disclosure in campaign spending, ending Democrats’ quest for stronger rules after a Supreme Court ruling this year allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums to influence elections.

The bill had been a high priority for President Obama, who denounced the Supreme Court ruling during his State of the Union address in January, as justices sat silently in the House chamber.

On a party-line, 57-to-41 vote after a heated debate, an effort by Democrats to fight off a Republican filibuster fell short of the 60 votes required. All 40 Republicans in attendance, including Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts, voted against it….

The legislation was the congressional response to a 5-to-4 Supreme Court ruling in January that struck down limits on corporate and union spending in elections. In the legal case — Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission — the court ruled that corporations and unions must be treated the same as individuals in campaign spending, recognizing a right to bankroll election activities as an exercise of the First Amendment.

The Supreme Court simultaneously upheld spending disclosure requirements, which Democrats tried to expand with the legislation. The House of Representatives passed a version of the bill last month.

The law would have required corporations and unions to reveal how much they spent on broadcast advertising in federal elections. And corporate CEOs or union heads would have to appear in their ads to take responsibility for the message.

Republicans yesterday blocked the DISCLOSE Act from coming to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor—legislation that would have undone the harmful effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling by requiring increased transparency when it comes to our political process.

As President Obama noted before the vote, Republicans had blocked unemployment benefits, small business tax credits—and now legislation to ensure regular people’s voices aren’t drowned out by special interests trying to influence elections. “On issue after issue, we are trying to move America forward,” the President said. “They keep on trying to take us back.”

The Boston Globe reported on yesterday’s Republican obstruction on one of the President’s top priorities:

Senate Republicans defeated legislation yesterday to require more disclosure in campaign spending, ending Democrats’ quest for stronger rules after a Supreme Court ruling this year allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited sums to influence elections.

The bill had been a high priority for President Obama, who denounced the Supreme Court ruling during his State of the Union address in January, as justices sat silently in the House chamber.

On a party-line, 57-to-41 vote after a heated debate, an effort by Democrats to fight off a Republican filibuster fell short of the 60 votes required. All 40 Republicans in attendance, including Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts, voted against it….

The legislation was the congressional response to a 5-to-4 Supreme Court ruling in January that struck down limits on corporate and union spending in elections. In the legal case — Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission — the court ruled that corporations and unions must be treated the same as individuals in campaign spending, recognizing a right to bankroll election activities as an exercise of the First Amendment.

The Supreme Court simultaneously upheld spending disclosure requirements, which Democrats tried to expand with the legislation. The House of Representatives passed a version of the bill last month.

The law would have required corporations and unions to reveal how much they spent on broadcast advertising in federal elections. And corporate CEOs or union heads would have to appear in their ads to take responsibility for the message.

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

Of the 15 million folks who cast their first votes in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports that one million are in California—and OFA is hard at work to bring them back to the polls this year.

The LA Times highlighted one of the personal interactions between an OFA volunteer and a first time ‘08 voter—the type of conversation that will happen time and time again leading up to this fall’s elections:

Jordan Love, 22, was standing outside his home with his pit bull Duke when he was approached the other day by a Democratic volunteer canvassing his Carson neighborhood. Love had voted for the first time in 2008, inspired by Barack Obama’s campaign, and that has made him a target in 2010.

Lori Noflin, the volunteer, urged him to cast a ballot again this fall and would only walk away after Love signed a card pledging to vote in November.

Voters like Love — first-time and sometimes voters — are a vital voting bloc for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown and incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer in their election bids, according to political observers in both parties. Both candidates are in dead-heat races, and their fates could rest on these voters, a mercurial bunch whose turnout potential is unpredictable….

Organizing For America, the Democrats’ national get-out-the-vote apparatus, has made the president the centerpiece of its message to voters. On a recent Saturday, organizers told volunteers to make Obama and his agenda central to their pitch as they reached out to 2008’s first-time voters in their homes and on the phone. More than 330 volunteers sought out 6,000 first-time voters in California that day, and talked to 900 of them.

"We are obviously focusing on first-time 2008 voters… making sure these people are as fired up and ready to go, and get to the polls in 2010," Phil Gaskin, a regional field director, told a handful of volunteers gathered at Lori Noflin’s airy Carson home, preparing to canvas neighborhoods and make calls from a phone bank. "It’s a whole campaign to keep the president linked to these voters, even though he’s not running this year. It’s a very, very cool strategy."

