As president throws bones to political base, liberal anger wanes
The Hill - 3 days ago
President Obama has appeased elements of his Liberal Base in recent months by repealing the Pentagon’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, reversing course on the Defense of Marriage Act and pursuing new gun-control mea…
Read more >>Obama extends olive branch in gun control debate
Washington Post - 4 days ago
Two months after the shooting rampage in Tucson renewed a debate over gun violence, President Obama is still searching for a way to take on the issue without touching off a battle with the powerful gun-rights lobby. Gun Control advocates and some …
Read more >>Boehner meets with NYC Mayor Bloomberg
The Hill - 4 days agoHouse Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) met Tuesday with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Capitol. Bloomberg entered the Speaker's suite just after 1 p.m. for a meeting with Boehner, a spokesman for Boehner confirmed. The Speaker's off…
Read more >>Is onslaught of 'gun show loophole' legislation--and worse--about to begin?
Examiner.com - 4 days agoIn the wake of President Obama's guest editorial in the Arizona Daily Star Sunday (discussed here yesterday), calling for a "new discussion" about "Gun Control," some forcible citizen disarmament advocates are incensed that Obama didn't go far eno…
Read more >>NRA to Obama: Thanks, but no thanks.
Washington Examiner - 4 days ago
Again, I'm still utterly baffled that the White House wants to have a national conversation on Gun Laws. I can't forsee this issue doing him any good at all in next year's election. Unless of course, Obama's is giving up on blue-collar and rural D…
Read more >>SPIN METER: Obama steers clear of action on guns
Breitbart - 5 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama once said it was a "Scandal" that then-President George W. Bush didn't force renewal of a federal assault weapons ban. Now it's Obama himself who's steering clear of that and other politically sensitive gun-control m…
Read more >>Roundup: Bracing for Cuomo's Budget, Bloomberg Re-Imagines Waterfronts
The New York Observer - 5 days agoGun Control: "it's not clear what exactly Obama will do now, or how hard he will push for more gun-control limits." [Perry Bacon Jr.] Gun Control: "The contours laid out in [Obama's] op-ed are similar to the plan currently being pushed by [Mayor…
Read more >>SPIN METER: Obama steers clear of action on guns (AP)
Yahoo! News - 5 days ago
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama once said it was a "Scandal" that then-President George W. Bush didn't force renewal of a federal assault weapons ban. Now it's Obama himself who's steering clear of that and other politically sensitive gun-contro…
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