Laura Bush: Obama Doing Everything He Can With Oil Spill ‘Just Like We Did With Katrina’
In an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America, former First Lady Laura Bush defended President Obama against criticism over his handling of the BP oil spill. “I think they’re doing everything they can do. Absolutely. Just like we did with [Hurricane] Katrina,” said Bush. “You know, it’s not one person’s responsibility. The president can’t do every single thing there is to do.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama and Vice President Biden will tour K. Neal International Trucks in Hyattsville, Maryland, at 9:30 a.m. ET, and Obama will deliver remarks to employees at 9:45 a.m. ET. At 10:50 a.m. ET, Obama will welcome the Major League Soccer Champion Real Salt Lake to the White House. Obama will depart the White House at 11:30 a.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 12 p.m. ET, arriving at 2:20 p.m. ET in Kenner, Louisiana. At 2:35 p.m. ET, he will meet with Adm. Thad Allen and state and local elected officials. He will depart from Louisiana at 7:40 p.m. ET, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base at 9:25 p.m. ET, and arriving back at the White House at 9:35 p.m. ET.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden and President Obama will tour K. Neal International Trucks in Hyattsville, Maryland, at 9:30 a.m. ET. Biden will meet at 3 p.m. ET with CEOs from American manufacturing companies. In the evening, the Vice President and his wife Dr. Jill Biden will host a reception at the Naval Observatory for breast cancer survivors and their supporters, kicking off the 2010 Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure weekend.
Romney Campaigning With McCain
Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) will campaign today in Arizona with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is facing a challenge in the Republican primary. McCain and Romney ran a hard race against each other for the Republican presidential nomination in 2007 and 2008, but since then have worked together more productively as Romney appears to lay the groundwork for another campaign in 2012.
NYT: Past Supreme Court Work Shows Kagan’s Early Views
The New York Times examines Elena Kagan’s early work as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall: “Several such memorandums suggested a friendly attitude toward the view that the Constitution contains unwritten rights protecting personal liberty — the so-called substantive due process doctrine that formed the basis of several famous liberal rulings, like a 1973 decision striking down abortion bans. Many conservatives are skeptical about that doctrine, saying it allows judges to make up new rights.”
WaPo: Bachmann A Hot Property — And Cool To Mainstream Media
The Washington Post profiles Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), examining how she has sharply limited most mainstream media outlets’ access to her, while becoming a star of the right-wing press. “She doesn’t need mainstream media any longer,” said Professor Lawrence Jacobs of the University of Minnesota. “She has whatever cable show she wants to do, talk radio, the Internet, Fox TV…This is likely the new way for many conservative politicians, many outsiders.”
Several Members Denounce Israel’s Attack On Aid Ships
Roll Call reports that a handful of members of Congress have broken from both parties’ leaderships, and criticized Israel for the attack on a flotilla of aid ships. Those who have done so include Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) — who is also the first Muslim elected to Congress — and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). In an interview on the Don Imus show, Paul also said that the people of Gaza “are starving and having problems that are almost like in concentration camps.”
