A Treat For The Eyes

How President Obama makes rain look soooooo good, is a puzzle and mystery for the ages. It’s the weekend, TOD. Feast on!

Rain Check

President Obama shakes hands before ordering lunch at Nancy’s restaurant at Oak Bluffs at Martha’s Vineyard, August 13

Chat on!

Rise and Shine

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The Week Ahead:

Hopefully…. Sun:

Sea:

…. and Sand:

And enough golf to make Mark Knoller’s calculator explode:

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At this point in his presidency George W. had taken 399 days off compared to Obama’s 87 and he still had time to invade the wrong country.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 9, 2013

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Fun fact: President Obama would have to take off the next 2.5 years in order to catch up with President Bush's vacation record. #tcot

— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) August 11, 2013

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Brilliant:

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Yesterday:

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet veterans and active duty personnel at the Disabled American Veterans National Convention in Orlando

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Haaaaaaaappy Birthday Donna Dem!

Your gifts:

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MooooOOOOoooorning everyone!

Thursday’s Schedule

Brooks Kraft has won “Political Photo of the Year” from the The White House News Photographers Association for this image of President Barack Obama speaking in the pouring rain during a campaign rally in Glen Allen, Va. (See here)

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Thursday:

9:35: President Obama departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews

11:30: Arrives in Decatur, Ga.

12:10: Visits a pre-kindergarten classroom at College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center

1:20: Delivers remarks at Decatur Community Recreation Center

2:40: Departs Decatur

4:25: Arrives at the White House

4:50: Participates in a “Fireside Hangout” with Google+ to discuss his State of the Union Address

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WH: On Thursday, President Obama will join the latest in a series of “Fireside Hangouts” – a 21st century take on FDR’s famous radio addresses – to talk about his State of the Union Address.

During a completely virtual conversation hosted by Google, the President will answer questions from Americans across the country about the issues and policies laid out in the speech. Anyone can submit a question for the President and vote on your favorites on the White House YouTube channel

Chat away

Chat away – back in a while, have to finish off this George Clooney photo-shoot. I just wish he’d put on some clothes 🙄

Rise and Shine

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A lukewarm reception for President Obama at Centreville High School …… 😉

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Virginia Beach

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Paul Krugman: … this is only for the specifics Romney has announced; he claims that he will make up for the large revenue losses under his plan (Obama gains revenue) by closing loopholes. But he refuses to say which, and the clear reality is that he’s talking through his hat. Meanwhile, Romney also proposes severe cuts in Medicaid, and his party wants big cuts in other safety-net programs.

So like it or not, we have an election in which one candidate is proposing a redistribution from the top — which is currently paying lower taxes than it has in 80 years — downward, mainly to lower-income workers, while the other is proposing a large redistribution from the poor and the middle class to the top.

So the next time someone tut-tuts about “class warfare”, remember that the class war is already happening, in real policy — with the top .01 percent on offense.

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Cagle

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ThinkProgress: In a series of interviews yesterday, Mitt Romney maintained he would only release tax returns dating back two years…..

….On the sidelines of the National Governors Association meeting in Williamsburg, Alabama’s Republican governor, Robert Bentley, called on Romney to release all the documents requested of him.

“If you have things to hide, then maybe you’re doing things wrong,” Bentley said. “I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people.“

Ana Navarro, a prominent Republican strategist, has also called on Romney to release more tax returns, telling Politico “I wish he’d hurry up and release more tax returns so this distraction would go away.”

More here

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Monday: The President will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio for a campaign event.

Tuesday: The President will travel to San Antonio and Austin, Texas for campaign events.

Wednesday: The President will attend meetings at the White House.

Thursday: The President will travel to Jacksonville and West Palm Beach, Florida for campaign events. He will remain overnight in Manalapan, Florida.

Friday: The President will travel to Ft. Myers and Orlando, Florida for campaign events. Later, the President will return to Washington, DC.

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President Obama and Michelle Obama are on CBS News Sunday Morning – check your local listings (thanks for the reminder UT)

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Morning everyone 😉

Next up

4:15: President Obama delivers remarks at a campaign event at Centreville High School

CNN live streaming

CBS live streaming

Any more links? You can leave them in the comments, thanks.

I’ll be back later with photos and videos, chat away 😉

Rain or Shine

President Obama makes his way to board Marine One at the White House – the President was headed to Baltimore and Philadelphia to attend campaign fundraisers

…. arriving at Owings Mills, Maryland

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Coming up:

3:45: Delivers remarks at a campaign event (Hyatt Regency, Baltimore – Live Coverage)

7:45: Delivers remarks at a campaign event (Franklin Institute, Philadelphia – Live coverage)

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First Lady Michelle Obama signs her book, ‘American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,’ at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Washington, DC

Catching up

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The U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs

More photos at the Denver Post

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President Obama embraces Tami Graham as he is introduced to supporters at a campaign fundraiser in Denver

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President Obama leaves Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, en route to California

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Tonight (all times Eastern)

9:10: PBO arrives Mountain View, California

10:20: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at a private residence, Atherton

12:10: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at Fox Theatre, Redwood City

CNN live streaming has the 12:10 event in their schedule (but check the time, it varies wherever I look)

Check CBS live streaming too

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Thursday:

11:30: Attends a campaign event at the The Fairmont Hotel, in San Jose

1:00: Departs San Jose en route Newton, Iowa

4:00: Arrives in Des Moines

4:55: Tours TPI Composites, a wind manufacturer

5:15: Delivers remarks on urging Congress to act on the ‘To Do List’

6:55: Delivers remarks at a campaign event

9:20: Departs Des Moines en route Joint Base Andrews

11:30: Arrives at Joint Base Andrews

11:45: Arrives at the White House

NY bound

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President Obama and Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson will both receive the Medal Of Distinction at Barnard College Monday:

“I am deeply moved to join with President Obama to celebrate the next generation of leaders coming up among Barnard women, and to share the Barnard Medal of Distinction with him,” said Wolfson. “And I will thank the President for doing what we elect presidents to do – showing moral leadership in standing up for freedom, fairness, and families – and for speaking in such personal terms about the journey he and so many Americans have made to understand who gay families are and why marriage matters. In explaining his change of heart, the President spoke in heartfelt words that rang true, because he described the very same journey that so many Americans – a majority now – have made.”

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Nick Anderson

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1:10: PBO delivers the commencement address at Barnard College

3:00: Tapes an appearance on “The View” at ABC Studios (The full interview will be embargoed until airing on Tuesday morning)

5:05: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at the Rubin Museum of Art (Pooled Press)

6:50: Delivers remarks at a campaign event at a Private Residence (Print Pool for Remarks Only)

8:30: Departs New York

9:40: Arrives at the White House