DNC Convention Highlights: Rep. Barney Frank (MA)

Full text of speech, here.

DNC Convention Highlights: Senator John Kerry (MA)

Senator John Kerry, "Where were you in 2004? Because tonight was a total take down of Mitt Romney's judgment in foreign policy". A BARN BURNER.

Full text of speech, here.

DNC Convention Highlights: Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston, MA

Mitt Romney spends a lot of time in this campaign talking about his business experience and about how, if elected, he will create "lots of jobs." I've been thinking, this pitch sounds familiar. And you know why? Because it's the same thing he said when he ran for governor of my state. He promised to bring business to the state, but when he was in office, Massachusetts was 47th out of all 50 states in job creation. There's a reason for that: Governor Romney cut education, he cut workforce training, he disguised his tax hikes as "fees," and he still exploded our long term debt by $2.6 billion. Mitt likes business-speak. Think of me as a reference check. In Massachusetts, Mitt Romney had the one job in his life that's closest to being president, and he wasn't all that good at it.

Full text of speech, here.

DNC Convention Highlights: Elizabeth Warren

Full text of speech, here.

DNC Convention Highlights : Governor Deval Patrick (MA)

This whole speech was EXCEPTIONAL from start to finish. But this stayed with me:

"This is the president who delivered the security of affordable health care to every single American after 90 years of trying. This is the president who brought Osama bin Laden to justice, who ended the war in Iraq and is ending the war in Afghanistan. This is the president who ended "don't ask, don't tell" so that love of country, not love of another, determines fitness for military service. Who made equal pay for equal work the law of the land. This is the president who saved the American auto industry from extinction, the American financial industry from self-destruction, and the American economy from depression. Who added over 4.5 million private sector jobs in the last two-plus years, more jobs than George W. Bush added in eight.

The list of accomplishments is long, impressive and barely told—even more so when you consider that congressional Republicans have made obstruction itself the centerpiece of their governing strategy. With a record and a vision like that, I will not stand by and let him be bullied out of office and neither should you."

Full text of speech, here.

Barack Obama is out of touch.

Barack Obama conveyed to Robert Gibbs that he was surprised and frustrated by the Massachusetts race.

One question to our president, "Are you hiding under a rock?"

This utter statement speaks VOLUMES of Barack Obama.

It says to me, as a friend wrote to me in an email:

What Obama said through Gibbs was that he was "Surprised and Frustrated" about this election.

What does that say?

"Surprised" = I wasn't listening to the voters

"Frustrated" = Don't blame me

Where are his damn advisors and are they telling him the damn truth???

As we continue to parse over the Massachusettes election, remember who won here. A teabagger in fake Independent clothing, denouncing his Republicanism and embraced the public's frustration of Washington, D.C. not doing anything. And he won.

Barack Obama is in a danger zone. And all these people on this site who continue to say he can do no wrong continues to lead us to down a more ugly path. It is time to wake up, we are in trouble.

The loss of Ted Kennedy's senate seat is one of a larger issue, the issue of voter anger. The very same independents that voted with us are now voting against us and the question must be why?

There are four things that have stuck out for me as I have been listening to many people on the ground since the summer. These four things are what Barack Obama campaigned on.

* Fixing the housing situation

* Stopping the bailouts * Reel in spending

* Put in place finanacial regulations on the banks that brought this country to the brink

* Work on the economy and create jobs

The question now is this, "Has he done anything?" We saw the answer yesterday from Massachusetts and it is NO.

The public is not stupid. They are struggling and have been waiting. But we, the Democrats used our political capital for a health care bill, no insurance bill that is favored for the insurance companies and NOT US. In poll after poll this country wanted a public option, the independents wanted it, the democrats wanted it but this damn congress and White House was so entrenched with the lobbyists and insurance companies that they totally ignored it and us.

A disaster for failure.

Now the President is frustrated?

This is a weak statement, assessment, answer or whatever you want to call it. Barack Obama it is time to reboot and it starts in your White House.

Get rid of Rahm Emanuel, Jim Messina, Tim Geithner and David Axelrod.

Why?

What have they produced? Not a damn thing but continue to point you to the direction of disaster.

How this White House is so out of touch is unbelieveable. Utterly, unbelievable.

Stop the whining, complaining or shock. The mood of this country and its anger has been out here for months. You saw it first hand this summer when the teabaggers took over the health care debate, your communication and message has not been able to recover since.

