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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern have scored an invitation to what's being billed as Washington's hottest social event since President Barack Obama was inaugurated. Michigan's first couple will dine on the White House lawn Tuesday evening as Obama ho...

By hgreen1955 He became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review Lectured in constitutional law at the University of Chicago He was inaugurated as the 44th — and the United States’ first African American — President on January 20, 2009

By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) I would offer that you Americans start praying to God to get Conservatives into Congress, Mr. Obama into exile and Sarah Palin into the Presidency, after you ask God's forgiveness for putting your manwhore into office by breaking a pile of treasonous laws.

Choppy waters for President Barack Obama heading into the weekend: poll numbers slipping, Asia trip with limited successes to boast about, tough health debate opening in the Senate. President Obama faces some choppy waters heading into a big weekend in Washington.

By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writer U.S. Sen. John McCain predicted success in the Afghan war effort Friday if President Barack Obama makes a decision quickly to send the reinforcements requested by his top commander there.

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By John Cook Psalm 109 is a "Cry For Vengeance." Verse 8 reads: "Let his days be few; and let another take his office"; it goes on to ask God to kill the supplicant's enemy and make beggars of his children. So some sneaky Christians thought it would be funny to sell T-shirts bearing the slogan at CafePress, b...

By Pareene It is a good thing the American Constitution calls for instant run-off presidential elections the minute the "winner" dips below 50% approval, or else we would be stuck with the most unpopular president in American history for years to come.

By J.K.F. In fact, Obama campaigned on public option throughout 2007, 2008 Politico: "[T]he 2008 Democratic Party Platform referred to the need for a 'public plan.' " On November 20, Politico stated of Lieberman's claim, "In fact, the 2008 Democratic Party Platform referred to the need for a 'pub...

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Jim Geraghty) Polls show the nation evenly divided or worse on the health-care proposal, but the administration pushes forward. The Blue Dogs are nervous, but the response is to figure out how to get that magic 218; to heck with the 30-some Democrats who just can't be persuaded the bill is a good idea and w...

By Terry Trippany Let's just ignore the fact that none of this explains why a fillibuster proof Democratic majority in Congress and a Democrat President can't pass their agenda. But that's fine; we'll let them have their dementia. This is just another in a long list of excuses from the nation's professional...

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By Steve As things stand now, my earlier optimism about getting a good health care reform bill out of this Congress is now gone. Part of that I blame on the inept leadership Democrats suffer from in each chamber. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are exactly the wrong people to be charged with strategic thin...

By Noel Sheppard President Obama told Chinese students in Shanghai Sunday that he doesn't use the website Twitter because his "thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone." Now that Barack Obama and his tech-savvy team have ascended to the White House, the more apt expression appears to be "Berry t...

By Douglas Hardy, Iain Chambers, Tim Maby Barack Obama says that time has run out to secure a binding climate deal at Copenhagen. Environment correspondent Jonathan Watts explains what the US president is proposing instead, to prevent next month's talks ending in complete failure.

By Matt Dunn It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Barack Obama and Democrats from coast to coast delivered their historic and epic electoral beat... It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Barack Obama and Democrats from coast to coast delivered their historic and epic electoral beat...

By Scott Judging Obama's treatment of KSM et al. by its predictable effects rather than its apparent intentions, one arrives at a harsh conclusion. If Obama sought to subvert fundamental American institutions or to confuse the understanding of the American people -- upon both of which America's...

By M.G. Palin claimed "palling around" comment followed report on "friendship" between Obama and Ayers From Pages 306-307 of Palin's memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life: There is a lot of interest, I guess, in what I read and what I've read lately. Well, I was reading my copy of today's New York T...

By Lame Cherry(noreply@blogger.com) For those who used the American system and American government against Americans, there will come a time when that America is taken back and that American system is going to be unleashed legally on the international criminal element which has hijacked America.

By Matt Corley In the beginning of their discussion, Liddy said that political correctness towards Islam “precedes the Obama administration” because President Bush proclaimed that “Islam is a religion of peace.” “You know that’s just not true,” said Liddy. Later in the conversation, after Bauer com...

By Brian Doherty More than ever, Rand’s uncompromising and unconservative (though hyper-free-market) vision rubs violently against the realities of contemporary American politics of both right and left. That her ideas are spread mostly via novels, and not nonfiction or polemics, renders reader re...

By Michael Eden A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama. President Obama didn’t wait long after Tuesday’s devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.

By Ken Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.  President Obama didn’t wait long after Tuesday’s devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership…

By Michael Brenner The Clinton sojourn was punctuated by the revelation that President Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai - top warlord of Kandahar, has contracted with the CIA on a retainer basis. He provides some of his armed militia men to provide helpful services when not occupied in their main vocati...

By William Bradley One year ago, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Is his presidency delivering on the promise of his candidacy? Yes. I think... One year ago, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Is his presidency delivering on the promise of his candidacy? Yes. I think he...

By Brian Moylan On the show, it is definitely a space lizard (maybe Balloon Boy's dad's conspiracy theories about lizard people were right all along!), but like a Chicago Tribune review by Glenn Garvin points out, it could also be about our nerd president.

By Robert Creamer As I watched Barack Obama's victory speech a year ago, I thought that America was on the brink of a new progressive era. I believe that just as strongly one year later, as well as in the slogan, "Yes We Can." As I watched Barack Obama's victory speech, I thought that America was on the brink of a ne...

