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Democratic Leaders at Each Others' Throats

Reid and Pelosi furious with each other, and President

(Newser) - The daggers are coming out among Democrats, with relations between the House, Senate, and White House strained to the breaking point. Nancy Pelosi and her allies are furious that President Obama forced them to take tough votes on cap and trade and health care while allowing the Senate to dither,...

Obama Will Create His Own Deficit Panel

But it'll be weaker than the one the Senate rejected yesterday

(Newser) - In his State of the Union address tonight, Barack Obama will announce the creation of a panel to devise recommendations for reducing the national debt—a day after a proposal for a similar commission failed in the Senate. But Obama’s version will be established by executive order, and, unlike...

Obama: Smoocher-in-Chief?
 Obama: Smoocher-in-Chief? 
Jan 26, 2010 7:07 AM CST

Obama: Smoocher-in-Chief?

A look at President Obama's kiss list

(Newser) - When you're the president of the United States, a kiss, apparently, is never just a kiss. Yesterday, the president pecked Diane Sawyer on the cheek before an interview. "It was like a current events-themed Harlequin novel," writes Gawker's Adrian Chen. And it wasn't the first time! A brief...

Obama Must Avenge Conan, Fire NBC's CEO


 Obama Must 
 Avenge Conan, 
 Fire NBC's CEO 
Simon Dumenco
Jan 25, 2010 12:57 PM CST

Obama Must Avenge Conan, Fire NBC's CEO

Treat Jeff Zucker like the head of GM, and do it now

(Newser) - If President Obama can fire GM’s CEO, why not Jeff Zucker, the bonehead who ousted Conan O’Brien? The Tonight Show fiasco was just the latest masterstroke of the “blindingly incompetent” NBC boss, but it looks as though he’s safe until Comcast finishes acquiring the floundering broadcaster,...

No, Obama Didn't Use a Teleprompter to Talk to Kids

Conservatives jump all over president for

(Newser) - Conservative blogs are beside themselves with glee today, jumping on President Obama for using a teleprompter to talk to 6th graders last week. “It would surely be funny if he had,” says the Weekly Standard . “But it doesn’t appear that he did.” Photos of Obama’...

Obama's State of the Union Stars Middle Class

Proposals include child care tax credit, student loan payment cap

(Newser) - Barack Obama will aim his State of the Union address straight at the middle class, proposing a host of modest programs to benefit what the White House calls “the sandwich generation”—those struggling to care for their aging parents while simultaneously sending their kids to college. Those initiatives...

Obama Skips Jury Duty
 Obama Skips Jury Duty  
Jan 25, 2010 6:56 AM CST

Obama Skips Jury Duty

Not a great time, what with the State of the Union coming up

(Newser) - President Obama has been summoned for jury duty in Illinois, but since he's got a few things on his plate, he's decided not to serve, the White House says. The summons, which arrived at the Obama's home in Chicago's Hyde Park weeks ago, was for duty at the Bridgeview courthouse...

Obama Blasts Court Ruling on Campaign Finance

More influence for special interests is the "last thing" we need

(Newser) - President Obama blasted this week's Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions in his address this morning, saying, "I can't think of anything more devastating to the public interest. The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists...

Volcker Trumps Geithner With Tough Bank Rules

Treasury Secretary's influence over Obama fading

(Newser) - Paul Volcker scored a major victory yesterday as Barack Obama endorsed his proposal for tough new bank regulations over the objections of Tim Geithner. Obama even dubbed the proposal, which would prevent banks from making speculative investments that don't benefit their customers, the “Volcker Rule.” It’s a...

Most Americans Want a Do-Over on Health Bill: Poll

Massachusetts election seen as referendum

(Newser) - A majority of Americans think Democrats should start over on health care reform in the wake of Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts. In a USA Today poll with Gallup, 55% said Democrats should consider alternatives to draw more Republican support, while 39% think Congress should move forward with the current...

At Least Michelle's Still Popular
 At Least Michelle's 
 Still Popular 
Poll Numbers
Jan 21, 2010 1:13 PM CST

At Least Michelle's Still Popular

First lady's approval rating soars over her husband's

(Newser) - President Obama’s approval ratings are sinking, but Michelle Obama’s remain sky-high, with 71% of the country holding a favorable opinion of her. Only 16% of respondents in a new Pew Research survey held a negative view of the first lady. That puts her well above Hillary Clinton and...