Show some damn leadership. I mean, how often does this need to be written. There is no fear from you and your congress knows this. Howard Dean said it best:



The Democrats and you must get tougher.

People are fed up. They voted you and the Democrats into office with a mandate and to make changes. When people continue to perceive and look at you and the Democrats doing nothing, why should they continue to vote for you?

Massachusetts said it all. If you want to continue to cater to King Lieberman, Queen Snowe, Countess Collins and President Nelson with the Republicans it is a diasater for November.

You have about three months to start making decisive moves, changes and decisions. Your speech making days are over. Don't get me wrong, you are the best orator out there, but continuing these speeches with empty promises and no action the public can see means nothing.

Folks this is our president, we put him in office. At the same token, it is our government and we have every right to let them know how we feel. The days of "It is not Barack Obama's fault" is over. He is the leader of our party and look where he led us.

If we are not strong enough to acknowledge problems, then many have more crying days to come. If you thought yesterday was bad, continue on this disastrous path and November will make you go hide in a cave.

Again, the days of Rahm Emanuel, Jim Messina, Tim Geithner, Larry Summers should be OVER. Reboot time and boot them OUT.

Reality is a bitch, but this is our reality and we need to fix it.

Update [2010-1-20 14:13:14 by icebergslim]:

Stopping the bailouts is dubious. As Obama voted for the TARP monies, he has since monitored it. But the message is clear from the public. They did not like bailing out the banks, Wall Street, AIG, etc. They don't like the bonuses then and now. And this has hardened many on this administration and its relationship with Wall Street.

Update [2010-1-20 14:27:7 by icebergslim]:

Obama says hold off for HCR until Brown is seated.

For all those who say push this health insurance plan through, it is not to be. Do you think we will get anything with this decision? Again, sigh.... and this is for many levels....

Update [2010-1-20 14:49:4 by icebergslim]:

Labor will not support house passing senate bill as is

Update [2010-1-20 15:8:19 by icebergslim]:

You left out firing Tim Kaine and rehiring Dean

AMEN on that one, AMEN...

Cross-posted @ Daily Kos

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"Massachusetts voters who backed Barack Obama in the presidential election a year ago and either switched support to Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown or simply stayed home, said in a poll conducted after the election Tuesday night that if Democrats enact tougher policies on Wall Street, they'll be more likely to come back to the party in the next election.

A majority of Obama voters who switched to Brown said that "Democratic policies were doing more to help Wall Street than Main Street." A full 95 percent said the economy was important or very important when it came to deciding their vote.

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The one with the JUICE is the one who usually wins.

The one with the JUICE is the one who wins.

We all know this from working for Democrats in 2008. We had the juice, we had the message of "Change", we had the foot soliders, we had massive volunteers, we had Barack Obama.

Now we need to really look at the Democratic Party and ask the tough questions of, "What happened?" If we don't and just continue to say, "Aw another awful candidate, just a state thing is political suicide."

People out here are angry and they are angry at us. We need to fix it and I mean fast.

A lot has happened this past year and to be honest the public has a right to be angry.

I live in a swing district in Illinois and I worked very hard in getting Republicans and Independents to vote Democrat. One thing I will never forget is one Independent who looked me in the eye and said, "Are the Democrats going to make a difference? Will I see change?" Well, I have heard a lot from Sally, the Independent, and it is NOT NICE.

The one thing the Democrats campaigned on was change, for me this means you don't continue or do the same thing as the last regime. For all the things that have happened this year, many in the public think this is business as usual. That NOTHING has changed.

One thing Sally stated was that she did not want her money, our tax dollars to continue to bail out these banks, Wall Street. She was and still is outraged about this because as I have heard repeatedly, "Where is our bailout? Where are the jobs? When will it stop?"

Democrats, the anger is real.

To have the Obama White House, perceived to be cozy with Wall Street is disaster and not good going forward. The issues for many in the public is that of "sick and tired of health care", "no jobs", "continuing these wars when we have no money", "unfairness of Wall Street to My Street". These issues are valid and we are doing a disastrous job at addressing them.

