Is it just me, or does the rate of the president’s press conferences seem to be increasing as he has less and less to say and fewer and fewer people to listen?
He’s getting nostalgic?
We’ll be watching.
The former chief prosecutor at Gitmo testifies under oath that the military commission framework is a sham.
100 Years in Iraq? Yes, he really did say it. Again and again. We explain the whole story in today’s episode of TPMtv …
High-res version at Veracifier.com.
Todd Gitlin: Wright is a clear and present danger to Obama’s candidacy that Obama had better address.
As I’ve mentioned before, one thing running TPM affords us is a barometer, a unique window into the collective minds of the different candidates’ supporters. Those most apt to hit the panic button are often those most ready to hit the send button. So it’s important not to over-interpret the evidence. But we do seem to have come to some sort crisis of confidence for a number of Obama supporters. It all seems to have come together in the last few days, even the last 48 hours. Certainly Pennsylvania has something do it with it; and I think Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s new kick Obama in groin-athon is playing a big role too. Perhaps yesterday’s SurveyUSA poll showing Obama still markedly behind in Indiana is somewhere in there as well. There’s very little I’ve seen from this admittedly fragmentary sample that shows Obama supporters buying into the critique of Obama, more a sense of exhaustion and frustration or fear that he can’t get the onslaught to stop or isn’t responding to it vocally or forcefully enough.
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) suggests running the border wall north of Brownsville.
Obama may be addressing Rev. Wright again shortly, in a press conference in North Carolina.
Late Update: We’ll have video shortly, but here’s the key passage from Obama’s opening statement at the presser:
The person I saw yesterday was not the person that I met 20 years ago. His comments were not only divisive and destructive, but I believe that they end up giving comfort to those who prey on hate, and I believe that they do not portray accurately the perspective of the black church. They certainly don’t portray accurately my values and beliefs. And if Rev. Wright thinks that that’s political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn’t know me very well. And based on his remarks yesterday, well I might not know him as well as I thought, either.
Later Update: Here’s the video of the Obama presser. And here’s what all the fuss is about: Wright’s appearance yesterday at the National Press Club.
New SurveyUSA poll, Obama 49%, Clinton 44%.
The last SurveyUSA poll from April 22nd had a 9 point margin. 10 points on April 8th.
Here’s the opening statement (joined slightly late) that Obama gave at his presser a little while ago in North Carolina:
We’ll have the Q&A section of the press conference shortly . . .
Late Update: You can watch Wright’s appearance yesterday at the National Press Club here.