Obama Has 48 Hours to Save Health Care Reform

He needs to make a 'clear statement,' quickly

(Newser) - The fate of health care reform is going to be decided in the next 48 hours, and with it the fate of the Democratic party. The only hope now of getting the bill through is for the House to bite the bullet and quickly pass the Senate bill, revising it...

The White House Gets an App
 The White House Gets an App 
Jan 20, 2010 11:58 AM CST

The White House Gets an App

Now you can watch the State of the Union on your phone

(Newser) - Want to keep apprised of the president’s every word, photo op, and press release? There’s an app for that. The administration today rolled out a new iPhone app, dubbed simply “The White House,” which allows users to keep tabs on Barack Obama’s latest news, photos,...

Foot-Dragging Is Killing the Obama Agenda

Squandering a full year on health care reform doesn't cut it

(Newser) - The Democrats need to be quicker, or they'll be dead, writes Harold Meyerson. "A president with an activist agenda met a Senate all but incapable of action," and the results, Meyerson says, have been deadly. Almost a year spent haggling over health care is killing them at the...

Obama's Lost the Middle Class
 Obama's Lost the 
 Middle Class  
OPINION
Jan 20, 2010 9:31 AM CST

Obama's Lost the Middle Class

President has appeared to aloof, business-friendly

(Newser) - Barack Obama knows now, if he didn’t already, that he has a genuine political crisis on his hands. Blame Martha Coakley if you like, but even she could have won if Obama and his policies had been more popular in Massachusetts, contends John Judis of the New Republic. Bloggers...

Jon Stewart Looks Back on Obama's First Year
 Jon Stewart Looks Back 
 on Obama's First Year 
'THANK GOD FOR BO'
Jan 20, 2010 7:53 AM CST

Jon Stewart Looks Back on Obama's First Year

The principal lesson from the first year? 'Negroes aren't magic'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart marked the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s presidency—or the first 364 days, 23 hours—on last night's Daily Show , offering up a complicated math equation for how Obama could have dropped 18 points in the polls in a single year. From Gitmo to health care to...

Voters Losing Faith in Obama, Democrats
Voters Losing Faith in
Obama, Democrats
NEW POLL
Jan 19, 2010 6:17 PM CST

Voters Losing Faith in Obama, Democrats

People split on which party should control Congress; first time since '03

(Newser) - President Obama is still personally popular with voters, but approval of his party continues to slip and galvanize support for Republicans, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll shows. Voters are split 41%-41% on which party should control Congress after November—the first time voters haven't favored Democrats in this poll...

Obama Musical: Silly Propaganda and Bad Songs
 Obama Musical: 
 Silly Propaganda 
 and Bad Songs  
THEATER REVIEW
Jan 19, 2010 11:29 AM CST

Obama Musical: Silly Propaganda and Bad Songs

'Hope' debuts in Germany, and it's as awful as you might imagine

(Newser) - Hope—The Obama Musical Story is not political, insists its composer—“Right, but only in the sense that Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will was just a documentary.” The musical premiered in Germany (where the president is still a “messiah”), and it’s pure “political...

Obama, Give Us Something to Cheer About
Obama, Give Us Something to Cheer About
Eugene Robinson
Jan 19, 2010 10:25 AM CST

Obama, Give Us Something to Cheer About

Prez right not to panic, but needs to hurdle the vast enthusiasm gap

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s 50% approval rating is the worst first-year score of any postwar president save Ronald Reagan, but things worked out pretty well for the Gipper, so the White House isn’t panicking. “But serenity isn’t the same as complacency,” warns Eugene Robinson in the Washington ...

What Americans Really Think About Obama

Poll analysis divides Americans into five sharply divided groups

(Newser) - Since his inauguration, Barack Obama’s approval rating has plummeted from 67% to just 50%. But to add some nuance to the numbers USA Today broke respondents down into five profiles. They are:
  • Sunny Side Up (33%): This diverse, optimistic group overwhelmingly believes the economy will improve, and gives Obama
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