I spoke to my sister in law, yesterday, who is out of work and things are tighter than a tick in her home. While she commends the President on health care, she does not equate that unless you have a job. The disconnect of health care to the average American is real and the White House and Democrats have done a poor job in communicating the upside of this issue. Sure, all of us reading this blog are political animals, but some of the other members of our family are not. They look at the real and what is happening to them daily. For many in this country is it jobs, unemployment. For my sister in law, not having a job means, not having health care. So, for her the economy is number one, not health care. And yes, I have argued the fact but the reality is that she is looking at her budget, one income lost, trying to hold on, and that means having a living wage as in a job.

The health care debate has exhausted everyone. At this point many moved on from this issue, biting nails at having something for the Democrats to run on, or just don't care anymore. This is not good at all, overall. People are tired of it, many don't understand it, and they don't trust it. This is the White House and Democrats fault as in not communicating to the public why this bill is in their best interest. When you campaign on health care like congress and have on your website the national federal exchange, which is the public option, but have the nerve to tell the public that you did not campaign on the public option? Barack Obama you lost some votes there, along with credibility. You need to fix that. Oh, by the way, ditching the public option has demoralized your base. I hope this can be fixed going forward.

Giving Wall Street everything was a major mistake. This is the second year that the average Joe and Josetta have to watch on television how the financial firms on Wall Street and the banks have made RECORD PROFIT OFF OUR MONEY, but My Street do not have shit to show for it. I think the Obama Administration was too cozy, loosy goosey with the banks and Wall Street. This Administration thought that Wall Street would do the right thing and open up the lending in this country. But they have not. What incentive did we give a handful of CEOs to do so? When they crashed and burned who did they run to? And who opened the purse strings with no pre-conditions? Sure, President Obama wants to implement a tax, but will it go through the congress? Most of the banks have paid the money back; they continue to give the American Public a big "F and U". For this issue alone, the American Public is not asleep at the wheel. They fully understand those who have, continued to have, and the rest who have not. In the end, they feel it is unfair. And they are right. Want to stoke anger and resentment? Just use Wall Street every time and have your party looked upon as cozy with them; you will lose a lot of elections with this formula. Wall Street and Banks need regulatory restraints, new laws, until this happens it is continued lip service from the White House and these banks will continue to screw the American Public over.

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.

The Democrats were put in office because we are supposed to be known as being good with the economy and bringing it back. Did this White House get the memo? While many Americans have been patient with the health care dialogue and have just gotten tired of it, they have not stopped worrying about this economy and wondering if their job will be cut next. Unemployment is 10% right now. I don't expect it to go down but back up. Underemployment is 15-20%. We have over 15 million people unemployed. What is the White House or Democrats doing? I ask this because that is what my sister in law wants to know? Where are the jobs at? Are they coming back? But more importantly are we creating any new jobs? These are valid questions. Many in the country do not believe that congress is on the ball about this economy or jobs. The quickest way to lose voters is when they have to balance their checkbook monthly. And we are losing these voters because we are not moving fast enough. Bread and butter issues matter, it impacts people directly, if we cannot address this than we deserve to lose some seats. The Obama White House and the Democrats need to get out of that bubble and put their ears to the ground. People are mad.

Lack of Leadership

The Democrats period. And tonight seeing this circular gun firing at each other, no discipline, no respect, nothing even before the polls closed for Coakley says a lot. Democrats better get back to being Democrats or we will see more elections like this.

Democratic Obstructionists, wooing the hierarchy of Republicans and the bipartisan thingy...

Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln....

They have dragged this health care battle out. Joe Lieberman should have been dealt with, up front but was given a pass. How could the Democratic Leadership actually BELIEVE that this man could have been trusted is beyond me? Turning the health care bill over to senate finance committee was a bad idea. As we see, we ended up with the Baucus Bill anyway, an insurance company dream. Don't forget courting Countess Collins and Queen Snowe brought us not a damn vote. And the bipartisan thingy that this White House ran to? They need to give it up and after tonight, FOR GOOD. Remember, we can invite Republicans to the dance, but if they do not RSVP, the dance goes on without them.

Can we wake up finally? I know we have to deal with these senators but when was any whip used to them? When did they feel the wrath of the White House on them? These people have been courted and what have we gotten back? Just a lack luster disastrous health care bill is all. And this is suppose to be historic? Good luck selling that one.

The Republicans.

