President Obama marked his first 100 days in office with an hour-long news conference last night in the East Room at the White House.
We thought it would be interesting to compare that event with the news conference that his predecessor held on his 111th day as president.
First, here’s a graphical depiction of the 150 words [...]
Entries from April 2009
Comparing Bush and Obama News Conferences
Sunny View from Fog City
A series that looks at the state of solar policy, industry and politics from the 20th floor of 555 Market St., San Francisco.
What works for Berkeley works for America. Or?
I recently watched a documentary on UC Berkeley in the ’60: its influence on the civil rights movement, freedom of speech (on and off campus) and [...]
POLC 2009
The 2009 Politics Online Conference held in Washington, DC this past week continued to be a great way for the beltway crowd to converse about the future of online politics.
Highlights included Sen. Claire McCaskill and Rep. John Culberson’s discussion of how to use Twitter to reach constituents – both are avid users of the micropublishing [...]
“Last Pitch” – A Surreal Sign of the Times
Earlier this week, one of my teams experienced an interesting, somewhat eerie event. We were the last PR team to pitch and secure a story from a reporter at a major daily, before he was laid off. It was a sign of the times, which while I guess we should have expected at some point, [...]
Immigration Reform: If Not Now, When?
I HAVE TO CONFESS that when The White House announced a few weeks ago that it intends to pursue a (long overdue) comprehensive reform of our nation’s immigration policy, I was a bit skeptical. Hadn’t we just gone through a bruising and ultimately counterproductive exercise to pass an immigration reform bill a couple of years [...]
Why Dismissing Twitter is Short-Sighted
New developments in media and technology are often ignored and dismissed as passing fads, only to change the paradigm of how people work, live, and communicate. Time has shown that media and technology are inherently tied to progress. Time has also shown that those who ignore the evolution of communication mediums are destined to play catch [...]
The Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill: How Will It Play Out?
The 600-page Waxman-Markey climate change bill (officially known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act) is truly a climate change wish list. Introduced in late March, it includes funding for renewable energy and clean coal technology; a renewable portfolio standard; provisions to increase home and office energy efficiency; measures to stimulate the smart grid and alternative-fuel vehicles development; [...]
All Atwitter: So In, They’re Out
Leave to New York Times writer Virginia Heffernan to remind us of the delicious Emily Dickinson poem about the bliss of nonconformity – and tie it all back to the twittering classes -
I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – Too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
How dreary – [...]
4/20 – Marijuana Advocates Seize the Day
According to California lore, the term 4/20 originated at San Rafael High School, in 1971, among a group of about a dozen marijuana-smoking teens and it was shorthand for the time of day the group would meet to indulge in their favorite past-time.
Today, April 20th, in California and other states, advocates of legalizing marijuana seem [...]
A view from my office: Marine One overhead FH D.C.
Hot on the heels of Jeff Weintraub’s post discussing President Obama’s second foreign trip, Marine One was seen overhead FH D.C. circling the White House. No way to tell if Obama was on board at this moment, but this sighting is right about the same time he was expected to depart for Andrews Air Force [...]
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