Rep. Giffords' condition improves after shooting

Obama To Arizona, Congress In Mourning
In the wake of alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner killing six and wounding a dozen, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Republicans and Democrats came together in a Bipartisan outpouring of support and mourning. President Barack Obama (pictured) is expected to speak during a memorial service for the victims at the University of Arizona. In the House of Representatives, a resolution is being drafted for all of the victims, including a nine-year-old girl. "Look at Tucson right now and you will b

Obama visits wounded Congresswoman Giffords (Reuters)
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – President Barack Obama visited wounded Representative Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday to begin an emotional trip to Arizona as political leaders condemned the deadly Shooting Spree in Tucson. Obama's Motorcade carried him to University Medical Center shortly after he landed in Tucson to address a memorial service for the six killed and 14 wounded by a gunman who opened fire while Giffords met voters last Saturday. "The president wanted to begin this s...

Obama visits shot lawmaker in hospital (AFP)
TUCSON, Arizona (AFP) – US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage...

Obama visits Giffords, AZ shooting survivors
President Obama swooped into Arizona Wednesday night and immediately rushed to the Hospital to visit wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords ahead of his address to a nation in mourning. The President invited a bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers to join him aboard Air Force One for the trip to Tucson for a memorial for the Victims gunned down in the Saturday Assassination attempt on Giffords. Obama is moving to draw the country together amidst the partisan rancor that has engulfed the political landsc...

Sarah Palin says blaming rhetoric for shooting is 'a blood libel'
Sarah Palin ended her near silence on the Arizona shootings yesterday, saying that critics had manufactured a "blood Libel" by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson in which six people died and 14 were wounded, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. • In her video message, Sarah Palin said she and her supporters would not change their Rhetoric because of the Arizona shooting In an eight-minute address posted online, the prominent Republican...

Louie Gohmert hits the trifecta: violent rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and guns
While it would be impossible to top the self-centered offensiveness of today's Sarah Palin video -- where she used the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords to peddle her message of victimhood -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) gave it his best shot, but could only manage a trifecta of stupidity. First, his thoughts on the public comments by Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on today's political climate: I hope the sheriff tones his Rhetoric down. Well, sure. Sheriff Dupnik needs to tone d...

Obama arrives in Tucson for memorial
US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, before leading the memori...

Palin: Blaming me for Tucson shootings is 'blood libel'
on a day set aside for healing and prayer in the wake of last weekend's Mass Shooting in Tucson, all vestiges of a political armistice were shattered when Sarah Palin, the former Alaska Governor, issued a video message accusing her critics of committing "blood Libel" against her. In a nearly eight-minute video posted on Facebook that veered between defiant and defensive, the Tea Party figurehead broke her days-long silence to answer allegations that her own Rhetoric and the passions stirred by...

Most Doubt Political Rhetoric a Major Factor in Ariz. Shootings
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/Gallup Poll finds Americans dubious that the heated language used in politics today was a major factor that influenced the alleged gunman in last week's shootings in Tucson, Ariz. Twenty percent say such Rhetoric was a major factor in the shootings, while 22% cite it as a minor factor; 42% say it was not a factor at all. Democrats are more likely than Independents or Republicans to believe political debate played a role. The poll was conducted Jan. 11, three ...

Hillary Clinton Compares Gabrielle Giffords Shooting to 9/11 Attacks
© Associated Press Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton compared the man who shot Gabrielle Giffords to Islamist Terrorists and the 9/11 attackers and said the incident showed America and the Arab World faced similar problems. In a television broadcast filmed before Students in Abu Dhabi, Mrs Clinton was asked why the 9/11 terror attacks, the work of a handful of men, had been allowed to colour American views of a whole people. She replied that Am...

Obama to Visit Giffords in Hospital
President Obama landed in Tucson on Wednesday afternoon, and immediately headed to the Hospital to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other people injured in the shooting on Saturday. Mr. Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama are in Tucson to attend the memorial service for the Victims of the shooting rampage, in which six people were killed and 14 injured. “The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where Congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recu...

Obama to visit Rep. Giffords before speech
Reporting from Tucson and Los Angeles — President Obama headed to visit critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday after arriving in Tucson to deliver a Speech designed to heal the nation while paying tribute to the 19 Victims of a weekend Shooting Spree. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recuperate," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. With his wife and a bipartis...

As It Happens: The Memorial Service For Victims Of The Arizona Shooting
What is this? Family members, friends and others will be gathering at the University of Arizona in Tucson tonight for a "Together We Thrive: Tucson And America" service to honor and remember the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage. President Obama will be among the speakers. He and first lady Michele Obama are in Tucson, and have already been to visit some of the Victims and family members of those who did not survive. Six people were killed and another 13 were shot and injured when a lone gu...

As It Happens: The Memorial Service For Victims Of The Arizona Shooting
What is this? Family members, friends and others will be gathering at the University of Arizona in Tucson tonight for a "Together We Thrive: Tucson And America" service to honor and remember the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage. President Obama will be among the speakers. He and first lady Michele Obama are in Tucson, and have already been to visit some of the Victims and family members of those who did not survive. Six people were killed and another 13 were shot and injured when a lone gu...

