Dec 4 2010

Barack O’Clock: Meeting with Governors, Hanukkah Celebration

It’s a big day for the prez on Thursday, Dec. 2. He will welcome newly elected governors to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and powwow with advisers throughout the day before celebrating the Festival of Lights in the evening. Here’s what’s on deck: 9:45 a.m. — The president and vice president receive the presidential daily briefing in [...]


Dec 1 2010

Barack O’Clock: Meeting with Advisers and D.C. Mayor-Elect Vince Gray

Call it the calm after the (bipartisan meeting) storm, before the (lame-duck congressional) storm: The prez will meet with D.C mayor-elect Vince Gray in the afternoon and powwow with advisers throughout the day. Here’s what’s on deck: 9:15 a.m. — The president and the vice president receive the economic daily briefing in the Oval Office. [...]


Nov 30 2010

White House vs. WikiLeaks: A Sucker Punch for President Obama (Again)

President Barack Obama’s cut lip — a 12-stitch, small-filament affair — happened during a friendly basketball game this weekend. But on Monday, one could easily have imagined the injury to be the result of a landed punch from any number of foreign heads of state who had been insulted, demeaned, or otherwise put in a [...]


Nov 30 2010

Barack O’Clock: Bipartisan Meeting with GOP, and Nobel Laureates

It’s a bipartisan kumite on Tuesday, Nov. 30. After some delay, the prez will finally be sitting down with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to hash out what can — and cannot — be tackled in this year’s lame-duck session of Congress. Here’s what’s on tap: 9:45 a.m. — The president and vice president receive [...]


Nov 29 2010

Barack O’Clock: Meetings With Advisers

Fresh off the Thanksgiving holiday — and newly recuperated from his elbow-to-the-face weekend bruising — the prez will spend Monday, Nov. 29, in meetings. His afternoon schedule remains shrouded in mystery, but here’s what’s on deck: 10:00 a.m. — The president receives the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. 10:30 a.m. — Receives the [...]


Nov 23 2010

Barack O’Clock: Off to Kokomo to Talk U.S. Autos and the Economy

The prez and vice prez will be going way down to Kokomo (Indiana) on Tuesday, Nov. 23 — as part of a “White House to Main Street Tour” focused on the economy. Here’s what’s on tap: 9:15 a.m. — The president receives the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. 9:55 a.m. — Departs the [...]