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Mike Memoli
Mike Memoli covers the White House for RealClearPolitics. He can be reached at mmemoli@realclearpolitics.comSubscribe to Mike Memoli RSS Article Feed.
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- GOP Governors Emphasize Results Over Rhetoric - November 21, 2009
- CEDAR CREEK, Texas -- As Barack Obama began crafting his administration last year, the term "competence over ideology" was often used to describe the incoming...
- In Home Stretch, Corzine Presses His Case - October 24, 2009
- WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- After three days of boisterous rallies featuring his party's biggest guns, it was back to reality for Jon Corzine on the campaign trail Thursday....
- 5 Things to Watch For in Obama's Speech - September 9, 2009
- For the sixth time since taking office, President Obama tonight appears in prime time to address the nation. This time, however, he'll be speaking directly to Congress...
- Obama Troubles Mount As Dog Days Loom - July 31, 2009
- Barack Obama's second hundred days are ending much differently than his first. The president marked his 100th day in office with a prime time press conference...
- Hillary and the Health Care Debate - July 27, 2009
- President Obama's recent full-court press on health care began with an event in the Rose Garden last Wednesday featuring nurses. Obama had spent the previous week...
- Unemployment Roils 2010 Battlegrounds - July 18, 2009
- As the president and vice president were out campaigning for fellow Democrats Thursday, they were also selling themselves. President Obama, at a rally in New Jersey for...
- Obama's House of Czars - July 10, 2009
- While President Obama was in Russia this week, a new czar was born. Five thousand miles from Moscow in a conference room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building,...
- Big Wallets a Big Part of Modern Politics - July 9, 2009
- In 2000, Jon Corzine spent tens of millions of his personal fortune to vault himself from political obscurity to the United States Senate. In 2005, he spent millions...
- Politics Takes Chunk Out of White House Payroll - July 2, 2009
- During his two months on the campaign trail as Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden was fond of sharing his father's witticisms with audiences to illustrate a point....
- In S. Carolina, Another 2010 Race Tinged By Scandal - June 26, 2009
- Forget about the 2012 primary. Gov. Mark Sanford's shocking revelation of an intercontinental extramarital affair this week has the potential to dramatically alter the...
- Politicking Continues Amid Policy Debates - June 19, 2009
- With recent polls showing the American people growing more skeptical of the Obama administration's policies, it was notable that Thursday was a rare day at the White...
- Obama Joins the Health Care Debate - June 15, 2009
- The debate over health care, long simmering on the backburner as the White House tackled other issues, is now coming to a boil."After decades of inaction, we have...
- Health Care Debate Reaching Boil as Obama Jumps In - June 12, 2009
- The debate over health care, long simmering on the backburner as the White House tackled other issues, is now coming to a boil. "After decades of inaction, we have...
- Obama's Message Management - June 6, 2009
- President Obama's speech in Cairo Thursday was not just carried live by American television networks, but broadcast around the world in more than 30 different languages....
- Sherpa Plays Crucial Role in Confirmation Process - May 29, 2009
- As the White House team watched the final votes come in putting Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court, one of the biggest smiles in the room belonged to the new justice...
- The Sotomayor Rollout - Politics Nation - May 26, 2009
- President Obama called Sonia Sotomayor "an inspiring woman" with a "distinguished career" as he nominated her to the Supreme Court today.
- Looking Ahead to Obama's Next 100 Days - April 29, 2009
- In many ways, President Obama's first hundred days were defined more by what he inherited than what he planned to do. That's not uncommon for new presidents,...
- McCain Slams "Cap And Tax" Energy Plan - Politics Nation - April 22, 2009
- As Congress opens hearings on new energy policies, John McCain said President Obama is pursuing a strategy that is a "revenue generator for the federal government," not...
- States Collect Big on Americans' Sins - April 16, 2009
- The key factors in the national economic slump have hit the state of Nevada particularly hard, so one lawmaker had an unusual idea to generate new revenues: tax the...
- What Obama Hopes to Accomplish Abroad - March 31, 2009
- The White House says the overarching goal of the trip is to continue "reenergizing" the United States' alliances to address "shared global challenges". But here are five...
- Obama's "Investment" Strategy - March 25, 2009
- More from RealClearPolitics: 10 Most Memorable Moments in Obama's Administration"What I've said here in Washington is that we've got to make some tough choices," Obama...
- Economic Crisis Puts Incumbent Governors in Tough Spot - March 24, 2009
- More from RealClearPolitics: 10 States in the Biggest Budget TroubleEach state has its unique political environment, but the fate of Jon Corzine - the only incumbent...
- Presidents and Their Audacious Promises - March 10, 2009
- In Pictures: 10 of History's Boldest Presidential PromisesIn the past century, presidents have promised to eradicate poverty (LBJ) and drugs (Bush 41); eliminate nuclear...
- Sanford Sees Stimulus Fight As First Step Back For GOP - February 26, 2009
- Elsewhere, some governors were making a different case. Those who were choosing to forego some federal dollars argued that it was a matter of principle, but Democrats...
- Q & A with Governor Mark Sanford - February 25, 2009
- That's particularly the case when we were just told, "Look, if you just give this money to GM, we'll be all right." And then a matter of weeks later, they come back and...
- Stimulus Finished, White House Turns Focus To Deficit - February 24, 2009
- After spending the first month in office trying to pass a massive spending bill, the White House today launched a new public push on fiscal responsibility, with...
- Obama Warns Governors About Politicization of Stimulus - February 24, 2009
- The nation's governors wrapped up a visit to Washington with meetings at the White House this morning, which included some strong words from President Obama about the...
- New Jersey, Virginia Dems Staring History In The Face - February 18, 2009
- New polling suggests that New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine faces a difficult challenge for re-election this year. A Monmouth University poll released last week shows that...
- Obama Calls For Responsibility In Housing Plan - February 18, 2009
- Calling on lenders and homeowners alike to "step back and take responsibility," President Obama announced some specific steps to address the nation's foreclosure crisis,...
- As Negotiations Continue, Leaders Optimistic On Stimulus Timing - January 23, 2009
- He questioned, somewhat suggestively, how spending "hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives" would "stimulate the economy." "You can go through a whole host of...
- Sizing Up Obama's Mandate - January 22, 2009
- Total ControlObama will have at least a 17-vote cushion in the Senate and a 78-seat majority in the House. When Bill Clinton took office - the last president to start...