Not the Headlines President Obama was Looking For Reuters: “Analysis: Obama's ‘Green Jobs’ Have Been Slow To Sprout” (Reuters, 4/13/12)
NBC News: “Team Obama’s Not-So-Good Week” (NBC News, 4/13/12)
Politico: “Obama Grilled By Local Media On Vacatio
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A Look Back On The First Days of the 2012 General Election
NBC News: “Team Obama’s Not-So-Good Week” (NBC News, 4/13/12)
•“The Last Seven Days Have Been Rough For Obama.” “But the last seven days have been rough for Obama. There was last Friday’s disappointing jobs report (which led to a nervousness and recalibration on Wall Street and in the economic community in general), the rallying around Romney (due to Rick Santorum’s exit and the Hilary Rosen flap) … Even yesterday, one of Obama’s local TV interviews didn’t go so hot, with the RNC clipping this exchange.” (NBC’s “First Read,” 4/13/12)
Reuters: “Analysis: Obama's ‘Green Jobs’ Have Been Slow To Sprout” (Reuters, 4/13/12)
•“The Millions Of ‘Green Jobs’ Obama Promised Have Been Slow To Sprout…” “But the millions of ‘green jobs’ Obama promised have been slow to sprout, disappointing many who had hoped that the $90 billion earmarked for clean-energy efforts in the recession-fighting federal stimulus package would ease unemployment – still above 8 percent in March.” (Andy Sullivan, “Analysis: Obama's ‘Green Jobs’ Have Been Slow To Sprout,” Reuters, 4/13/12)
Politico: “Obama Grilled By Local Media On Vacations, Rosen Comments” (Politico, 4/13/12)
•“President Barack Obama Was Pressed For A Response On Controversial Comments By Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen And Grilled On How Often He Takes Vacations.” “White House officials' strategy to bypass national news outlets in favor of local interviewers may not be panning out as well as they had hoped. … [I]n local TV interviews on Thursday, President Barack Obama was pressed for a response on controversial comments by Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen and grilled on how often he takes vacations.” (Leigh Munsil, “Obama Grilled By Local Media On Vacations, Rosen Comments,” Politico, 4/13/12)
The Hill: “Obama Campaign Moves To Distance Itself From Rosen Remarks” (The Hill, 4/12/12)
•“The Obama Campaign On Thursday Moved To Quickly Distance Itself From Comments Made By A Democratic Strategist…” “The Obama campaign on Thursday moved to quickly distance itself from comments made by a Democratic strategist who said that Ann Romney, the wife of GOP front-runner Mitt, ‘never worked a day in her life.’” (Amie Parnes, “Obama Campaign Moves To Distance Itself From Rosen Remarks,” The Hill, 4/12/12)
Politico: “Dems On Defense In War Over Women” (Politico, 4/12/12)
•“Democrats Played Defense Thursday, After An Unforced Error By Veteran Democratic Strategist Hilary Rosen Criticizing Stay-At-Home Mom Ann Romney Allowed Republicans To Turn The Tables…” (Maggie Haberman, “Dems On Defense In War Over Women,” Politico, 4/12/12)
The Wall Street Journal: “Inspector General Hits Obama Admin’s ‘Hardest Hit’ Housing Program” (The Wall Street Journal, 4/12/12)
•The Obama Administration’s Efforts On Housing Have Been “Widely Criticized” And Are “Falling Short.” “A $7.6 billion Obama administration program that targets areas especially suffering from the housing crisis is falling short, with the government spending only about 3% of money set aside for ‘underwater’ mortgage borrowers and other problems, a watchdog report said. … [The] report is the first comprehensive examination of
