He calls “the relative decline of American education” unacceptable. He says what’s at stake is “nothing less than the American dream.“

  A pipeline to the president.

    Dr. Frank Page believes he’s gained that by agreeing to serve on a presidential advisory council.

    Dr. Page spoke about the appointment during an interview with News Channel 7’s Tom Crabtree.

J.V. Martin Middle School in Dillon was used as an example by the President for a reason why schools needed money.

Two historic days in a row that I will never forget…

Yes, two of them.

Let me tell you about them in reverse order.

Today (1/20) was inauguration day for Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.

He is the nation’s first African-American president.

One is a realtor in Greenville, the other the man who led the charge for Obama in the Upstate.
And they are in Washington for the Inauguration.  Do you wish you were there? VOTE in our LIVE POLL.

In his televised farewell address Thursday night, he said some may not agree with “the tough decisions” he made, but they must agree that he was willing to make them.

Obama introduces his choices for CIA, national intelligence

Obama is warning auto companies that “the American people’s patience is running out.“ He says the automakers should “seize on this opportunity” to come up with a plan to make their companies
sustainable.

The Labor Department said Thursday initial jobless claims fell by more than anticipated to 554,000 last week. Still, the claims remain near last week’s 26-year high, and the four-week moving average for claims is up.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of scheming to enrich himself by offering to sell the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama for campaign cash or a lucrative job inside or outside government. The FBI arrested him on Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and solicitation to commit bribery.

The remarks were picked up by an open microphone Tuesday at a meeting of the National Governors Association in Philadelphia. Some construed them as sexist.

At a news conference Monday in Chicago, Obama announced that he’s chosen Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to lead the State Department.

Her father was a governor of the Federal Reserve and her mother is an education policy scholar. Rice got her first taste of power as the student council president at the National Cathedral School for Girls, where she was also valedictorian.

While at the Public Integrity Section, Mr. Holder participated in a number of prosecutions and appeals involving such defendants as the Treasurer of the state of Florida, the Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, a local judge in Philadelphia, an Assistant United States Attorney in New York City, agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a “capo” in an organized crime family in Pennsylvania.

Chosen by Time Magazine as one of America’s Top Five Governors, Janet Napolitano’s hallmark is common sense – she does what makes sense and what works.