I was watching the coverage of the President’s speech at the Martha Coakley rally at Northwestern University today, when I noticed a pro-life heckler shouting. Par for the course anymore, right? I ignored it and kept tweeting. After the speech, they re-ran footage of the heckler being escorted out – and I could not believe [...]
January 17, 2010
Categories: Daily Dose Only, white house . Tags: heckler, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Senate, obama, Scott Brown . Author: Alex Villanueva . Comments: Leave a Comment
During President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress last night, delivered over the din of Republican obstruction, he spent 7 paragraphs speaking about the need for a public health insurance option, and included one in the White House’s reform plan. What did the Associated Press take away from all of this? Analysis: Obama [...]
September 10, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Ap, Associated Press, Health Care, Health Care Reform, healthcare, joint session, President Obama, Public Health Insurance Plan, Public Option, robert gibbs . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: Leave a Comment
At today’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs cited an NBC poll that shows that shows that only 45% of Americans currently believe in “Death Panels.” He cited this as evidence that the President has been effective in debunking myths about health care reform. I would argue that 45% is an awfully large [...]
August 20, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Barack Obama, blue dogs, death panels, Democrats, Health Care, Public Option, robert gibbs, Section 1233 . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: Leave a Comment
The sixteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this country’s highest civilian honor, were awarded their medals today in the East Room of the White House. I was lucky enough to cover it today, even though I ended up, as per usual, behind everybody. Good pictures were hard for someone without a professional setup [...]
August 12, 2009
Categories: Daily Dose Only, white house . Tags: Barack Obama, Billie Jean King, Joseph Lowery, lgbt, LGBT Rights, lgbtq, President Obama, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rev. Lowery . Author: Alex Villanueva . Comments: Leave a Comment
In June, I wrote a story that raised big questions about the value of the government’s $80 billion deal with Big Pharma, and wondered if the deal came with the trade-off of killing legislation that would enable the government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical compannies for lower prices. Such a trade-off would be indefensible. That [...]
August 7, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Barack Obama, Baucus, Baucus Battered, Baucus Public Option, Business News, Drug Costs, Health Care, healthcare, healthcare reform, Max Baucus, medicare d, medicare part d, Pharmaceutical Industry, Politics News, Prescription, Prescription Drug Costs, President Obama, Public Option, robert gibbs, tommy christopher, Universal Health Care, Video, white house, White House Press Briefing, White House Press Briefing Transcript . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: 5 Comments
At today’s White House Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs announced the following: (via email transcript) MR. GIBBS: Just a couple of quick announcements before we get started…Senate Democrats will come down to the White House tomorrow and have lunch here with the President. Q All of them? MR. GIBBS: All of them. Q Open press? MR. [...]
August 3, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Blue Dog Democrats, blue dogs, Health Care, healthcare reform . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: Leave a Comment
When I took this picture, I had no idea it would be the sum total of content that I’d have to show for my trip to DC. As it turns out, the briefing was canceled, and the other events were pooled press only. See, I noted the above snack in the vending machine here, and [...]
July 17, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: burger king, French Toast, robert gibbs, white house, White House Briefing, White House Press Briefing, White House Press Corps . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: 2 Comments
Overall, I think I took going in on my own rather well. So now that everyone knows I ended up standing the whole time and looking like a spaz when I opted to raise my hand, we can continue. The briefing was pretty well uneventful save for the Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Judith [...]
July 16, 2009
Categories: Daily Dose Only, white house . Tags: Barack Obama, Ghana, white house, White House Press Corps, white house rose garden . Author: Alex Villanueva . Comments: 1 Comment
I’m sure she’ll be along soon to regale us, but in the meantime, here’s a screenshot of our White House correspondent in action.
July 15, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Alex Villanueva, robert gibbs, White House Briefing, White House Press Briefing . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: 3 Comments
Man, I miss all the good stuff! At today’s White House Press Briefing, Chip Reid and Helen Thomas went at Robert Gibbs like he was a piñata. The subject was the President’s town hall meeting on healthcare today, and the manner in which the questions were selected. Reid starts the show, and Helen tags in [...]
July 1, 2009
Categories: white house . Tags: Annandale Virginia, chip reid, helen thomas, Obama Annandale Virginia, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Plan, Obama Health Care Town Hall, Obama On The Road, Obama Town Hall, Obama Virginia, Politics News, robert gibbs, white house, White House Press Briefing . Author: Tommy Christopher . Comments: 3 Comments
