COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Union leaders passed on meeting with Ohio Gov. John Kasich Friday to discuss a possible compromise over the state’s new collective bargaining law, rebuffing an effort intended to remove a question from the November ballot asking voters to repeal it.
WASHINGTON — Is there ever really a good time for the president to go on vacation? President Barack Obama’s summer getaway to Martha’s Vineyard has reignited a seemingly annual debate. Given the demands of the job and the always-looming possibility of an unexpected crisis at home or abroad, the political perils of a presidential vacation never seem to go away. This summer, the vacation dilemma is compounded by the country’s urgent demand for jobs, the debt crisis that’s left Washington with a hangover and the public’s frustration with political gridlock.