Check out the whole article.

Of the 15 million folks who cast their first votes in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports that one million are in California—and OFA is hard at work to bring them back to the polls this year.

The LA Times highlighted one of the personal interactions between an OFA volunteer and a first time ‘08 voter—the type of conversation that will happen time and time again leading up to this fall’s elections:

Jordan Love, 22, was standing outside his home with his pit bull Duke when he was approached the other day by a Democratic volunteer canvassing his Carson neighborhood. Love had voted for the first time in 2008, inspired by Barack Obama’s campaign, and that has made him a target in 2010.

Lori Noflin, the volunteer, urged him to cast a ballot again this fall and would only walk away after Love signed a card pledging to vote in November.

Voters like Love — first-time and sometimes voters — are a vital voting bloc for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown and incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer in their election bids, according to political observers in both parties. Both candidates are in dead-heat races, and their fates could rest on these voters, a mercurial bunch whose turnout potential is unpredictable….

Organizing For America, the Democrats’ national get-out-the-vote apparatus, has made the president the centerpiece of its message to voters. On a recent Saturday, organizers told volunteers to make Obama and his agenda central to their pitch as they reached out to 2008’s first-time voters in their homes and on the phone. More than 330 volunteers sought out 6,000 first-time voters in California that day, and talked to 900 of them.

"We are obviously focusing on first-time 2008 voters… making sure these people are as fired up and ready to go, and get to the polls in 2010," Phil Gaskin, a regional field director, told a handful of volunteers gathered at Lori Noflin’s airy Carson home, preparing to canvas neighborhoods and make calls from a phone bank. "It’s a whole campaign to keep the president linked to these voters, even though he’s not running this year. It’s a very, very cool strategy."

Check out the whole article.

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

First Lady Michelle Obama sent OFA supporters a message inviting them to join her in signing a card for President Obama’s 49th birthday next week:

Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday.

And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind.

This has been a big — and hectic — year for him. After signing the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street reform into law — and completing his first year as president — I think it’s safe to say we will remember it for a long time.

And I know full well how much he credits this movement, and the work of supporters like you, for the change that we’ve accomplished.

So I’m putting together a birthday card that I would like you to sign. Together with other Organizing for America supporters — and me, Malia, Sasha, and Bo — we’ll wish him a happy birthday and let him know that we’re ready to take on the year ahead alongside him.

Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me?

This year also brought a lot of surprises — some good and some bad.

Supporters like you have helped him make the best of it — by contacting Congress to help push stalled legislation forward, by re-engaging supporters in the political process, by giving back with service projects across the country, and so much more.

And while we can’t know what the coming year will bring, all of us, working together, will continue pushing forward for change.

Will you help make this a memorable birthday for Barack and wish him a happy 49th?

http://my.barackobama.com/birthday

Thanks so much,

Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama sent OFA supporters a message inviting them to join her in signing a card for President Obama’s 49th birthday next week:

Every year, our family tries to come up with a fun way to wish Barack a happy birthday.

And this August 4th, when he turns 49, I have something new in mind.

This has been a big — and hectic — year for him. After signing the Affordable Care Act and Wall Street reform into law — and completing his first year as president — I think it’s safe to say we will remember it for a long time.

And I know full well how much he credits this movement, and the work of supporters like you, for the change that we’ve accomplished.

So I’m putting together a birthday card that I would like you to sign. Together with other Organizing for America supporters — and me, Malia, Sasha, and Bo — we’ll wish him a happy birthday and let him know that we’re ready to take on the year ahead alongside him.

Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me?

This year also brought a lot of surprises — some good and some bad.

Supporters like you have helped him make the best of it — by contacting Congress to help push stalled legislation forward, by re-engaging supporters in the political process, by giving back with service projects across the country, and so much more.

And while we can’t know what the coming year will bring, all of us, working together, will continue pushing forward for change.

Will you help make this a memorable birthday for Barack and wish him a happy 49th?

http://my.barackobama.com/birthday

Thanks so much,

Michelle Obama

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

With an important vote expected today on the DISCLOSE Act, President Obama urged the Senate to pass the bill that would require corporate political advertisers to reveal who’s funding their election-related activities.

The DISCLOSE Act undoes some of the damage from the Citizens United Supreme Court case, which ruled that big corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money influencing our elections, without having to reveal that they’re doing so.