Headlines for November 03, 2009; Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts; Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; "By The People: T...

By Glenn Greenwald Is there any doubt at this point that, as TalkingPointsMemo put it in a headline:  "Obama Mimics Bush on State Secrets"?  Or can anyone dispute what EFF's Kevin Bankston told ABC News after the latest filing from the Obama DOJ:

By Michael Eden 45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul • Four of nine doctors, or 45%, said they “would consider leaving their practice or taking an early retirement” if Congress passes the plan the Democratic majority and White House have in mind.

By budsimmons In 1998, two days after American cruise missiles hit a Qaeda training camp in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Mr. bin Laden, Mullah Omar telephoned an astonished State Department official, Michael E. Malinowski, who took the call on his porch at 2:30 a.m. Mullah Omar demanded proof that the Q...

By WILLIAM KERN For Barack Obama, Nobel Prize More of a Burden than an Honor (Der Spiegel, Germany) ‘Absurd Decision’ on President Barack Obama Makes Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize (The Times, U.K.) FRANCE 24 NEWS VIDEO: Does Barack Obama Deserve Nobel Peace Prize?

By Farai Chideya But in addition to the health care wars, whose rhetoric is even bloodier than the floor of a triage ward, we now have individuals bringing weapons to presidential rallies and polls about whether the man in the Oval Office should be killed. So often we have asked the world to follow us... to follo...

By Daniel Nasaw Barack Obama will address a prominent US gay advocacy group on Saturday, as gay and lesbian voters who backed him for president grow sceptical about his desire to push aggressively to expand their rights and curb discrimination. Obama is the second president to speak at the Human Rights C...

By Geoffrey Dickens RUSH LIMBAUGH: The world has rejected Obama! Chicago, the least number of votes. First elimination in the round of voting for the Olympics in 2016. Barack Hussein Obama mmm-mmm-mmm, Barack Hussein Obama mmm-mmm-mmm had been running around the world, for nine months, telling everybody h...

By Matthew Balan CNN’s Candy Crowley tried to prompt former President Jimmy Carter to explain his charge of racism against opponents of President Obama on Thursday’s American Morning, but the Democrat tried to worm his way out of what he said. Crowley paraphrased, “You said, overall, you thought the pro...

By budsimmons Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said tougher financial regulations are needed worldwide to protect consumers, provide economic stability and prevent future crises. “Replacing your current health care with a government-run system is not the answer,” Myrick said.

By Patrick Wintour, Richard Norton-Taylor Britain will come under fresh pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan this month when General Stanley McChrystal, the Nato commander in the country, tells President Barack Obama that a further troop surge by the military alliance is necessary.

By halmasonberg But still, the birthers ask, why won’t President Obama release his original birth certificate and possibly bury the issue once and for all? According to the right-leaning World Net Daily: If Lolo Soetoro [Obama's step-father] adopted Obama

By Mark Silva | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — After banning and then publicizing the most controversial interrogation practices employed by the CIA, President Barack Obama called on the agency Monday to live up to its mission under new marching orders ...

By Reuters WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his CIA chief buried differences on Monday over the release of classified documents on waterboarding, even as former Vice President Dick Cheney kept the debate alive. Obama visited CIA headquarters and told agency employe...

By Scott Whitlock Liberal "View" co-host Joy Behar appeared on Thursday's edition of "Good Morning America" to promote her new children's book "SheetzuCacaPoopoo," an allegory for Barack Obama's rise to power. According to Behar, the illustrated tale the book is really about the new President. She expl...

By By IAN AUSTEN As Barack Obama heads to Canada, environmentalists are encouraging the new administration to address pollution from Alberta's dirty oil sands.

By Carl Sferrazza Anthony Beyond their love and children, if it's not politics that binds the Obamas, there is a fluid mutual influence in their harkening a call to community service. It's already legendary how she first recognized Obama as different and gifted when she first witnessed his passion at a community m...

By nobody@flickr.com (Whipped Bakeshop) I created some new Obama cookies-- this time with edible replicas of an original watercolor painting that I made. My original watercolor was blue, but I used some computer magic to create the red version. The cookies themselves are made of gingerbread and I think it's my new favorite recipe...

In keeping with his campaign's use of the Internet to create a vast network and raise unprecedented sums of money, President-elect Barack Obama is using a website to usher his supporters through the transition: change.gov.

AP - Democratic statesmanly politician Barack Obama looked to garner up threesome flushed states on the test Sat of the campaign, patch politico Evangelist McCain defended party greensward before breaking to materialize on “Saturday Night Live.”

By LYNN SWEET blogs.suntimes.com/sweet DENVER -- John McCain's campaign released a wicked ad Sunday designed to divide and conquer sulking Hillary Clinton supporters by sticking it to Barack Obama for not tapping her to be his running mate, just as Obama's team is trying to patch everything up at the convention.

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By dwergs Mess with Messenger released a free set of 10 animated Barack Obama emoticons dubbed Obamaticons to support Senator Obama in his race for presidency. The pack also includes an (animated) Obama avatar. Instructions on how to add them to Messenger at Mess.be and Obamaticons.com.

By Justin McCarthy Does "Good Morning America" mean "good morning all you racists"? Co-host Chris Cuomo seemed to suggest that on December 20. (Hat tip: Howard Mortman) Upon interviewing presidential candidate Barack Obama Cuomo inquired about Obama’s biggest obstacles.