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February 18, 2010, 5:18 pm
By
Christina Wilkie
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will have to find somewhere new to practice his speeches.
Following the air rage incident he experienced at the hands of another passenger on an Air Canada flight from Vancouver, Romney told CBS's "Inside Edition": "I tell you, that’s the last time I’m going to rehearse one of my speeches on an airplane!”
On his way home from the Winter Olympic Games Monday, a fellow traveler became enraged when Romney asked him to put his seat upright. The man turned around to punch him before being subdued by crew members. Romney opted not to press charges.
Luckily for Romney, he had adequate protection against the assailant, in the form of his wife, Ann. "There could have been some serious injury," he quipped, "but fortunately they got the guy off the plane before they let my wife go!”
An early favorite for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, Romney spoke at a D.C. bowling alley Thursday where he appeared with Sen. Scott Brown (R).
"Inside Edition" caught with Romney at a Washington, D.C. bowling alley on Thursday with Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.). No word on who won the bowling match, but it's likely they did better than the 37 Barack Obama rolled on the campaign trail. Romney's interview will air on Thursday.
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February 18, 2010, 3:10 pm
By
Kate Oczypok
Illinois native Jesse Sullivan has been living in a tent near the Capitol for a monthin the midst of two of the worst blizzards the area has seen in years. Sullivan is helping to raise money for emergency shelter for those affected by Haiti’s Jan. 12 major earthquake, The Springfield State Journal-Register reported. The 25-year-old was in D.C. for job interviews when the earthquake hit. He got a call from his cousin, a doctor who started a medical program called “Haitian Hearts.” Sullivan has a master’s from Oxford University and studied abroad in El Salvador when, coincidentally, an earthquake hit there. To make a long story short, he ended up getting a hearing at the Haitian embassy and was accepted as a volunteer assistant for relief efforts. The embassy offered him a hotel room in place of pay, but Sullivan chose to set up shop in his tent to raise awareness about bringing shelter down to Haiti. The ambassador and his wife told Sullivan he was crazy, but to go for it. “It was really cold,” he told the Journal-Register. “But regardless of however bad it gets, I just feel like the conditions on the ground in Haiti are so much worse.” Despite over two feet of snow, Sullivan is still in his tent. It is unclear exactly where is tent is on Capitol Hill.
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February 18, 2010, 2:12 pm
By
Michael O'Brien
Vice President Joe Biden's security perimeter suffered a breach
while he attended the Winter Olympics, according to a report.
A
mentally unstable man obsessed with Biden (shown here with his wife Jill, left, and Valerie Jarrett) and made it within 12 rows of the
vice president on Friday, according to a report in
Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.
Canadian Mounties stopped
and detained the 48-year-old man, who was reportedly
unarmed, and detained him while he was trying to escape.
Canadian
authorities are investigating the breach, which took place during the
Vancouver Olympics' opening ceremonies.
A Secret Service
spokesman told the
Globe and Mail that they were expecting further details on the
breach from the Canadian Mounties, and that the man was "not in close
proximity" to Biden.
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February 18, 2010, 12:14 pm
By
Jordan Fabian
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has a message for country music
superstar Taylor Swift: you had better watch out! The Republican
congressman tweeted a challenge at the four-time Grammy winner because he
has been reportedly been nominated for a "Grammys on the Hill"
award: I'm
honored to be receiving a Hill Grammy! @taylorswift13
better watch out! http://bit.ly/9Y9r5r (let's hope Kanye isn't
nearby...) The Recording Academy award the "Grammys on
the Hill" award to people who help
boost the music industry. Issa has a long way to go to
catch up to swift. He not only has to win four awards, but he trails
Swift in Twitter followers by 2,632,620.
As for Kanye West, Issa can safely bet the rapper won't be jumping onstage hollering that Beyonce Knowles deserves his award more than he does.
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February 18, 2010, 12:04 pm
By
Bob Cusack
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is a loner in the nation's capital and he's proud of it.
During his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, a smiling DeMint said, "I did not come to Washington to make friends and so far I haven't been disappointed."
DeMint isn't just playing to the crowd. He has infuriated members on both sides of the aisle with his crusade against earmarks and other government spending.
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February 18, 2010, 11:54 am
By
Bob Cusack
Senate GOP hopeful Marco Rubio fired up conservatives so much during a speech on Thursday so much that they stated chanting, "Marco! Marco!"
A laughing Rubio said he is always worried about that rallying cry "because someone might say Polo."
Rubio, who is running against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in the Senate Republican primary, addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday.
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February 18, 2010, 11:08 am
By
Christina Wilkie
President Barack Obama had some fun Wednesday during an intergalactic video conference call with the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, which is docked at the international space station.
Obama was accompanied by students and teachers from across the country, and before the Q & A began, the president took the opportunity to give a big shout out to one TV comedy host who he's not likely to sit down for an interview with anytime soon: Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told Time Magazine that while Obama "would love" to appear as a guest on Comedy Central's other political satire, "The Daily Show," a "Colbert Report" interview was less likely. The hitch? It's too risky.
"I have yet to see a politician best Stephen Colbert in an interview on his show," Gibbs said.
In a perfect example of Colbert's brand of irreverent (and yes, risky) political humor, last year the host encouraged his fans to submit his name to a write-in contest sponsored by NASA to name a node on the Endeavor. When he won, NASA downgraded the name from a room to a treadmill, now called the Stephen Colbert treadmill. Obama was hip to the joke, "Everybody here back home is excited about this bay on the world that you guys are opening up," he told the astronauts, "and Stephen Colbert at least is excited about his treadmill."
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February 17, 2010, 7:42 pm
By
Kate Oczypok
Even the president and first lady have to attend parent-teacher conferences. The first couple went on an unannounced trip to Sidwell Friends School’s upper campus where younger daughter Sasha attends. The two stayed for about a half an hour, after being delayed for a bit because of snow-related traffic (it even affects presidential motorcades). Excited teens congregated outside the Friendship Heights Metro station to get a glimpse of the motorcade rushing by before the president and Mrs. Obama entered the school wearing dark overcoats.
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February 17, 2010, 7:39 pm
By
Kate Oczypok
The Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards have expanded their nominations to include president and first Lady. The Obamas were nominated for “Cutest Couple” in the awards show, which will air on March 27. Katie McCormick Lelyveld, press secretary to the first lady, told ITK they are not commenting on the honor. The Obamas are up against two couples from the ‘tween favorite Twilight and the Avatar duo, Neytiri and Jake.
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February 17, 2010, 7:05 pm
By
Kate Oczypok
For those of you who were wondering, or perhaps forgot, those were ashes on Vice President Joe Biden’s forehead in the picture snapped of President Obama and him at The White House Wednesday morning. Biden, who is Catholic, took part in the ancient Catholic tradition of Ash Wednesday, which involves getting ashes on one’s forehead and fasting and abstaining from meat to signify the beginning of Lent.
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