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 3:01 PM, Apr 27, 2012 • By GEOFFREY NORMANThe men and women who go the hard yards to cover the White House belong to an organization that calls itself the White House Correspondent's Association. This outfit puts on a little soiree every year, where members can decompress after the tortures of being condescended to, hour after hour, by spokesman Jay Carney.
Members are entertained by speeches and the presence of celebrity guests. This year, these will include Ms. Kim Kardashian and Ms. Reese Witherspoon. The featured speaker at this year's event will be Mr. Jimmy Kimmel who recently interviewed President Obama on his late night show, asking hard-hitting questions about the president's favorite movies, among other things. The president himself will tell a couple jokes, building camaraderie with those who daily press his administration for facts in pursuit of the high truth and justice.
One wonders if Mr. Kimmel will manage some jokes about the record 45 million Americans on food stamps while attendees enjoy their dinner, the menu for which follows:
Menu for Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Association scholarship dinner at the Washington Hilton, selected by the WHCA board at a tasting that included nine courses and four wins (hat tips: Reuters' Caren Bohan, WHCA's Julie Whiston and Hilton wizard Sinead Fitzpatrick):
--Salad: Black Lentil Terrine with lump Crabmeat, Tango Green and Red Artisan Greens, Red and Yellow Tear Drop Tomatoes -- drizzled with a Dill Vinaigrette
--Bread Presentation: Seven-Grain Rolls, White and Wheat Rolls; Sourdough Rolls, Flatbreads and butter
--Entrée: Texas Rubbed Petite Filet with a Calvados Demi, paired with Duo of Jumbo Shrimp seasoned with Red Curry; Roasted Haricot Verts, Baby Pepper, Patty Pan Squash; Tasso Mache Choux Risotto
--Dessert: The Galaxy -- Rich Chocolate Truffle Mousse layered with Chocolate Genoise and Almond Macaroon, Ganache Truffle Center finished in a chocolate glaze, garnished with fresh raspberries
--Freshly brewed regular and decaff coffee; variety of regular and herbal teas
--Wines: Estancia Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon
4:12 PM, Sep 26, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAYThere's been a lot of speculation about whether Chris Christie will decide to run for president now that Rick Perry is slipping in the polls. This report from former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean might be the most concrete evidence yet that Christie may run:
Read more... The arc of the Obama presidency bends towards failure.Aug 29, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 46 • By PETER WEHNER
Now more than halfway through his third year in office—with the economy flat-lining, American prestige evaporating, and public anxiety spiking—Barack Obama is the most vulnerable incumbent president since Jimmy Carter. The election is still 14 months away, but it’s not too early to see the broad outlines of the GOP’s case against the president.
Read more... 11:09 PM, Jul 25, 2011 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL
I was struck by these sentences in President Obama’s speech:
Now, what makes today’s stalemate so dangerous is that it has been tied to something known as the debt ceiling – a term that most people outside of Washington have probably never heard of before.
Read more... 2:46 PM, Jul 25, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPERPresident Obama, at a speech earlier today at the National Council of La Raza, indicated that he "need[s] a dance partner here -- and the floor is empty."
Read more... President Obama’s unapologetic, freedom-agenda-embracing, not-shrinking-from-the-use-of-force speech.8:32 PM, Mar 28, 2011 • By WILLIAM KRISTOLI knew pretty early on during tonight’s speech that President Obama had rejoined—or joined—the historical American foreign policy mainstream. It was when he mentioned Charlotte (the city, not the spider):
Read more... 1:15 PM, Jan 13, 2011 • By PHILIP TERZIANPresident Obama’s speech in Tucson was fine, as far as it went. The protocol in such circumstances seems to require presidents to call for healing, unity, civility, fellowship, and a determination to move forward, as well as a shout-out to heroes and victims. The president appears to have done all this, and with generally satisfactory results; I leave it to others to debate whether he failed or succeeded.
Read more... She made a bad one in 2008.3:12 PM, Dec 8, 2010 • By PHILIP TERZIAN
For me, the great political mystery of the last two years is not what makes Barack Obama tick, or where the Tea Party came from, but Hillary Clinton. Namely, why did she give up life tenure in a U.S. Senate seat from New York to join the Obama administration as secretary of state?
Read more... Constant campaign mode. 12:00 AM, Sep 2, 2010 • By GARY ANDRES
Last week House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio delivered a stinging critique of the Obama administration’s economic policies. But the White House’s swift and tart reaction to Boehner was both illuminating and sadly predictable.
Read more... Everything you needed to know about Obama could have been learned from his campaign.Aug 2, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 43 • By PETER WEHNER
During the 2008 campaign, it was clear that Barack Obama would govern as a liberal on several important issues. But it seemed possible that, at least in other areas, he might govern as what he insisted he was: something of a centrist, pragmatic and reasonable, nonideological and relatively bipartisan.
Read more... Barack Obama has managed a rare feat: The longer he holds office, the more he diminishes in stature. Aug 2, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 43 • By JAMES W. CEASER
From charisma to populism—this is the slippery slope down which Barack Obama has been sliding over the past two years. In June 2008, Obama the candidate described his nomination as “the moment when . . . our planet began to heal.” In June 2010, Obama the president promised his partisans he would find an “ass to kick.”
Read more... A year from now, no one is going to be making analogies to LBJ. 12:00 AM, Jul 22, 2010 • By GARY ANDRES
The news media hailed President Obama’s victory on the Wall Street reform bill signed into law earlier this week as another example of his legislative prowess.
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