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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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ANALYSIS

Obama Goes on the
Liberal Defensive

President stressed facing problems head-on

Feb 25, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - In his speech last night, President Obama outlined an expansive liberal agenda, write John F. Harris and Jonathan Martin in Politico, but packaged it in conservative language, stressing caution and prudence. As if to preempt critics—in what they call a "pre-buttal"—the president invoked “responsibility” 14... More »

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Barack Obama • president • speech • Obama administration

OPINION

 15 Things We 
 Learned About 
 Obama Last Night 

President reminds us of his gifts and plans

Feb 25, 09 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - So what did last night teach us about our president? Mark Halperin runs down the list in his Time blog The Page:
  • He's optimistic and realistic, and unafraid to be both at the same time.
  • He's unafraid to use his wife as a political asset.
  • He likes
... More »

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Barack Obama • president • speech • Mark Halperin • Obama administration

Mugabe Buys Secret $5.8M Hong Kong Getaway

Prez spends lavishly as Zimbabwean economy implodes

Feb 15, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - While his country battles massive inflation, unemployment and cholera, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has secretly bought a $5.8 million residence in Hong Kong, the Times of London reports. His wife recently spent some $80,000 on Vietnamese statues and $12,500 on a bag. When she recently discussed a... More »

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inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Hong Kong • president • unemployment • getaway • assault • home • cholera

 Chavez Marks Decade in Power 

President gives Venezuela today off amid attempts to continue reign

Feb 2, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez declared a national holiday in Venezuela today to celebrate his 10th anniversary as the country’s president, Reuters reports. The festivities come during efforts by Chavez supporters to extend presidential term limits, and amid fears from some quarters that his increased power is evolving into dictatorship. But Chavez... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • president • anniversary • Hugo Chávez • term limits

OPINION

 No, We Can't: 
 Meet the 
 Pessimist 
 in Chief 

Despite the rhetoric, Obama offers realism, not hope: Finkelstein

Jan 21, 09 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama, elected on a tide of optimism, insisted yesterday that a new generation could meet the challenges of the age. Yet he described economic crisis and a collective failure of will, with no promise of rebirth or redemption, Times of London columnist Daniel Finkelstein observes. And that may be... More »

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Barack Obama • president • optimism • inauguration • inaugural address

Poppy Bush Bids WH Adieu, Hopes Jeb Will Make His Run

Dubya 'emotional' as family leaves 2nd time

Jan 20, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Bush family may be saying goodbye to the presidency yet again, but the family patriarch isn't letting go of his hopes to see another of his sons ensconced at the White House someday, Politico reports. “Maybe Jeb’ll do something," said President George HW Bush, during an... More »

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Barbara Bush • White House • president • George HW Bush • Jeb Bush

MLK Predicted Black US Prez
in 'Less Than
40 Years'

BBC unearths 1964 talk with civil rights leader

Jan 19, 09 8:48 PM CST
(Newser) - The BBC has dug up an archival interview of Martin Luther King, Jr predicting a black US president "in less than 40 years." Talking to the BBC's Bob McKenzie in 1964, King said he was encouraged by recent changes, like compliance with the Civil Rights Act, "that... More »

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Barack Obama • president • civil rights • Martin Luther King Jr.

 This Picture Is Worth $6K 

Leaders traditionally release limited number of pictures

Jan 19, 09 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - When the five current, former, and future occupants of the Oval Office mugged together at the White House last week, one could almost hear the cash registers cha-chinging, reports Politico. All five will sign a limited 250 copies of the photo—with each keeping 50—instantly jacking the value to... More »

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Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • president • photograph • George HW Bush • autographs • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Since the days of George Washington, outgoing presidents have found saying goodbye to the nation to be cathartic—and sometimes used the speech to warn of worries to come. Ahead of tomorrow's Bush address, the Houston Chronicle looks at some favorites.
  1. Washington: Set the tone, paying tribute to the
... More »

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White House • Richard Nixon • president • Ronald Reagan • Harry Truman • Dwight Eisenhower • George Washington

Upcoming Novel Portrays
JFK as Sex Maniac

Book paints prez as sex fiend

Jan 2, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - John F. Kennedy: beloved president, tragic hero, and…sex fiend? That’s how he’ll be painted when American Adulterer is published in July, the New York Post reports. The novel by British writer Jed Mercurio portrays JFK as a “compulsive philanderer” with an “uncontrollable and unrelenting appetite... More »

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John F. Kennedy • sex • president • Marilyn Monroe • adultery

