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White House budget director says economy is 'weak' (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 10:57 AM PDT AP - The White House's top budget official declared on Sunday that "fundamentally, the economy is weak" while saying the administration's own financial predictions could need a revision by midyear.

GOP official: No more money for GM without plan (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 09:09 AM PDT AP - House Republican leader John Boehner said Sunday he doesn't support handing over more federal money to keep General Motors Corp. afloat unless the automaker develops a viable and long-term business model and can pay back government loans.

Gingrich: `Not particularly' want to run in 2012 (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:43 AM PDT AP - A new president is not yet two months into his term and already there's talk about who might run for the job in 2012.

Obama to reverse Bush-era stem cell policy (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 05:01 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's announcement Monday that he is overturning his predecessor's policies toward embryonic stem cells also will include a broad declaration that science — not political ideology — would guide his administration.

How Obama plays the pundits (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:05 PM PDT Politico - When New York Times columnist David Brooks accused the White House last week of “shaking confidence with its hyperactivity,” no fewer than four senior administration officials reached out to explain — ever so politely — how he was wrong.

Obama leads birthday salute to Ted Kennedy (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 05:50 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama led a Kennedy Center crowd in a performance of "Happy Birthday" Sunday night, capping a star-studded musical birthday tribute to ailing Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

Recession on track to be longest in postwar period (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens.

On earmarks, budget chief says wait till next year (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 06:37 AM PDT AP - When it comes to dealing with all those pet projects in the big spending bill before Congress, President Barack Obama's budget chief says wait till next year.

After 2 years, no word on American missing in Iran (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:42 AM PDT AP - It's been two years since an American went missing in Iran, and the State Department says it doesn't want Robert Levinson or his family's plight to be forgotten.

Analysis: Clinton's hard bargain on missile shield (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:27 AM PDT AP - If the Obama administration intends to give up missile defense in Europe as part of a security deal with Russia, as its behind-the-scenes maneuvering seems to suggest, then Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is driving a hard bargain.

Still hammering Rush Limbaugh (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT Politico - Undeterred from claims that this represents the White House violating a pledge not to politic, Americans United for Change is up with another installment in its series linking the Republican Party to Rush Limbaugh.

Holder vows to restore DOJ civil rights (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 03:14 PM PDT Politico - Barack Obama went to Selma, Ala., two years ago to claim a place in the lineage of civil rights pioneers.

Obama aide says time to pass spending bill, move on (Reuters) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's budget director said on Sunday a $410 billion federal spending bill is "uglier than we'd like" but should be enacted so Congress and the White House can tackle other problems.

Defending Freeman, cont'd (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 12:20 PM PDT Politico - A bit belatedly, and still with no evident support from the White House, 17 former U.S. Ambassadors form a sort of Chas Freeman defense league, writing a letter to the Wall Street Journal free of discussions of punching anyone in the nose.

Treasury Dept. gains 3 more Obama appointments (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 11:53 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has chosen three people to join the senior ranks of the Treasury Department, where a slow pace of hiring has put the agency on the defensive.

VIDEO: GOP: Rush hit a distraction (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 10:36 AM PDT Politico - Top Republicans voiced a desire to get past the dust-ups involving Rush Limbaugh—and blamed the White House Sunday for orchestrating the conflict.

Boehner: Rush flap 'created by the White House' (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:54 AM PDT Politico - House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) accused the White House of building up its conflict with Rush Limbaugh to create a "distraction."

Gingrich: Rush 'not the leader' (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:53 AM PDT Politico - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) dismissed the idea that Rush Limbaugh is leading the Republican Party, and pointed a finger at White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for orchestrating the dust up.

Orszag to GOP: 'There they go again' (Politico) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:05 AM PDT Politico - Peter R. Orszag, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, signaled Sunday that the administration plans to stand up fiercely to critics of its economic policies despite a deepening recession.

GOP tussles over leadership, party's future path (AP) Posted: 08 Mar 2009 08:04 AM PDT AP - Rush Limbaugh has been Topic A in the political world, with Republicans debating his influence on their party and Democrats trying to elevate the conservative radio host to the GOP's de facto spokesman.

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