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Stewart Trashes Media's Reaction to Obama on View

'Nothing Obama does will ever make you f---ing happy'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has a question for right-wing pundits outraged over President Obama's appearance on The View: "Do you idiots have any short-term memory at all?" If The View is somehow beneath the office of president, Stewart asked last night on the Daily Show , how about George and Laura Bush's...

Palin: Obama Should Be at Border, Not on View

Prez has time to chat but not help at 'porous' border, Palin complains

(Newser) - President Obama has "lotso" time to chat it up on The View but no time to visit the US-Mexican border? Outrageous, complains Sarah Palin, who slammed the president on Twitter for failing to "offer help to those risking life to secure us" at the "porous" border. She...

Obama on The View : He's a Smooth-Talking Phony
Obama on The View: He's
a Smooth-Talking Phony
Meghan McCain
Jul 29, 2010 6:54 PM CDT

Obama on The View: He's a Smooth-Talking Phony

There he is joking about Jay-Z. Again.

(Newser) - Meghan McCain thinks it was politically astute of President Obama to appear on The View today, but the compliments pretty much end there. "Once again it was all smoke and mirrors, not surprising for a president known for his poetic use of language," she writes at the Daily...

Obama's Not Invited to Chelsea's Wedding

'You don't want two presidents at one wedding,' he tells View

(Newser) - "You don't want two presidents at one wedding," President Obama quipped on The View when asked if he'd be at Chelsea Clinton's wedding this weekend. "All the Secret Service, guests going through" metal detectors, "all the gifts being torn apart." OK, the truth is the...

Obama's Afghan Troop Surge Clears Congress

He gets money for increase of 30,000

(Newser) - The House today sent President Obama a major war-funding increase of $33 billion to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, unmoved by the leaking of classified documents that portray a struggling military effort. The House voted 308-114 to approve the spending boost for the additional 30,000 US troops...

Obama Returns to The View
 Obama Returns to 
 The View 
Jul 26, 2010 4:25 PM CDT

Obama Returns to The View

Barbara Walters will greet first sitting president to join ABC chatfest

(Newser) - President Obama will appear on The View on Thursday, and his visit will be only the second-most-anticipated of the day: Co-host Barbara Walters will return to work for the first appearance on the ABC chatfest by a sitting president, reports Broadcasting & Cable . Walters had surgery in May to replace...

Obama Tries to Win Back Progressives in Surprise Video

He tapes a message for the Netroots Nation meeting

(Newser) - President Obama reached out to disgruntled liberal activists and bloggers today, assuring them his administration is committed to their causes and urging them to help elect Democrats in November. "Change hasn't come fast enough for too many Americans. I know that," Obama said in a surprise video appearance...

Malia, Sasha Ready to Babysit: Obama

If first daughters need pocket money, they can earn it

(Newser) - Malia Obama turned 12 on the 4th of July, and sister Sasha is 9, so they're just about old enough to bring in some money, their dad says. "They're getting an allowance," President Obama tells ABC , without specifying an amount—presumably they've gotten a raise since their.$1-a-week...

Obama Signs Finance Reform
 Obama Signs Finance Reform 
Jul 21, 2010 10:54 AM CDT

Obama Signs Finance Reform

Calls it the end of taxpayer-funded bailouts

(Newser) - President Obama today signed into law the most sweeping reform of financial regulations since the Great Depression, a package that aims to protect consumers and ensure economic stability from Main Street to Wall Street. The law, pushed through mainly by Democrats in Washington's deeply partisan environment, gives the government new...

Brits to Release Lockerbie Papers

But Cameron opposes inquiry into bomber's release

(Newser) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to release new documents on Scotland's controversial decision to free the Lockerbie bomber—but he's opposed to a new inquiry into the matter. "I don't need an inquiry to tell me what I already know, which is that it was a bad...

5th-Grader Grabs Obama's Attention on Bullying

President responds to 11-year-old's letter

(Newser) - Life at school had become a daily horror for Ziainey Stokes, a Philadelphia 5th-grader relentlessly teased by bullies. When she decided to ask for help, Ziainey skipped her teachers and principal and went straight to the top—President Obama, who responded to her letter and has inspired her to try...