 Barack Caught Shirtless Again 

Ooh-la-la, president-elect is quite fit

Dec 23, 08 6:33 AM CST
(Newser) - New vacation photos of Barack Obama raise the next big question of his transition: How much skin is too much? Once again the president-elect has been photographed shirtless, reports Politico, prompting one Web poster to declare the well-toned Obama “smokin hot.” Observers say the pictures, snapped by a... More »

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Barack Obama • health • president • fitness • President Obama

 Bush Contemplates His Legacy 

'I didn't sell my soul:' Bush

Nov 29, 08 11:17 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush wants to be remembered foremost as someone who "did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process." In an intimate interview conducted by his sister Doro for an oral history project of the Library of Congress, Bush lists liberating Iraqis, fighting AIDS in... More »

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Republican • White House • president • Bush legacy • legacy • George W. Bush • National Public Radio • Doro Bush Koch • StoryCorps

OPINION

It's a Good Time to Have a Smart Guy in Charge: Broder

Financial crisis calls for brainpower at the top and Obama looks ready to deliver

Nov 27, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The smartest people don't always make the best presidents, David Broder writes in the Washington Post, but America's lucky it will soon have Barack Obama's brainpower at the top. We're faced with a financial crisis that stumps even the eggheads, Broder writes, admitting that he, personally, has "not a... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • intelligence • president • financial crisis • President Obama


 Palin: 'It Would 
 Be My Honor' 
 to Help Obama 

Alaska governor says Ayers ties still concern her

Nov 12, 08 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin said it would be her "honor" to help the Obama administration, though she's “still concerned” about his ties to “an unrepentant domestic terrorist,” CNN reports. Palin said that while it was fair to continue discussing William Ayers, it's “time to move on.”... More »

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Barack Obama • energy • Alaska • Republican • president • bipartisanship • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers

Newsweek Searches for Obama Mamas

Mag is anticipating Election Night-inspired baby boom

Nov 12, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Did you find yourself roused to more than tears of joy at Barack Obama's historic victory Election Night? If so, Newsweek wants you. One of the mag’s reporters submitted a query to Help A Reporter Out, reports Gawker, looking for sources who “made love in the name of... More »

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Barack Obama • Newsweek • sex • president • Gawker • Election 2008

analysis

Spry Justices May Forestall Obama Court Makeover


Aging Stevens, Ginsburg show no sign of retiring, defying conventional wisdom

Nov 11, 08 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the boons for the next president was thought to be the chance to appoint a justice or two to the Supreme Court. But though John Paul Stevens is 88 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg 75, neither has indicated an intention to retire. Ginsberg has twice demurred, saying Stevens, who... More »

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Barack Obama • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • president • John Paul Stevens • federal judges • US Supreme Court • justices • David Souter • President Obama

Bush, Obama
Salute Veterans

Dem joins Iraq vet at Chicago memorial; prez speaks in NYC aboard WWII carrier

Nov 11, 08 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama joined a disabled veteran of the Iraq war in laying a wreath at a memorial in Chicago today, the Tribune reports, with a few dozen spectators witnessing the president-elect’s long Veterans Day appearance. President Bush, meanwhile, was in New York, WCBS-TV reports, praising military members as part... More »

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Barack Obama • president • memorial • speech • Veterans Day • George W. Bush • President Obama • USS Intrepid

Race Is on for Laura's Memoirs; Dubya Not So Much

Book deal could be worth millions; lame-duck President must shelve ambitions

Nov 11, 08 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Laura Bush is likely to net millions from publishers bidding on her memoirs, the New York Post reports—not exactly the case for her lame-duck husband. “The wives of presidents generally write books that have a greater public interest,” one insider says. “Husbands usually try to rewrite... More »

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Washington DC • White House • Laura Bush • Bill Clinton • president • publishing • Ronald Reagan • memoir • George W. Bush

Meet 'Renegade,' 'Rosebud,'  'Radiance,' 'Renaissance' 

Secret Service will use 'R' names for First Family

Nov 11, 08 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain called himself a “maverick,” but the Secret Service has dubbed Barack Obama the real “Renegade," according to the Chicago Tribune. In keeping with tradition that’s been around since Harry Truman (“General”), the agency has given the president-elect’s family corresponding alliterative... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Al Gore • Michelle Obama • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • president • Sarah Palin • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 Ladies First in Shaping Obama 

Obama's "modern masculinity" won over Hillary supporters

Nov 6, 08 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - If behind every strong man is a strong woman, then Barack Obama has a veritable female army at his back, Janice Turner writes in the Times of London. But despite the powerful feminine influence in his life, one of his primary challenges was to win Hillary supporters, who saw... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • women • president • leadership • masculinity

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