Unfortunately, as they have done on unemployment benefits and tax credits, Republicans in the Senate are doing everything they can to block this bill from moving forward.

President Obama:

Now, you’d think that making these reforms would be a matter of common sense, particularly since they primarily involve just making sure that folks who are financing these ads are disclosed so that the American people can make up their own minds.  Nobody is saying you can’t run the ads — just make sure that people know who in fact is behind financing these ads.  And you’d think that reducing corporate and even foreign influence over our elections would not be a partisan issue.  But of course, this is Washington in 2010.  And the Republican leadership in the Senate is once again using every tactic and every maneuver they can to prevent the DISCLOSE Act from even coming up for an up or down vote.  Just like they did with unemployment insurance for Americans who’d lost their jobs in this recession.  Just like they’re doing by blocking tax credits and lending assistance for small business owners.  On issue after issue, we are trying to move America forward, and they keep on trying to take us back.

At a time of such challenge for America, we can’t afford these political games.  Millions of Americans are struggling to get by, and their voices shouldn’t be drowned out by millions of dollars in secret, special interest advertising.  The American people’s voices should be heard.

With an important vote expected today on the DISCLOSE Act, President Obama urged the Senate to pass the bill that would require corporate political advertisers to reveal who’s funding their election-related activities.

The DISCLOSE Act undoes some of the damage from the Citizens United Supreme Court case, which ruled that big corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money influencing our elections, without having to reveal that they’re doing so.

Unfortunately, as they have done on unemployment benefits and tax credits, Republicans in the Senate are doing everything they can to block this bill from moving forward.

President Obama:

Now, you’d think that making these reforms would be a matter of common sense, particularly since they primarily involve just making sure that folks who are financing these ads are disclosed so that the American people can make up their own minds.  Nobody is saying you can’t run the ads — just make sure that people know who in fact is behind financing these ads.  And you’d think that reducing corporate and even foreign influence over our elections would not be a partisan issue.  But of course, this is Washington in 2010.  And the Republican leadership in the Senate is once again using every tactic and every maneuver they can to prevent the DISCLOSE Act from even coming up for an up or down vote.  Just like they did with unemployment insurance for Americans who’d lost their jobs in this recession.  Just like they’re doing by blocking tax credits and lending assistance for small business owners.  On issue after issue, we are trying to move America forward, and they keep on trying to take us back.

At a time of such challenge for America, we can’t afford these political games.  Millions of Americans are struggling to get by, and their voices shouldn’t be drowned out by millions of dollars in secret, special interest advertising.  The American people’s voices should be heard.

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

With OFA’s Vote 2010 strategy underway all across the country, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe stopped by two of Organizing for America’s California offices to fire up volunteers and lay out OFA’s plan for this year’s elections.

Plouffe told volunteers that they are the most effective messengers in making the case to friends and neighbors about the importance of November’s elections. OFA California shared more from Plouffe’s visits to OFA in Oakland and Los Angeles:

"The most important thing in 2010 is you talking to these voters, human being to human being, and getting them to say, ‘Alright, I’ll vote,’" Plouffe told volunteers in the Northern and Southern California OFA offices.

Plouffe explained that the President needs you to reach out to first-time ‘08 voters and tell them in your own words why this election matters.

Plouffe’s honest and candid speech to the Oakland office on the magnitude of the 2010 midterm election spoke volumes about his belief in OFA volunteers’ ability to affect lasting positive change. Plouffe made it clear to those in the room in Los Angeles and Oakland that by turning out the same first-time voters who carried President Obama to a historic 2008 victory, and turning out new first-time voters for 2010, OFA can once again make history in the upcoming midterm elections.

"It was those 15 million first-time voters that allowed us to win in 2008. We have to go out there and tell them that this election matters," Plouffe passionately implored the Oakland group to a round of applause. "We have to go out there and make sure that all those first-time voters go to the polls in 2010."

Plouffe was excited about the growth that OFA has seen ever since the 2008 elections. He pointed our that the organization’s ability to affect policy in the last two years is remarkable, and is breaking new ground in citizens’ ability to access their government….

Plouffe pointed out that although no one has ever tried to rely so heavily on volunteers and grassroots organizing for a midterm election before, no one else has the level of grassroots support and dedication that OFA does. After letting those words sink and pausing to survey the crowd of volunteers hanging on his every word, Plouffe said frankly, "This year, my money is on you guys."

