Saturday, January 3, 2015

Back on the Campaign Trail

Vacation Over: Obama Plans Travel Blitz Before State of the Union...



After 15 days in a carefree island paradise, it's back to reality for President Obama. - ABC

Obama returns from vacation to a chilly Washington on Sunday, staring down a long legislative agenda and simmering foreign crises, and with a desire to seal his legacy over the next two years.

He also faces a Congress in full Republican control for the first time during his term.

The president isn't sticking around long, however. Obama plans to hit the road Wednesday for a three-day travel blitz that officials describe as a sort of preemptive State of the Union.

The president "will highlight the progress we have made in the economy and he will announce policies that he will highlight in the State of the Union address to push us forward," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.

WaPo Reporter Sorry He Couldn’t Get Photo Of Obama Under A Rainbow - Betsy Rothstein/Daily Caller
Washington Post White House reporter David Nakamura is in Hawaii covering President Obama‘s family vacation. In one of the more inane — and there are many — White House pool reports about the trip, the reporter talks about how he regrets not snapping a photograph of the commander-in-chief under a rainbow.
Or in his unicorn costume.... - Join the Discussion at Lucianne