Scott Brown winning Ted Kennedy's seat says a couple of things to me. First, the people of Massachusetts loved the late Ted Kennedy, but they have moved on. We saw that by Brown winning. Second, this upset does not say anything for the Republican Party. What have they offered? For every issue that we tackled, they have offered nothing. Third, this win was a wakeup call to Democrats. As painful as this loss is this is a wakeup call for Democrats to start listening to its base and independents. This loss does not mean the country is turning to the Republicans, I know that from talking to my Independent and Republican friends regularly, it means we need to do what we said we were going to do from the campaign in 2008 and dammit, DELIVER. Also, one other note, Scott Brown did not run as a Republican. It was effective, he faked being independent and people fell for it. For Brown not to fess up being a Republican is a note. A note that this is how Republicans, going forward, will campaign. The name "Republican" is still very toxic, why I state that the public is not jumping for joy to vote Republican across this country.

Martha Coakley.

I knew Coakley was toast when my husband and I were watching one of the political shows and Coakley stated that Curt Schilling was a Yankee fan. Well, my husband and I both looked at each other and said, "She's toast." I am from Chicago; my father took us to Wrigley Field many times when I was little. My father still today talks of the "Summer of 1969" when the Cubs were ahead in September to win the pennant and the New York Mets came from behind and won. I knew all the players of the 1969 team, had their pictures on my wall, knew their stats, for me if I was a Boston Red Sox fan, I would have been pissed. I know for some it does not mean anything, but for Red Sox fans, YES IT DID. It means if she does not even know that, a basic Red Sox fundamental, then is she in touch with the other stuff. In the end, Coakley ran a piss poor campaign and acted like she did not have to ask anyone for their vote, that they were just going to give it to her. Well, we see that no election should be taken for granted and the Massachusetts Democratic Party, along with the DNC also should be slapped for not having this race on the radar to save it in time.

Lastly

The public likes President Obama, we all do, but what many have seen this past year is not what he said he would do as Candidate Obama. Democrats and the White House needs to take this very seriously. People are mad and they have every right to be. Democrats, we have time to get people back, but the thing is does the Obama White House and the DC Democrats get the message? Until we see that a message was gotten, expect more of this. Hopefully, the bubble in DC will burst very soon.

So, did all this sorta spread up to Massachusetts? I think so. In fact, this anger has been out there for some time now. I live in Illinois and I here plenty of it from my friends. Remember, the voter registration in Massachusetts is 2 to one over the Republicans or even higher, but it was the Democrats that did not come out to vote.

We need to remember what made people vote Democrat in 2008. So far, we have performed a very lackluster job. I really hope that this election woke some people up in congress and 1600 PA AVE, because we never, ever should have lost the late Senator Ted Kennedy's seat. That is a travesty that we all have to eat.

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The hate continues...swastika engraved on a golf course with Obama's name (Video)

Again, is this suppose to endear people to the Republican Party?



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Senator Ted Kennedy funeral set for Saturday and to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

This is the same cemetery that President John F. Kennedy is buried, as well as Senator Robert F. Kennedy. A very hard time going forward.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate and haunted bearer of the Camelot torch after two of his brothers fell to assassins' bullets, has died at his home in Hyannis Port after battling a brain tumor. He was 77.

In nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy served alongside 10 presidents — his brother John Fitzgerald Kennedy among them — compiling an impressive list of legislative achievements on health care, civil rights, education, immigration and more.

His only run for the White House ended in defeat in 1980. More than a quarter-century later, he handed then-Sen. Barack Obama an endorsement at a critical point in the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, explicitly likening the young contender to President Kennedy.

To the American public, Kennedy — known to friends and foes alike simply as Ted — was best known as the last surviving son of America's most glamorous political family, father figure and, memorably, eulogist of an Irish-American clan plagued again and again by tragedy.

His family announced his death in a brief statement released early Wednesday.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever," the statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice, fairness and opportunity for all." read more here....

Senator to be laid to rest at Arlington near his slain brothers

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This is realistic, but totally sad, Senator Kennedy

Senator Kennedy is asking for the law to be changed and for the Governor to fill his seat in the senate, immediately.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, in a poignant acknowledgment of his mortality at a critical time in the national health care debate, has privately asked the governor and legislative leaders to change the succession law to guarantee that Massachusetts will not lack a Senate vote when his seat becomes vacant.

In a personal, sometimes wistful letter sent Tuesday to Governor Deval L. Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray, and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, Kennedy asks that Patrick be given authority to appoint someone to the seat temporarily before voters choose a new senator in a special election.

Although Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, does not specifically mention his illness or the health care debate raging in Washington, the implication of his letter is clear: He is trying to make sure that the leading cause in his life, better health coverage for all, advances in the event of his death.

