First Lady Michelle Obama Rallying for Mark Schauer and Gary Peters
First Lady Michelle Obama stopped in the City of Detroit at the Music Hall to rally for Mark Schauer for Governor for the State of Michigan as well as Gary Peters and Brenda Lawrence for Congress....
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Obama could get Ebola from his security team!
Could easily happen...The underworld crime bosses in these countries that provide whores to Obamas security could really do some damage. This is one of the reasons why the President should...
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President Barack Obama believes cyber terrorism is one of the biggest threats to national security and says the White House is bracing for a possible doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully penetrate government and business computer systems, the FOX Business Network has learned.
The president shared his thoughts on cyber terrorism last week, during a fundraising tour in New York City and a stop in Greenwich Conn., according to people who attended the events. At the same series of events, the president also downplayed the threat of a large Ebola outbreak in the United States, citing the nations medical infrastructure as the main reason the deadly virus hasnt spread as it has in West Africa, these people say.
A White House spokesman did not return requests for comment.
Event attendees included a mix of wealthy Democrats with ties to New Yorks financial businesses, and celebrities as Mark Wahlberg and Rosie ODonnell. At the fundraisers, the president laid out what one person with first-hand knowledge of the fundraising meetings called a doomsday scenario if hackers can successfully gain entry into government systems or breach security walls at major banks.
The president is worried that cyber criminals could literally wipe out the identities of millions of people through some breach of government systems and that could lead to massive chaos, this person said.
During one of the meetings in New York on Tuesday, at the home of former Intrepid Museum President Bill White, President Obama said it would take Bonnie and Clyde a thousand years to do what three people in a room with a server can now do, according to a person who was present.
Those same three people said the president noted hackers could steal $100 million" in a relatively short time and might be able to someday "take down the banking system if the nation's cyber security doesn't improve.
The presidents remarks come as JPMorgan (JPM), the nations largest bank by assets, disclosed a massive cyber attack in which ahackers obtained the names and addresses of 76 million households. The bank said the hackers didnt obtain more sensitive information, and were not able to access the personal accounts of customers.
Still President Obama said he expects cyber terrorism to only grow in the years ahead.
He said 15 years ago, cyber terrorism wasnt even on the radar screen, but that it will be one the biggest concerns for whoever is president after him," the person said.
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WASHINGTON For President Barack Obama, the stark reality of the looming midterm elections is that the best outcome for his party gets him nothing but two more years of the status quo.
Two more years of a divided Congress. Two more years battling a Republican-led House that sees little overlap with the president's priorities. And two more years that are likely to pass without the kind of legacy-building legislation that has eluded the president throughout his second term.
And yet to White House aides, it sure beats the alternative a Republican takeover of the Senate.
"Who sets the agenda in the Senate matters in a big way," said Dan Pfeiffer, Obama's senior adviser. If Republicans take the Senate, Pfeiffer predicted a "doubling down on the (Texas Republican Sen.) Ted Cruz, shutdown, hostage-taking" approach to government."
The reality is that Obama's advisers have low expectations for passing major legislation even if Democrats hang onto the Senate. That's been a struggle for Obama ever since the GOP won the House four years ago and will likely get even harder as both parties turn their attention toward the 2016 presidential election and lawmakers get even more reluctant to take on tough issues.
With three weeks until Election Day, Republicans have a takeover of Congress within their sights. The party is likely to extend its majority in the House and needs to pick up just six seats to grab control of the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade.
Obama enters the campaign's homestretch with approval ratings hovering near the lowest point of his presidency, forcing Democratic candidates to distance themselves from their party's leader. Losing control of the Senate could cement the impression of a politically impotent, lame-duck president more than two years before the end of his term.
In a flurry of fundraisers this fall, Obama has cast the elections as crucial to his efforts to raise the minimum wage, institute equal pay legislation and boost infrastructure spending. "I hope that in these midterms you feel a sense of urgency," he told donors in California last week.
Beyond the long-shot prospects for major legislation, White House aides point to the impact a Democratic-led Senate would have in helping Obama to get nominees confirmed, including his upcoming pick for attorney general and potential Supreme Court openings. A Democratic Senate majority would give the president a firewall to prevent GOP efforts to repeal or scale back some of his most significant achievements, including his massive health care overhaul and sweeping financial reform legislation. And it would allow the White House to fend off any Senate investigations of the administration.
It's hardly the kind of ambitious and inspiring agenda Obama forecast in his two presidential bids. With that in mind, some Democratic strategists have speculated that both the president and the party might actually be better served if Republicans were to take control of the Senate.
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Obama and the Midterms: What's at stake for the president's final years in office?
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WASHINGTON For President Barack Obama, the stark reality of the looming midterm elections is that the best outcome for his party gets him nothing but two more years of the status quo.
Two more years of a divided Congress. Two more years battling a Republican-led House that sees little overlap with the presidents priorities. And two more years that are likely to pass without the kind of legacy-building legislation that has eluded the president throughout his second term.
And yet to White House aides, it sure beats the alternative a Republican takeover of the Senate.
Who sets the agenda in the Senate matters in a big way, said Dan Pfeiffer, Obamas senior adviser. If Republicans take the Senate, Pfeiffer predicted a doubling down on the (Texas Republican Sen.) Ted Cruz, shutdown, hostage-taking approach togovernment.
The reality is that Obamas advisers have low expectations for passing major legislation even if Democrats hang onto the Senate. Thats been a struggle for Obama ever since the Republicans won the House four years ago and will likely get even harder as both parties turn their attention toward the 2016 presidential election and lawmakers get even more reluctant to take on tough issues.
With three weeks until Election Day, Republicans have a takeover of Congress within their sights. The party is likely to extend its majority in the House and needs to pick up just six seats to grab control of the Senate for the first time in nearly a decade.
Obama enters the campaigns homestretch with approval ratings hovering near the lowest point of his presidency, forcing Democratic candidates to distance themselves from their partys leader. Losing control of the Senate could cement the impression of apoliticallyimpotent, lame-duck president more than two years before the end of his term.
In a flurry of fundraisers this fall, Obama has cast the elections as crucial to his efforts to raise the minimum wage, institute equal pay legislation and boost infrastructure spending. I hope that in these midterms you feel a sense of urgency, he told donors in California last week.
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