Obama Beer Summit, as many observers have already coined it, and its teachable moment on race will start this evening somewhere in the white house. May be it will take place in the outside garden. Blue Moon beer, Red Stripe and the Obama beer Bud Light will be on the table. Makers of these brands of beverages could not ask for a better moment in the history of their marketing.

As if to confirm Henry Louis Gates' accusations of racism and racial profiling against the Boston PD, Boston police officer Justin Barrett sent an email containing racist comments to The Boston Globe, members of his National Guard unit and a select few Boston police officers. He has since been suspended, pending a termination hearing.

The rebates you can get in the Cash for Clunkers program are definitely tempting ($3,500 or $4,500, depending on qualifications of the old and new vehicles). It's also been drawing buyers into dealerships since the program started last weekend. The question is: is it simply moving up purchases for people who already planned to buy, or is it really providing a stimulus.

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 in favor of Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's nomination to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. This will move the nomination on to a full vote of the Senate.

It's been said that America is no longer a republic, because in reality, those in office do little to represent our interests, and more to represent the interests of those with big pockets. In this case, NPR reports that the pharmaceutical industry has spent $40 million over the past three months lobbying.

The International Union of Police Associations responded to the Cambridge incident involving a police offer and a Harvard professor writing that it is disappointed on president Obama's careless words in a statement. President Barack Obama has invited Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley for a sit-down conversation at the White House, state Sen. Anthony Galluccio confirmed, reports WBZTV.

On Thursday, Senate Democratic leaders shelved plans for a vote on health care before Congress' August recess. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D-NV), said, "It's better to have a product based on quality and thoughtfulness rather than try to jam something through."

By now most of us have heard what we need to about health care reform. We have heard the Republicans - and some centrist Democrats - deride the Public Option as "socialize medicine" and "bureaucracy." On the other side, we have heard Obama call the Public Option a sensible way to keep the health insurance industry honest; though he refuses to "draw lines in the sand" about health care reform.

The U.S. president Barack Obama will address questions regarding to the 2009 health care bills that are currently being debated in the Congress and the Senate and will defend his plan to provide affordable health insurance coverage to an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans. Obama will denfend his plan health care reform plan that is currently being opposed by Republicans and some conservative Democrats.

The president Barack Obama is playing his destiny in this historic initiative to reform the U.S. health care and provide affordable health insurance coverage to all Americans. It's Obama's destiny to reform the health care, writes a major newspaper in Europe.*

White House sources told NBC News on Monday that President Barack Obama has tabbed Dr. Regina Benjamin to be Surgeon General. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as the official announcement will not be made until later Monday.