Obama Adviser

  

OBAMA NEGOTIATES WITH TEHRAN
BUT NOT REPUBLICANS

Senior Obama Adviser Compares House Republicans To Terrorists, Kidnappers, And Arsonists

Brett LoGiurato Sep. 26, 2013, 6:00 PM 135,068 652

CNN

White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer used three vivid analogies to attack House Republicans' laundry list of demands for raising the debt ceiling, comparing Republicans to arsonists, hostage-takers and suicide bombers. "What we're not for is negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest," Pfeiffer said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper Thursday afternoon. "We're not going to do that."

CNN: Obama's Been on Phone More With Iran than Speaker of the House

4:39 PM, Sep 27, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPERCNN reports that President Obama has been on the phone more with Iran than the speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner:

Dem Senator: 'Keystone Pipeline Decision Has Taken Longer than it Took Us to Defeat Hitler'

8:46 AM, Sep 27, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER

Democratic senator Heidi Heitkamp "is ready to take on President Obama over the long-delayed approval for the Keystone XL Pipeline — and she predicts her side will prevail," according to USA Today.

Heading into October -- 2013 global hurricane activity remains historically low
• North Atlantic tropical cyclone ACE is 71% below normal. 5th lowest since 1950. --> Figure
• Northern Hemisphere ACE is 55% below normal. Lowest since 1977. --> Figure
• Global ACE is 47% below normal. Lowest since 1977. --> Figure