Analysis: Billion-Dollar Obama To Run Moneyed Campaign
Reuters reports: “President Barack Obama is no longer the outsider candidate who fueled his bid for the White House in 2008 with a flood of small donations from new and young voters inspired by his message of hope and change. As a sitting president he has far greater authority and media access and his 2012 re-election campaign is expected to raise $1 billion, which is unprecedented in U.S. politics.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama will receive his daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET. He will meet at 3:15 p.m. ET with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. He will meet at 4 p.m. ET with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will travel in the morning to Durham, New Hampshire, where he will visit the University of New Hampshire with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. They will deliver remarks at 11:45 a.m. ET, highlighting the university’s efforts to reduce and respond to incidences of sexual assault on campus. Biden will attend an event at 1:30 p.m. ET, with supporters of Organizing for America. Afterwards, hew ill return to Washington, D.C.
GOP Freshmen Face Big Shutdown Decision: Fight Or Fall In Line
The Hill reports: “Each of the 87 House Republican freshmen faces the same choice heading into the climactic week of the 2011 budget battle — to fight or fall in line. The freshman class, vaunted for its unprecedented size and its Tea-Party ties, has been caught between party leadership nudging it toward compromise on one end and anti-spending activists clamoring for a clash on the other.”
Government Shutdown Looms Over Talks As Crunch Time For 2011 Budget Nears
The Washington Post reports: “With the prospect of a government shutdown looming Friday, leaders of both parties publicly staked out seemingly inflexible positions while staff members worked in private on a possible compromise to finally pass the 2011 budget…Both Democratic and Republican aides said efforts continued over the weekend to fashion a bill with $33 billion in spending cuts, but they also said neither side intends to officially announce a ‘deal’ on that plan.”
House GOP To Boehner: Give Us More Cuts, Details
Roll Call reports: “House Republican leaders are privately warning Speaker John Boehner that they may not have the votes to pass a six-month spending bill with significantly less than $61 billion in cuts, and they are chafing at his closed-mouth style of negotiating. Boehner, Senate Democrats and the White House are zeroing in on $33 billion in spending cuts. But the Ohio Republican is finding significant resistance from his top lieutenants, who have repeatedly warned they cannot sell that number to rank-and-file Members, insisting on at least $40 billion in cuts.”
