Floundering. Flopping around like a fish on deck. That’s the best description of the Obama administration this summer. The president’s now on a bus tour of the Heartland. Next, he’s slated to go to Martha’s Vineyard for a well-earned vacation. (more)
Yet another American politician has caused a stir online after photos of him doing shocking things surfaced on a microblogging service. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, the son and grandson of Chinese immigrants, to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, a senior administration official said Monday. A formal announcement could come as early as Tuesday. (more)
Is there a new Cold War developing between China and the United States? That’s a question hovering over President Hu Jintao and his entourage as they come to Washington to discuss military, trade, and financial flash points with the Obama administration. (more)
Texas will gain four seats in the House of Representatives, while Ohio and New York will each lose two, according to the results of the 2010 Census, released Tuesday morning. (more)
In his address to the nation on the response to the BP oil spill, President Obama played the “China card” – invoking fear of falling behind the emerging economic superpower – to spur support for more subsidies for renewable energy. The President said “countries like China are investing in clean energy jobs and industries that should be right here in America.” The use of China as an exemplar of green energy investment is odd. Most analysts are more concerned about the “environmental crisis” caused by China’s rapid, fossil fuel-based industrialization. Last December, China refused to sign on to the non-binding Copenhagen greenhouse gas reduction goals and in March 2010 was only willing to agree to reduce its “carbon intensity.” Were China a leader in green energy investment and employment, one would expect its government to exploit this competitive advantage by championing a global climate accord. (more)
President Obama is calling more than two dozen House Democrats to the White House Thursday as he steps up the pressure on his party to pass health-care reform. (more)
Desperate to resuscitate the U.S. workforce and his lagging poll numbers, President Obama has reluctantly called on the global economy for help. Unfortunately, he dialed the wrong number. (more)
President Obama is likely to meet with congressional roadblocks, if, as he promised in last week’s State of the Union address, he intends to pursue a policy “that opens global markets.” (more)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has declared a fishery disaster because of low Chinook salmon returns along Alaska’s Yukon River. (more)