Obama Arizona Speech: President To Be Nation's Consoler At Memorial Service
TUCSON, Ariz. — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – President Barack Obama flew to Arizona Wednesday and headed straight to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' bedside to pay his respects to the wounded lawmaker as he sought to unify a mourning nation. Obama and his wife, Michelle, were visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other Victims of the weekend shootings that killed six people and wounded 13. He was then meeting with family members of those killed before speaking at a nig...

Senator wants to mix it up at Obama address
Sen. Mark Udall wants his colleagues to adopt a new seating arrangement, calling on lawmakers to break with tradition by sitting next to a member of the opposing party during President Obama's State of the Union address Jan. 25. In a letter to House and Senate leaders, the Colorado Democrat said that having Democrats and Republicans sit on opposing sides of the House chamber for the annual address sends the wrong message to the American public watching on television. "It sets a negative tone tha...

Hannity: 'Reckless Hoax Coming Apart Brick by Brick'
On his Radio Show today, Sean Hannity explains how the the left's campaign to link Jared Loughner with Talk Radio, Sarah Palin and the Tea Party is falling apart "brick by brick." You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. 'Cautious Optim...

Tucson Shooting Widens Cracks in Rights Coalition
(photo: Adam NFK Smith) The first political figure to resign their post after the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords was an African-American Arizona Republican: Just hours after 22-year-old gunman Jared Loughner launched a Shooting Spree at a Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) constituent event in Tucson on Saturday that left six dead and 14 wounded, Legislative District chairman Anthony Miller, a Republican, announced that he would resign his position. In an email to the state’s GOP ...

Misinformed? MSNBC viewers blame political rhetoric for Tucson shooting (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller NJ Governor Chris Christie surges in statewide poll Assange claims to have dirt on NewsCorp in 'Insurance' file Misinformed? MSNBC viewers blame 'political Rhetoric' for Tucson shooting Friend: Loughner steered clear of politics, news Anti-Defamation League overall supportive, yet disappointed in Palin's use of 'blood Libel' term Despite overwhelming evidence that accused Tucson shooter Jared Loughner was not motivated by either Left Wing or Right Wing p...

Obama to attend Arizona memorial
President Barack Obama has arrived in Arizona to pay tribute to six people killed in a shooting and to honour US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was injured in the attack. The president is due to speak at a memorial service for Victims of the shooting in Tucson later on Wednesday. Suspected gunman Jared Loughner has been charged with several offences and could face the death penalty if guilty. Ms Giffords was shot in the head and remains in a critical condition. Thousands have gathered thr...

In wake of shooting Gillibrand travels to Tuscon; visits injured Congresswoman
New York’s junior senator, along with President Barack Obama just arrived in Arizona to visit their long-time friend, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded in Saturday’s shootings in Tuscon. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D - New York) along with the president and Congressional leaders are heading to the University of Arizona Medical Center to visit with Giffords, her husband, staff, and other Victims of last week’s massacre.  Afterwards Gillibra...

Sen. Mark Udall: Lets all sit together during the State of the Union Address (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Sen. Mark Udall: Let's all sit together during the State of the Union Address NJ Governor Chris Christie surges in statewide poll Assange claims to have dirt on NewsCorp in 'Insurance' file Misinformed? MSNBC viewers blame 'political Rhetoric' for Tucson shooting Friend: Loughner steered clear of politics, news Amid the calls for increased “civility” in political rhetoric after last weekend’s shooting in Tucson, Arizona, Democratic Sen....

Boehner Not Attending AZ Memorial
Attending an RNC Cocktail party is more important to the Speaker of the House than flying with the President (who invited him) to go to AZ to attend the Tucson memorial service for the six slain people and the individual Victims wounded by gunfire, including a member of the legislative body over which he presides: The Ohio Republican is holding a 7 p.m. cocktail reception Wednesday night for 168 RNC members, who are in the Washington area for an annual meeting. The event is sponsored by Boehner...

Due To Arizona Conflicts, California Judge Takes Over Loughner Case
U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of California Larry A. Burns will handle the case against Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman behind the Mass Shooting on Saturday, according to documents filed with the court on Wednesday. All Federal Judges in Arizona have been conflicted out because U.S. District Judge John M. Roll was one of the six Victims of the shooting. "Based upon the circumstances occurring on January 8, 2011 in Tucson and the initiation of proceedings in conjunc...

Gregory Kane: Sheriff Dupnik shoots before aiming
It wasn't long after the Tucson, Ariz., shootings before Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik went into full blowhard mode about who was responsible for the massacre. A hint: it's not suspect Jared Lee Loughner. According to a story on the Web site www.CNN.com, Dupnik "used a nationally televised Press Conference to condemn the tone of political discourse in his state." Oh, this gets better. Here's a direct quote from Dupnik, taken from the www.CNN.com story: "We need to do some soul-searching. ...