November 09, 2009
President Obama squeezed in a trip to Copenhagen last month to lobby, unsuccessfully, for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plans to travel to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize, an award that even Obama has said he does not deserve. And this coming week, he sets out on a weeklong tour of Asia.
But the president does not plan to travel to Germany to attend the 20th anniversary celebration Monday of the fall of the Berlin Wall, drawing heated criticism from those who say he's ignoring a shining triumph of American-inspired democracy.
"A tragedy," is how former House Speaker Newt Gingrich described Obama's absence.
'So unions get mountains of Obamacare waivers, but they can't budge for religious organizations? Creepy. '-@politicalmath
EUREKA – Monday is President Ronald Reagan’s birthday. He would be 101.
ewerickson: @allencorbin that would explain @weembra's and my mutual friend. Heh.
dloesch: Of course all MO counties went Santorum. They all voted against Obamacare mandate with Prop C in 2010. #MOhatesmandates
thecaucus: RT @jeffzeleny: In his Denver speech, Romney seems to be debuting a populist message, just in time as the race moves to Ohio and other states.
ewerickson: @mlxfl which is why so many feel so betrayed by him.
trscoop: Rick Santorum's big victory speech: http://t.co/Ep9ErxvY