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McCain, Distanced From Race, Raises Senate Voice
8 hours ago ago from New America Today
Senator John McCain, left, with Senator Richard C. Shelby of Alabama. THE NEW YORK TIMES ADAM NAGOURNEY Much of the old presidential campaign gang has moved on. The governor he made famous -- Sarah Palin, his vice-presidential pick in 2008 -- is the one exciting crowds these days. He is facing the possibility of a primary challenge at home, one more reminder of his uneasy relationship with his own party. Yet at ...
Related contentThe Least Favourite President?
1 hour, 47 minutes ago ago from Conservative Cabbie
Going back the last 30 years is unsurprisingly George W. Bush. But only just: Who would you say is your least favorite of the last five Presidents? * George W. Bush 38% * Barack Obama 37% * Bill Clinton 11% * George H.W. Bush 8% * Ronald Reagan 5% From a PPP poll via race42008 Obama is also the third least popular President amongst Democrats surprisingly amongst the five. Ronald Reagan is comfortably the most ...
Related contentQuick In; quick out: a search for U.S. hegemony
14 hours ago ago from WORLDLYMIND: exploring on the roads less taken
The Great Game Mural tells the story of the perennial search for hegemony "Back Baby, Back in Time" Gen. Roberts' forces watch Afghan retreat ***** It is reassuring that President Obama chooses to follow at least in part the advice of Lord Frederick Roberts , who commanded Britain's successful 1880's Afghan campaign. Quick in and quick out was the Roberts strategy. No "nation building," no direct rule. Negotiate and ...
Related contentPolls:Democrats may lose Obama, Biden Senate seats
3 hours ago ago from Audacity Of Hypocrisy
President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. won't be on the midterm ballot next year, but their former Senate seats will be, and both races are now either tossups or leaning Republican in high-visibility contests. Mr. Obama, who was a freshman senator from Illinois when he was elected president, and Mr. Biden, who was in his sixth term as a senator from Delaware, come from states that have been running strongly Democratic in ...
Related contentOBAMA’S CITIZENSHIP CASE REACHES THE SUPREME COURT
6 hours ago ago from VirginiaMargarita's Blog
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 VERY QUIETLY OBAMA'S CITIZENSHIP CASE REACHES THE SUPREME COURT AP- WASHINGTON D.C. In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group Americans for Freedom of Information has released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College . Released today, the transcript school indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received ...
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David Kaufman: Barack Obama: Naked, Black and Alone
5 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Sometime over the next few days, the January issue of Golf Digest magazine will appear on newsstands nationwide. Gracing the cover will be none other than Pres. Barack Obama, joined by disgraced golfer Tiger Woods and the oy vey -inducing tag-line "10 Tips Obama Can Take from Tiger." The cover's unfortunate timing would be humorous if it weren't so potentially disastrous. Laden with pundit-ready puns and ready-made race-bashing, the Tiger ...
Related contentObama Summons Senate Democrats To White House
23 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Democrats at the White House Tuesday to press for action at a make-or-break moment for his health care overhaul. All 60 members of the Democratic caucus have been invited, according to three Democratic officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not yet public. The meeting comes as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to round up votes to ...
Related contentCoughlin: Why Obama Gives Britain the Cold Shoulder
19 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Britain is the only European country President Barack Obama can really count on to respond positively to his plea for NATO to provide extra forces for Afghanistan. So why is it, then, that the Obama administration can barely conceal its disdain for a nation that, by its deeds, time and again proves itself to be America's staunchest and most reliable ally? Shortly before Mr. Obama's Afghan policy speech at West Point earlier this month, ...
Related contentJonathan Leigh Solomon: Lyndon Johnson's Thoughts on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
2 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
One of the many already stateable tragedies of President Obama and Afghanistan is that while Lyndon Johnson (the man Obama seems bent on morphing into -- inspirational leaders on the home front, blind about a foreign war) dove into Vietnam driven by two fundamental elements that made his choice almost expected, even forgivable, the same two fundamental elements, to the extent they exist, exist in reverse with Obama. First: Johnson saw his ...
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