LEESBURG, Va. — Assertive even as he preached humility, President Obama vowed to confront Republicans on the deficit and urged Democrats on Thursday to stick with him on guns and immigration. He scorned a GOP plan to avoid imminent across-the-board spending cuts, declaring flatly: ‘‘we’re on the right side of this argument.’’
In an address meant to motivate House Democrats during their annual retreat, Obama cast his overarching agenda as one driven by the fundamental goal of giving every American a fair shot at success. He conceded that Democratic lawmakers, the minority in the House of Representatives, would encounter obstacles and irritations, but called on them to stick to their principles in their confrontations with Republicans.
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The NY Times has a lot more on Menendez today, including his push to get Salomon Melgen a lucrative port security contract (despite his lack of experience in that field) and Melgen funding a Dem super pac with 700K, more than 500K of which went for Menendez re-election. Of course the Times also doesn't mention the child prostitution charges.