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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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 Obama Makes 
 New Plea for 
 Bipartisanship 

President makes rare briefing-room appearance

3 hours, 44 minutes ago
initiative launches today


 First Lady: 
 Let's Eliminate 
 Childhood Obesity 

Michelle Obama talks to GMA in advance of launching initiative

7 hours, 45 minutes ago
WILLIAM MCGURN

 Look Who Says Bush 
 Was Right on Terror 

Obama invokes Bush policies as defense in Couric interview

12 hours, 31 minutes ago
DAVID BROOKS

 White House Peace 
 Reigns Despite Woes 

Obama, Biden have forged smooth working relationship

16 hours, 10 minutes ago

Miffed at Obama, Wall St. Closes Wallet to Democrats

GOP swoops in to take advantage of 'buyer's remorse'

Feb 8, 10 6:55 AM CST

 Sarah Palin's 
 Cheat Sheet:
 Her Palm 

Former Alaska governor uses prompts during Tea Party Q&A

Feb 7, 10 4:15 PM CST

 Patrick Kennedy 
 Slams Scott Brown 

Ted Kennedy's son calls successor's candidacy a 'joke'

Feb 5, 10 1:48 PM CST
FAREWELL, 'LITTLE BARRY'

 Obama Statue Will 
 Leave Indonesian Park 

'Little Barry' bound for president's old school

Feb 5, 10 10:32 AM CST

 Dems in Disarray 
 Over Obama's 
 Shift to the Center 

Latest proposals on economy provoke grumbling

Feb 5, 10 5:51 AM CST
PAUL KRUGMAN

 Beware of Deficit Hysteria 

GOP's fiscal fear-mongering hurts jobless

Feb 5, 10 1:21 AM CST

Tim Tebow
Joins Obama
at Prayer Breakfast

President calls for 'civility' in Washington

Feb 4, 10 10:39 AM CST

 Obama's Aunt 
 Makes Second 
 Plea for Asylum 

Kenyan immigrant was ordered deported in 2004, but stayed

Feb 4, 10 8:47 AM CST
OPINION

 Obama's GOP 
 Outreach 
 Too Little, 
 Too Late 

Obama allowed Democrats to scorn Republican input: Rove

Feb 4, 10 1:24 AM CST

 Obama to 
 Democrats: 
 'We Still Have 
 to Lead' 

President reminds senators they still have a big majority

Feb 3, 10 11:03 AM CST




  Sin City Seethes 
  Over 2nd Obama Diss 

Vegas defenders: This time sorry isn't good enough

Feb 3, 10 8:39 AM CST

Obama Invites GOP to Policy Sessions, Super Bowl

President moves to engage Republicans

Feb 3, 10 7:34 AM CST

 Reuters Kills 
 Budget Story 
 on WH Complaints 

Pulled story said Obama budget had backdoor tax hikes

Feb 3, 10 4:28 AM CST
UPDATED

GOP Moderate Kirk Wins Ill. Senate Primary

Blows away tea-party-backed candidates, will try for Obama's seat

Feb 2, 10 10:22 PM CST
UPDATED

 Abdulmutallab Now 
 Cooperating With Feds 

Authorities get 'useful, current' info from underwear bomber

Feb 2, 10 6:15 PM CST

 39% of Republicans 
 Want Obama Impeached 

And 36% believe he's foreign-born, says Daily Kos poll

Feb 2, 10 4:04 PM CST


 Rahm Emanuel 
 Apologizes for 
 'Retarded' 
 Comment 

Obama's chief of staff personally calls Special Olympics CEO

Feb 2, 10 3:41 PM CST

 Spurning Beijing, 
 Obama Will Meet 
 Dalai Lama 

President ignores Chinese warning against sit-down with Tibetan leader

Feb 2, 10 1:15 PM CST
RICHARD COHEN

 Obama's 
 Tone Deaf 
 on Terror 

'President is ignoring citizen security fears'

Feb 2, 10 8:13 AM CST
OPINION

 Obama's No 
 'Ruthless 
 Pragmatist' 

The president's an ideologue and that's no bad thing

Feb 2, 10 6:15 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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