“Ed Rendell, who has criticized the president (objecting, for example, to the Obama campaign's attack on private equity), also argues that Obama has been constrained by an unprecedented obduracy in his Republican opposition. ‘I can't ever recall a newly elected president being faced with the leader of the other party's caucus saying “Our No. 1 priority is to make this president a one-term president,”’ says Rendell, citing the remark made by Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, that exemplified the fierce partisanship that has attended Obama's tenure. ‘That McConnell would say that in the first nine months of Barack Obama's tenure is absolutely stunning, disgraceful, disgusting — you name the term.’” — Peter J. Boyer, writing in Newsweek, Sept. 10, 2012
ESPN.com reports at least three NBA teams have stopped staying at Trump-branded hotels this season, in part to avoid any implied association with the president-elect. Sources told ESPN.com that the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Dallas Mavericks have moved away from Trump hotels in New York and Chicago, which bear Donald Trump’s name through a licensing agreement. Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban are both supporters of Hillary Clinton. |