With OFA’s Vote 2010 strategy underway all across the country, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe stopped by two of Organizing for America’s California offices to fire up volunteers and lay out OFA’s plan for this year’s elections.

Plouffe told volunteers that they are the most effective messengers in making the case to friends and neighbors about the importance of November’s elections. OFA California shared more from Plouffe’s visits to OFA in Oakland and Los Angeles:

"The most important thing in 2010 is you talking to these voters, human being to human being, and getting them to say, ‘Alright, I’ll vote,’" Plouffe told volunteers in the Northern and Southern California OFA offices.

Plouffe explained that the President needs you to reach out to first-time ‘08 voters and tell them in your own words why this election matters.

Plouffe’s honest and candid speech to the Oakland office on the magnitude of the 2010 midterm election spoke volumes about his belief in OFA volunteers’ ability to affect lasting positive change. Plouffe made it clear to those in the room in Los Angeles and Oakland that by turning out the same first-time voters who carried President Obama to a historic 2008 victory, and turning out new first-time voters for 2010, OFA can once again make history in the upcoming midterm elections.

"It was those 15 million first-time voters that allowed us to win in 2008. We have to go out there and tell them that this election matters," Plouffe passionately implored the Oakland group to a round of applause. "We have to go out there and make sure that all those first-time voters go to the polls in 2010."

Plouffe was excited about the growth that OFA has seen ever since the 2008 elections. He pointed our that the organization’s ability to affect policy in the last two years is remarkable, and is breaking new ground in citizens’ ability to access their government….

Plouffe pointed out that although no one has ever tried to rely so heavily on volunteers and grassroots organizing for a midterm election before, no one else has the level of grassroots support and dedication that OFA does. After letting those words sink and pausing to survey the crowd of volunteers hanging on his every word, Plouffe said frankly, "This year, my money is on you guys."

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)

Last week the Republican leader in the House offered his own jobs plan—a plan Talking Points Memo described as "Do Nothing":

House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined the top three measures he’d pursue if he becomes Speaker of the House next Congress to create new jobs. But, those who thought he’d outline specific programs and how they would create jobs were disappointed with a familiar litany of wish-list items: repeal health care reform, eschew climate legislation, and renew the Bush tax cuts.

In other words, repeal a program that largely hasn’t yet taken effect; prevent new legislation that is also not in effect; and keep a current tax structure in place.

In this week’s address, President Obama challenged Republicans to embrace new ideas to create jobs instead of bringing back the failed policies of the past:

“These are not new ideas.  They are the same policies that led us into this recession.  They will not create jobs, they will kill them.  They will not reduce our deficit, they will add trillion to our deficit.  They will take us backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward.

“I know times are tough.  I know that the progress we’ve made isn’t good enough for the millions of Americans who are still out of work or struggling to pay the bills.  But I also know the character of this nation.  I know that in times of great challenge and difficulty, we don’t fear the future – we shape the future.  We harness the skills and ingenuity of the most dynamic country on Earth to reach a better day.  We do it with optimism, and we do it with confidence.  That’s the spirit we need right now, and that’s the future I know we can build together.”

Last week the Republican leader in the House offered his own jobs plan—a plan Talking Points Memo described as "Do Nothing":

House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined the top three measures he’d pursue if he becomes Speaker of the House next Congress to create new jobs. But, those who thought he’d outline specific programs and how they would create jobs were disappointed with a familiar litany of wish-list items: repeal health care reform, eschew climate legislation, and renew the Bush tax cuts.

In other words, repeal a program that largely hasn’t yet taken effect; prevent new legislation that is also not in effect; and keep a current tax structure in place.

In this week’s address, President Obama challenged Republicans to embrace new ideas to create jobs instead of bringing back the failed policies of the past:

“These are not new ideas.  They are the same policies that led us into this recession.  They will not create jobs, they will kill them.  They will not reduce our deficit, they will add trillion to our deficit.  They will take us backward at a time when we need to keep America moving forward.

“I know times are tough.  I know that the progress we’ve made isn’t good enough for the millions of Americans who are still out of work or struggling to pay the bills.  But I also know the character of this nation.  I know that in times of great challenge and difficulty, we don’t fear the future – we shape the future.  We harness the skills and ingenuity of the most dynamic country on Earth to reach a better day.  We do it with optimism, and we do it with confidence.  That’s the spirit we need right now, and that’s the future I know we can build together.”

Source

Read Users' Comments (0)