Obama: #39;Ferguson Protesters Did Everything Right #39;
Obama met with several radical leaders of the Ferguson protest movement in the White House.
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BISHOP TONY PALMER DEAD 666 BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
Tony palmer worked in service of the False unity movement on behalf of the False prophet pope francis, and the Beast The antichrist Barack obama. And now he is dead.. See hows the numbers play...
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President Barack Obama speaks at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 in Bethesda, Md.(AP)
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Buzz Cut: Obama to go bold on post-presidential buck raking White House rolls out unwelcome wagon for Carter Harkin seconds Schumer: ObamaCare a mistake Doubts grow about Hillary At least theyre not doing it when they order the steak
OBAMA TO GO BOLD ON POST-PRESIDENTIAL BUCK RAKINGConservatives believe that President Obama plans to close his time in office as a modern Emperor Nero, expanding executive power grabs and driving the nation into a constitutional abyss. So why are liberals still having a debate over whether Obama is bold enough? Part of that is just that some folks are never satisfied, but theres something substantive here too. After all, it seems odd that a president who has often talked about the liberation of having run his last campaign is doing things like nominating Wall Street insiders skilled at tax avoidance to key economic posts, still holding fundraisers and, most notably, standing by laughable choices for key diplomatic posts?
[Ummmm - At her nomination hearing, Obamas nominee to be ambassador to Hungary, a former producer of the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, struggled to name a single U.S. strategic interest in Hungary. A real stumper, no doubt.]
The real fiscal cliff - The answer lies in a key deadline approaching at the end of next week. No, not the potential government shutdown, but instead a personal one for the president. The formal proposals for where his presidential library are said to be due on Dec. 11, and BuzzFeed reports that the process is intensifying and the scope is expanding ahead of an expected February announcement. The University of Hawaii, The University of Illinois Chicago campus, Obamas alma mater Columbia University and frontrunner The University of Chicago are under consideration. Obamas closest adviser, Valerie Jarrett, has made it clear that she is in charge of establishing the post-presidency version of the Obama brand, so it seems unlikely that the HQ will be anywhere but Chicago.
Bigger than Bubba - And while the Obamas are no doubt keen to have as many donors as possible ponying up to build the monument to his legacy, we now live in the post-Clinton age when the financial value of having been president is measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The Obamas, who have learned to live very well indeed since leaving their upper-middle-class life behind in Chicago, must assume they can outshine their predecessors, post-White House. Bill Clinton and his first lady could rake in $150 million in straight cash plus an estimated half-billion dollars for a family foundation which helps provide staff, support and travel. Could the Obama brand be a billion-dollar industry? Why not? As Obama gets ready for his post-presidency, he will feel the continuing tension between a desire to be bold and legacy-making and a competing impulse for preemptive nest feathering. Sucking up to really rich people will be a big part of that. As the Clintons have proven, there are plenty of patrons at home and abroad for a former president.
MCCONNELL TALKS UP BUTT KICKING AHEAD OF WHISKEY SUMMITWSJ: Sen.Mitch McConnell(R., Ky.) on Tuesday said PresidentBarack Obamahas lurched to the left since suffering a butt-kicking during Novembers midterm elections, a shift that may foreshadow only limited cooperation in the coming two years. By any objective standard the president got crushed in this election, Mr. McConnell said atThe Wall Street Journal CEO Council annual meeting. So Ive been perplexed by the reaction since the election, the sort of in your face dramatic move to the left. I dont know what we can expect in terms of reaching bipartisan agreement. Republicans took control of Congress during Novembers midterm elections, leaving Democrats without a majority in either chamber for the first time since 2006 and elevating Mr. McConnell to Senate majority leader starting in JanuaryMr. McConnell said he has no objection to negotiating with the White House and gets along with Mr. Obama. We dont have any personal problems, he said. There is however a deep philosophical difference.
[President Obama and Sen. Mitch McConnell are scheduled to meet at the White House this afternoon.]
Boehners second step - WaPo: [House Speaker John Boehners] approach would first allow a vote this week on a bill to ban Obama from changing immigration laws. The largely symbolic legislation would be quickly discarded by the Democratic-controlled Senate, but the vote would be seen as a victory by some tea party conservatives, including the bills lead sponsor, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.). The speakers decision to embrace Yohos bill is a signal to conservatives that he is looking to one of their own as he plots his immigration gambit.
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Obama to go bold on post-presidential buck raking
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
updated 9:18 AM EST, Wed December 3, 2014
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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is going to a top group of American business leaders Wednesday, where he's hoping to make his pitch for his agenda to the business community ahead of an incoming Republican majority in Congress.
Obama will tout economic gains in the private sector at a meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, where he's also looking for support to advance issues like tax reform, trade and infrastructure, a White House official said.
The group, an association of top U.S. CEOs whose companies employ more than 16 million people, is a powerful force on Capitol Hill, spending more than $12 million in lobbying in 2013 according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The organization could be an important ally for Obama on key issues as he looks to bridge the gap with Republicans on issues with some common ground, like tax reform.
While traditionally backing Republican candidates and policies, the business community hasn't pushed back as strongly against Obamacare as the GOP and have pushed leaders on Capitol Hill to rally around comprehensive immigration reform.
And Obama will need to keep business leaders on his side over the public fight over Obamacare that is sure to flame up as the employer mandate kicks in at the beginning of next year.
Obama could generate some good will as he spotlights the economic gains of his presidency: 10.6 million jobs added to the economy in 56 months, a booming stock market and near-record corporate profits, the White House official said.
"As the President has said, he is eager to work with the new Congress wherever possible to make the next two years as productive as possible, and will look to the business community as a partner in these efforts to continue to grow our economy and create opportunity," the official said.
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President Obama called on Congress on Tuesday to approve an emergency spending package to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and to help more U.S. hospitals and laboratories prepare for future cases that may come their way.
Speaking during a visit to the National Institutes of Health, Obama said the money is needed to stamp out the disease completely, even as the crisis has faded from the headlines.
Every hot spot is an ember that, if not contained, can become a new fire, Obama said. We cannot let down our guard, even for a minute. And we cant just fight this epidemic. We have to extinguish it.
Obama is pushing for $6.18 billion in funding to continue ramping up readiness in American hospitals. Already, the federal government has increased capacity in U.S. hospitals from eight beds at three facilities to 53 beds at 35 designated treatment centers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
There are no reported cases of Ebola in the U.S. But Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said late Tuesday that it had admitted a patient for evaluation.
The White House is running a federal preparedness effort that includes equipping more labs to test for Ebola and completing early clinical trials for the first vaccine to treat the disease.
In a report to Obama on Tuesday, Ebola response coordinator Ron Klain said the country is far more prepared to cope with the deadly virus domestically and to squelch it at the source than it was two months ago, according to an administration official familiar with the closed-door meeting.
This is an expensive enterprise, Obama said Tuesday from the lab outside Washington. That money is running out. We cannot beat Ebola without more funding. If we want other countries to keep stepping up, we will have to continue to lead the way.
Obamas quest for funding will not be easy. The package includes about $1.5 billion in contingency funds, which lawmakers could target in an effort to pare back proposed spending.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the White House remains concerned the money may not make it into the year-end spending bill being crafted in Congress.
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