DC Hotshots More Optimistic Than Public

 DC Hotshots 
 More Optimistic 
 Than Public 
survey says
Jul 19, 2010 1:09 PM CDT

DC Hotshots More Optimistic Than Public

More believe country is on the right track than wrong

(Newser) - Wealthy Washingtonians are out of sync with the rest of the country on a host of issues, according to a new poll. Politico surveyed 227 “Washington elites”—meaning DC residents who make at least $75,000 a year, and work in politics in some form—and found a...

Obama's Secret Weapon on Immigration: Evangelicals

Pro-reform Hispanic evangelicals a growing political force

(Newser) - President Obama's push for immigration reform has brought him some allies he's not likely to partner with on many other issues: evangelical Christian leaders, many of whom embrace a path to legalization for illegal immigrants. Growing evangelical support for immigration reform reflects the recent work of politically active Hispanic pastors,...

Biden: Dems Will 'Shock Heck Out of' GOP in Nov.

 Biden: Dems 
 Will 'Shock 
 Heck Out of' 
 GOP in Nov.
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jul 18, 2010 12:33 PM CDT

Biden: Dems Will 'Shock Heck Out of' GOP in Nov.

Don't anyone listen to that gloomy Robert Gibbs

(Newser) - It's not every day gaffe-prone Joe Biden gets sent in to rescue the official White House mouthpiece, so savor this one: The veep forcefully backpedaled on Robert Gibbs' assertion last week that Dems could lose the House, saying, "I think we're going to shock the heck out of everybody....

What Obama Did on His Vacation
 What Obama Did 
 on His Vacation 
SLIDESHOW
Jul 18, 2010 11:10 AM CDT

What Obama Did on His Vacation

President wraps up packed weekend in Maine

(Newser) - President Barack Obama and the first family bid farewell to Maine today after an ambitious weekend vacation full of hiking, biking, boating, tennis, eating out, and maybe just a little ice cream. From the moment they arrived on Friday, it was clear they were determined to make the most of...

Obama Will Survive This Brutal Summer
 Obama Will Survive 
 This Brutal Summer 
opinion
Jul 17, 2010 1:17 PM CDT

Obama Will Survive This Brutal Summer

At some point, Republicans will have to pick a challenger

(Newser) - This summer has been perfectly miserable for President Obama, but Charles Blow sees brighter days ahead. Yes, the November elections will be painful, too, but once they pass the president will receive a "magnificent gift"—Republicans will actually have to stop talking and pick a candidate to challenge...

Blame Leaders on the Right for This, Not Wingnuts
Blame Leaders on the Right for This, Not Wingnuts
dana milbank
Jul 17, 2010 9:39 AM CDT

Blame Leaders on the Right for This, Not Wingnuts

They're spouting evil, and this is the result

(Newser) - The billboard in Iowa grouping President Obama with Hitler and Lenin probably won't be the last of its kind, writes Dana Milbank. And it's not enough to blame the local Tea Party "geniuses" in Mason City for spreading the "vile" message: This "was not a one-off by...

Obama Rips Senate GOP for 'Filibustering Our Recovery'

Pushes hard for jobless benefits, small-business tax breaks

(Newser) - President Obama is slamming Senate Republicans who "filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress" in his weekly address today, accusing them of making their stand at the expense of the unemployed "after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit." Lawmakers have...

Mystery Surrounds Chelsea Clinton's Wedding

Former first daughter's nuptial plans keep many guessing

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky have scheduled their wedding for July 31 in Rhinebeck, NY , right? Maybe not—or maybe the good people of Rhinebeck are really good liars. The mayor tells the Wall Street Journal he's not in the loop and is "very upset," adding, "My...

Obama Must Unleash Hillary
 Obama Must 
 Unleash 
 Hillary 
OPINION
Jul 16, 2010 12:40 PM CDT

Obama Must Unleash Hillary

Campaign feud gets in the way of foreign policy

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton visited Armenia last week, trying to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh disagreement and resolve the country's dispute with Turkey over the massacres of 1915. “You’ve got to salute Hillary,” writes Roger Cohen of the New York Times . “It’s a heck of a job being secretary...

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