Good news for all you who drive—the EPA said today that it will move forward with a rule requiring cleaner gasoline and lower-pollution vehicles nationwide—amounting to one of President Obama’s most significant environmental initiatives of his second term.
The proposed standards seek to reduce the amount of sulfur in gasoline and would add less than a penny a gallon to the cost of gasoline while delivering an environmental benefit similar to taking 33 million cars off the road, according to the EPA. Read more…
On Wednesday, Obama held his first press conference in eight months — and his first public appearance since the president’s re-election last Tuesday. With the stench of 2012’s campaign still lingering, the vigorous event was a breath of fresh air. Behind his podium in the East Room of the White House, Obama looked as if he was still feeling the glow of last week’s sweep. Facing him was a room of reporters finally free to ask tough questions without fear of helping Romney slide into the Oval Office on a blunder from Obama.
Last week, we endured the latest installment of the Iran diplomacy debacle. The presidential candidates battled over semantics; the New York Times and the rest of us became confused about the actual conversation between the two countries; and meanwhile, private businesses and Iranian citizens still feel the crush of the economic strain.
Broken campaign promises are nothing new. Candidates run on the list of things they would like to do — but it’s anyone’s guess what they’ll actually be able to accomplish when they reach office. Obama took that game to a whole new level. On top of his failures to accomplish most of his 2008 campaign goals, here’s a list of issues on which Obama did the exact opposite of what he promised.
Wednesday morning, the New York dailies were abuzz with headlines gushing over Michelle Obama’s “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” pump-up speech at the DNC in Charlotte. The FLOTUS captured the attention of millions, and the media responded accordingly: Twitter almost 
