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09.09.2009 10:56 am

Obama speech goal tonight: “Speak clearly”

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
President Obama

President Obama

WASHINGTON — Speaking so Americans can understand what’s being said may not seem like a significant goal.

But given confusion, skepticism and downright hostility toward his health-care reform proposals, speaking clearly about what’s at stake for people is precisely what President Barack Obama hopes…

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08.31.2008 2:00 pm

GOP canceling opening night; rest of week “day by day”

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

St. PAUL — That’s the word from House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, who says that the official announcement will come later this afternoon.

Monday night was when President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were to speak.

Boehner told reporters after…

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