Tuesday night will mark the last time President Obama travels to Capitol Hill to address both houses of Congress for his annual State of the Union speech. Aides have announced that the speech will focus mainly on the president's optimistic outlook about America's future, along with a look back at his administration's achievements.
It has been a whirlwind 24 hours for President Obama who created a firestorm on social media yesterday as he disembarked Marine 1. As the president was getting off the helicopter, he saluted the two Marines on either side of the stairs.
The problem is, he was holding a coffee cup in the hand he saluted with and held the cup during the salute...
The NCAA tournament gets underway today with Kentucky being the overall Number one seed. It is no secret that President Obama is a huge basketball fan both as a player and a fan. Every year since taking office, the president has gone through his bracket, region by region complete with explanations as to why he chose certain teams.
During last night’s State of the Union address, while President Obama was talking about a woman named Kathy Proctor, the camera cut to that very same woman in the audience. While it was a wonderful story, she made sure to interrupt strangers around her letting them know he was talking about her. Pretty funny how humble she is, really. At least the guy on her right acted like he cared.
Even though sports fans are focused on the NFL playoffs and the Super Bowl in a couple of weeks, the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals were at the White House yesterday meeting with President and Mrs. Obama.
President Obama announced today that the war in Iraq will be over by the new year. Better than that, all our troops will finally be coming home. See the speech courtesy of CNN.com
Hank Williams Jr. has been has been a staple on MNF for years and that relationship has come to an end. ESPN made the announcement yesterday before the Colts - Tamp Bay game that they would be severing their ties with Williams over comments he made comparing President Obama to Hitler.
Earlier this month, President Obama invited the 1985 Super Champ Chicago Bears to the White House for the visit that did not happen in 1986. President Reagan invited the World Champs to the White House in January of 1986, but the Challenger disaster forced that visit to be cancelled.