President Barack Obama is considering recommending that the congressional deficit supercommittee back new measures to stimulate the lagging economy.
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Friday, August 19, 2011
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Obama Aims to Keep White Voters
The president's Midwest trip this week has allowed him to address a central challenge for his re-election: his popularity has slumped among white voters—particularly young, poor and working-class Americans.
President Barack Obama pitched himself onto the political scene as a man who could rise above partisan politics, and despite presiding over a bitterly divided government, he is starting the 2012 campaign still casting himself as that guy. On a three-day Midwestern bus trip, Mr. Obama tried to portray himself as an outsider. "The only thing that's holding us back right now is our politics," he said. What do you think? Can Mr. Obama separate himself from those politics?
Paul Ryan for election news
Paul Ryan is widely respected in the GOP and is architect of a budget plan that would overhaul Medicare and cut federal spending $6.2 trillion over 10 years. The House passed the Ryan budget in April, but it died in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The GOP budget -- and Ryan -- were chief targets in the House Democrats' campaign to support Kathy Hochul in a special House election in New York.
Ryan's name has come up occasionally as a possible presidential candidate, but the seven-term lawmaker usually has pushed back on such talk. This month on Fox News, Ryan said "no" to a 2012 bid.
GOP political strategist Karl Rove said last night on Fox that he believes Ryan and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has been emphatic about not running for president next year, are rethinking whether to join the race.
The GOP budget -- and Ryan -- were chief targets in the House Democrats' campaign to support Kathy Hochul in a special House election in New York.
Ryan's name has come up occasionally as a possible presidential candidate, but the seven-term lawmaker usually has pushed back on such talk. This month on Fox News, Ryan said "no" to a 2012 bid.
GOP political strategist Karl Rove said last night on Fox that he believes Ryan and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has been emphatic about not running for president next year, are rethinking whether to join the race.