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Obama, Boehner an 'Unsettling Spectacle'

Speeches long on politics, short on solutions

(Newser) - President Obama and John Boehner gave dueling speeches last night, and the news was not good. Here's what the pundits are taking away from it all:
  • If people—or markets—were looking for reassurance, “they were out of luck,” observes Politico . Instead, Obama and Boehner “treated
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Obama: 'Reckless' If We Can't Cut Deal

President pleads for compromise in primetime address

(AP) - President Obama took to the airwaves tonight, charging that the only ones standing in the way of a balanced compromise to the nation's debt crisis are those Republicans in Congress who are insisting only on spending cuts. "The American people may have voted for divided government, but they... More »

Obama Plans 9pm Address

Boehner will offer rebuttal after

(Newser) - President Obama will address the nation at 9pm tonight, in the wake of dueling debt ceiling plans offered this afternoon by House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Boehner, whose proposal is coming under fire from conservatives, will give a short rebuttal afterward. All networks will carry... More »

Speech Was Obama's 'Mission Accomplished'

All he needed was a flight suit

(Newser) - He may not have unfurled a banner or donned a flight suit, “but make no mistake: President Obama gave his own version of a ‘mission accomplished’ speech last night,” writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post . Last night the president declared—“perhaps prematurely”—that the... More »

Obama's Brain Too Fast for His Mouth

He has an 'intellectual stammer': Meghan Daum

(Newser) - President Obama's tendency to sputter a bit and drop in "uhs" during his speeches has some critics arguing that he's inarticulate. Not so, writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times . "It's not that Obama can't speak clearly. It's that he employs the... More »

Netanyahu Objects to Obama's Backing of 1967 Borders

Prime minister says the old lines are 'indefensible'

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has tweeted its response to President Obama’s Middle East speech —and the prime minister isn’t happy with Obama’s support for a peace plan based on Israel’s 1967 borders. “The viability of a Palestinian state ... cannot come at the expense of... More »

Obama: We Stand Behind Arab Protesters

Back Mideast peace deal based on 1967 borders

(Newser) - President Obama gave a wide-ranging speech on the Middle East today, speaking out forcefully in support of Arab protesters everywhere—even in US allies like Yemen and Bahrain. “After decades of accepting the world as it is in the region we have a chance to pursue the world as... More »

Obama's Mideast Speech: The 5 Topics That Matter

Josh Gerstein lays out the hot-button points

(Newser) - Barack Obama will give a major speech on the Mideast at 11:40am ET today, in which he'll share his vision of the role America should play in a region that's been battling unrest for four months now. Josh Gerstein provides a primer on Politico . Your ears should... More »

Obama's Pitch to Muslims: Forget al-Qaeda

Bin Laden's death ushers in new era, president will say in speech

(Newser) - President Obama is preparing to give a major speech aimed at the Middle East, arguing that Osama bin Laden’s death, coupled with the “Arab spring” uprisings, herald the end of al-Qaeda’s grip on the Muslim imagination. “It’s an interesting coincidence of timing—that he is... More »

Fox News Ditches Obama Speech Suicide Story

Piece implied link between student death, deficit chat

(Newser) - Fox News has wiped from its website a report on a George Washington University student's suicide whose timing may have coincided with President Obama’s speech on the school's campus—and that seemed to suggest the two events were linked. "GWU officials tell Fox that police were... More »

Obama: Kiss Bush Tax Cuts for Rich Goodbye

Obama lambastes Ryan budget, proposes $4T in deficit reduction

(Newser) - President Obama was in fighting form today in his speech on the deficit, lambasting Paul Ryan’s budget proposal , and insisting on higher taxes for the wealthy. He laid much of the current deficit problem at the feet of the Bush tax cuts, and pledged to eliminate them. “We... More »

What Obama Will —and Should— Say in His Budget Speech

Some advice for the POTUS ahead of today's address

(Newser) - Here’s what we know about President Obama’s budget speech today: He’s going to lay out a four-step, long-term budget-reduction plan. It’s going to involve defense cuts, tax code changes, and recommendations from his deficit commission. And he’s going to stress keeping domestic spending low and... More »

Obama's Speech Ratings Keep Dropping

...and dropping ... and dropping

(Newser) - Obama just isn't reeling them in like he used to: It turns out 25.6 million of us tuned in to Obama's Libya speech on Monday night. That's down 12% from his August 2010 Iraq speech, whose 29.2 million viewers were down 9% from his speech in June of... More »

Obama: 'We Intervened to Stop a Massacre'

President defends decision to intervene in Libya

(Newser) - President Obama made his case for the American intervention in Libya tonight at the National Defense University, reports Politico, citing the perfect storm of international support, Libyan rebels' pleas, the United States' ability to avoid committing ground troops—and its obligation to prevent genocide. Some highlights:
  • On his decision: Obama
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Tucson Speech Proves Obama's Back

Most agree his memorial speech was brilliant

(Newser) - President Obama’s speech yesterday was, by most accounts, a smash success. A few takes:
  • “We’ve been complaining for two years about the lack of music and passion in his big speeches. But if he’d moved the country when he was talking about health care or bailing
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Right Should Cheer Obama's India Speech

It 'defended free trade, free markets, and free society,' writes Bret Stephens

(Newser) - It may “shock and dismay” his most faithful readers, but conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens has to hand it to President Obama: He “gave a terrific speech yesterday to India’s parliament, perhaps the best of his presidency, and potentially a true compass for the rest... More »

Obama to UN: Give India Seat on Security Council

Trip drives $14.9B in trade deals, 50K US jobs

(Newser) - In a key diplomatic move, President Obama called for a permanent seat for India on the UN Security Council today. In a speech to the country’s Parliament, Obama fulfilled the country’s top wish for his visit, the AP reports, though it does not mean that India will join... More »

Hawks Should Applaud Iraq Speech

The president showed respect for a war he opposed

(Newser) - Even the staunchest Iraq war supporters had to be happy with the speech Barack Obama delivered last night to mark the end of combat operations, writes William Kristol of the Weekly Standard . “President Obama opposed the war in Iraq. He still thinks it was a mistake,” he reasons.... More »

Iraq Speech: O’Reilly Slams 'Boring Prof'

Pundits underwhelmed by 'grim' war-end speech

(Newser) - The verdicts are in on President Obama's Oval Office address to mark the end of major US combat operations in Iraq, and he apparently didn't please many people.
  • The president just wasn't entertaining enough for Bill O'Reilly. The president seemed like a "boring professor," the O'Reilly Factor host
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Dave's Latest Top 10 Target: Oval Office Speeches

Iraq speech gets a little funnier in Letterman's hands

(Newser) - You might have heard about a certain speech given by our president last night. So did David Letterman, who offered up a Top 10 list on last night’s Late Show of “Things Never Before Said in an Oval Office Address.” No. 10: “Gotta keep this short... More »

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