In his letter, which was obtained by the Globe, Kennedy said that he backs the current succession law, enacted in 2004, which gives voters the power to fill a US Senate vacancy. But he said the state and country need two Massachusetts senators.

“I strongly support that law and the principle that the people should elect their senator,’’ Kennedy wrote. “I also believe it is vital for this Commonwealth to have two voices speaking for the needs of its citizens and two votes in the Senate during the approximately five months between a vacancy and an election.’’

Under the 2004 law, if Kennedy were to die or step down, voters would select his successor in a special election to be held within five months of the vacancy. But the law makes no provisions for Massachusetts to be represented in the Senate in the interim. In the meantime, President Obama’s plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system, the fate of which may hinge on one or two votes, could come before Congress.

“I am now writing to you about an issue that concerns me deeply, the continuity of representation for Massachusetts, should a vacancy occur,’’ Kennedy wrote. read more here....

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), SNAPS OFF at town hall meeting (Video)

That is how you do it.....



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Obama's Beer Summit, Thursday @ White House (Video)

Obama, Crowley, Gates....can this be the end of it?

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The Gates controversy rolls on.... (Video)

Looks like the beer invite is on a roll for Obama, Crowley and Gates.....

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This is what I call WASTING YOUR TIME in congress

A bill by another crazed Republican congressman being presented to FORCE President Obama to apologize to the Cambridge Police Department.

Damn, where was the bill(s) at forcing former President George W. Bush to apologize for lying to the country about the Iraq War, apologize for illegal wire tapping, apologize for letting his cronies make billions of dollars off the American taxpayer, apologize for not putting the effort and manpower into capturing Osama bin Laden, apologize for destroying our image internationally, apologize for leaving the economy disastrous, yes, and this is the short list.

Republicans, this is a WASTE OF TIME.

At a time of economic distress, two wars, and a health care reform effort stalled by political friction, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, (R-Mich.) is set to introduce a bill calling on Barack Obama to formally apologize to the Cambridge Police.

The Michigan Republican announced on Friday that he would introduce the resolution unless Obama apologized to Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley for criticizing Crowley's handling of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest last week.

The resolution is, as McCotter's Democratic critics note, a political ploy and a waste of congressional time. The congressman undoubtedly has a full plate of issues with which he could concern himself, including his home state's porous job market.

"Times are tough, people need jobs here at home, but instead of offering solutions, obstructionist Republicans like Congressman McCotter continue to put politics first," said Ryan Rudominer, press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

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This is why Rachel Maddow is on of the smartest journalists on television (Video)

....this clip is about President Obama, Sgt. James Crowley and Professor Henry Gates...

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The Obama Family Vacation Diggs on Martha's Vineyard

Blue Heron Farm: Obamas To Reportedly Rent Vineyard Vacation Home From Republicans

Here is the info on the Obama Family Vacation Diggs:

President Barack Obama and the First Family will rent the bucolic Blue Heron Farm off South Road in Chilmark for their vacation during the last week of August.

The 28.5-acre property some five hundred yards down Cobb’s Hill Road, spans the Chilmark and West Tisbury town line and overlooks Town Cove, the westernmost finger of the Tisbury Great Pond.

While the mechanics of renting the property were still ongoing at press time, the Gazette has learned that a rental agreement for the farm will comprise three leases, one to be held by the Obamas, another by the Secret Service and a third by a White House entourage.

The amount of the rental has not been disclosed, but up-Island properties similar to Blue Heron Farm rent for between $35,000 to $50,000 per week.

It is understood that the Obamas have treated the transaction as a standard Vineyard summer rental, from payment terms right down to questions about bringing the family dog. read more here...

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Obama on the Gates situation at Press Briefing in White House; Invites Sgt. Crowley and Henry Gates to White House for a Beer (Video and Transcript)

THE PRESIDENT: Hey, it’s a cameo appearance. Sit down, sit down. I need to help Gibbs out a little bit here.

I wanted to address you guys directly because over the last day and a half obviously there’s been all sorts of controversy around the incident that happened in Cambridge with Professor Gates and the police department there.


I actually just had a conversation with Sergeant Jim Crowley, the officer involved. And I have to tell you that as I said yesterday, my impression of him was that he was a outstanding police officer and a good man, and that was confirmed in the phone conversation — and I told him that.

