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POTUS Notes Archive: March 2009

• Rove calls Gibbs a "wise-cracking jr high smart mouth"

  Former Bush adviser whacks Obama spokesman for whacking Vice President Cheney Published March 17 2009

• Tortured logic: Gitmo as a response to foreclosure

  The vice president connects Guantanamo Bay with home foreclosures. Published March 17 2009

• Billy Joel tune a good fit for Obama theme song

  NYU professor suggests "We Didn't Start the Fire," prompting a revisiting of the song. Published March 17 2009

• Obama's moderate image increases but his poll numbers slip as he listens to liberals, poll shows

  The president's approval rating is down in a new Pew poll, but Obama is viewed as a conservative or moderate by more people than in the past. Published March 16 2009

• Conservative Obama's poll numbers slip as he listens to liberals, poll shows

  The president's approval rating is down in a new Pew poll, but Obama is viewed as a conservative or moderate by more people than in the past. Published March 16 2009

• Canada, France, Germany among those deemed not doing enough stimulus

  A prominent U.S. economist "spells out" the U.S. bargaining position heading into the G20 finance ministers meeting this weekend. Published March 11 2009

• Geithner denies he's hard to reach

  The Treasury secretary rebuts a story that still-thin ranks make it hard for Brits to get in touch. Published March 11 2009

• Obama issues first signing statement

  Here is the text of the statement, issued two days after the president promised to restrain his use of signing statements. Published March 11 2009

• Biden: 7 out of 10 Taliban are just in it for the money

  The vice president apparently has got some detailed intelligence on Muslim extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Published March 10 2009

• What does $1 trillion look like?

  A visual aide to the skyrocketing cost of government bailouts and spending. Published March 9 2009

• If you want to get really angry, read this book

  WSJ review of "House of Cards" sets the table well. Published March 6 2009

• AG Holder traveling with Obama to Ohio

  Attorney General Eric Holder is on Air Force One. Published March 6 2009

• Sudan government retaliating against aid groups

  After the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, he strikes back by kicking aid groups out of Darfur. Published March 5 2009

• List of attendees at White House Healthcare summit

  It's a long list. Published March 5 2009

• What exactly is Gordon Brown's 'Grand Bargain'?

  The British prime minister talks of new global regulatory reform. Published March 4 2009

• Boehner blasts White House for stoking Rush story

  The House minority leader criticizes "attempts by the Obama administration to divert attention away from the economy and its massive spending spree." Published March 4 2009

• Contracting system beset by problems

  President Obama is set to outline reform measures Wednesday morning aimed at saving $40 billion a year. Published March 4 2009

• Obama focus turns to global economy

  Today's meeting with Gordon Brown will look ahead to next month's summit in London. Published March 3 2009

• Troubling signs from Eastern Europe

  Serious destabilization from the global economic crisis could emerge there first. Published March 2 2009