And because this has been ratcheting up — and I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up — I want to make clear that in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically — and I could have calibrated those words differently. And I told this to Sergeant Crowley.

I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home to the station. I also continue to believe, based on what I heard, that Professor Gates probably overreacted as well. My sense is you’ve got two good people in a circumstance in which neither of them were able to resolve the incident in the way that it should have been resolved and the way they would have liked it to be resolved.

The fact that it has garnered so much attention I think is a testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very sensitive here in America. So to the extent that my choice of words didn’t illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, I think that was unfortunate.

What I’d like to do then I make sure that everybody steps back for a moment, recognizes that these are two decent people, not extrapolate too much from the facts — but as I said at the press conference, be mindful of the fact that because of our history, because of the difficulties of the past, you know, African Americans are sensitive to these issues. And even when you’ve got a police officer who has a fine track record on racial sensitivity, interactions between police officers and the African American community can sometimes be fraught with misunderstanding.

My hope is, is that as a consequence of this event this ends up being what’s called a “teachable moment,” where all of us instead of pumping up the volume spend a little more time listening to each other and try to focus on how we can generally improve relations between police officers and minority communities, and that instead of flinging accusations we can all be a little more reflective in terms of what we can do to contribute to more unity. Lord knows we need it right now — because over the last two days as we’ve discussed this issue, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but nobody has been paying much attention to health care. (Laughter.)

I will not use this time to spend more words on health care, although I can’t guarantee that that will be true next week. I just wanted to emphasize that — one last point I guess I would make. There are some who say that as President I shouldn’t have stepped into this at all because it’s a local issue. I have to tell you that that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue I think is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society. Whether I were black or white, I think that me commenting on this and hopefully contributing to constructive — as opposed to negative — understandings about the issue, is part of my portfolio.

So at the end of the conversation there was a discussion about — my conversation with Sergeant Crowley, there was discussion about he and I and Professor Gates having a beer here in the White House. We don’t know if that’s scheduled yet — (laughter) — but we may put that together.

He also did say he wanted to find out if there was a way of getting the press off his lawn. (Laughter.) I informed him that I can’t get the press off my lawn. (Laughter.) He pointed out that my lawn is bigger than his lawn. (Laughter.) But if anybody has any connections to the Boston press, as well as national press, Sergeant Crowley would be happy for you to stop trampling his grass.

All right. Thank you, guys.

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Obama stands by Professor Henry Gates remarks at press conference (Video)

Look, Professor Henry Gates has every right to be angry here. This is a man who was coming home from China, while working on another PBS documentary. He could not get into his home, in Cambridge, MA, so he jimmied the backdoor lock of his home and broke into his own house. Someone saw this, called the Cambridge Police Department. Now the argument is what went down in Professor Gates home that he had to be arrested for disorderly conduct.

I can tell you what happened, it got heated. Gates and the police officer. The police officer should have put on his customer service hat, yes PO-POs you need training on this, talked to Gates calmly, asked for ID, verified it, apologize and the police officer and his colleagues should have LEFT.

How can you justify arresting a prominent, reknown Harvard University scholar for disorderly conduct? And one who walks with a cane? It takes TWO to get disorderly.

President Obama explained it RIGHT last night. And any American in this country would side with Gates about being arrested for breaking in his own home. By the way, the police department threw out the charges because of the public outrage of this whole incident and legally they don't have a leg to stand on.

Lastly, of course, the Cambridge Police Department is upset that President Obama, "called them out" on national television. If the Cambridge Police Department is so confident of its actions, why were the charges even dropped? And we must remember, that we do have a scholar who knows the law in the White House, his name is Barack Obama.

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How can you be arrested for burglary, when you are entering your OWN HOME?

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In case you missed it: Obamas vacationing on Martha's Vineyard

This is nothing new.

The Obama's vacationed there several times, more recently in 2007. It was 2007 that Caroline Kennedy's children had their mother take them to meet, then Senator Barack Obama who was running for the Democratic Nomination.

It’s official: The sandbox for the stars is once again becoming a presidential playground.

President Obama and his family are planning to vacation on Martha’s Vineyard next month, the White House confirmed yesterday without releasing details.

The visit, which will occur during the last week of August, has been rumored for months, and the Secret Service has already booked reservations at several hotels. It is unclear where the family of four will stay, but one option could be Oak Bluffs, the historical center of the island’s black community.

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