Huffington Post:
Almost a year after Barack Obama ascended to theWhite House, many of his supporters are bemused. His healthcare bill isa hefty improvement but it still won't provide coverage for allAmericans, and may not provide a public alternative to theover-charging insurance companies - if it passes at all. Hisenvironmental team is van (Read More)
Huffington Post:
CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey's iconic television talk show will end in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, her production company said Thursday.Winfrey plans to announce the final date for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a live Friday broadcast, according to Chicago-based Harpo Productions Inc. Winfrey started her broadcasting (Read More)
Daily Kos:
If you ever doubted Fox's political power, look no further than these new poll results from PPP: The poll asked this question: "Do you think that Barack Obama legitimately won the Presidential election last year, or do you think that ACORN stole it for him?" The overall top-line is legitimately won 62%, ACORN stole it 26% (Read More)
New York Times:
In what seems like one step forward for freedom of expression on the island of Cuba, on Wednesday a blogger in Havana named Yoani Sanchez published President Barack Obama's replies to seven questions she put to him on relations between the two countries.
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Daily Kos:
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/16-18. Likely voters MoE 4% (1/26-28 results) Republican Primary Charlie Crist (R) 47 (57) Marco Rubio (R) 37 (4) That's a 43-point swing in the last 10 months. Dramatic. Now we wanted to know where Rubio's support was coming from, and so we decided to see if there was a correlation b (Read More)
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God, this guy … with the bowing, again. What little fascist-communist dictator is Obama kowtowing to this time? We don’t know, some child despot, maybe the Sultan of Cuba or the African Queen. No wonder Fox News has to name all the pictures of Barack “monster.jpg.” And that stench? Oh, that’s just the smell of the constitut (Read More)
New York Times:
As two new posts at the top of the E.U. were to be filled Thursday, Britain formally dropped its campaign to install its former leader Tony Blair as president.
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washingtonpost.com - Pentagon Procurement:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense spending in coming years must rise roughly 6 percent on average from the record sum sought by President Barack Obama this year just to meet current plans, Congress's budget office said Wednesday.
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Huffington Post:
The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
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Huffington Post:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.Admonish, a verb dating to the 14th century meaning (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As I reported yesterday, I submitted seven questions to the American president, Barack Obama. He kindly took the time to respond; following are the answers I received from the White House.President Obama's Responses to Yoani Sanchez's QuestionsThank you for this opportunity to exchange views with you and your readers in Cu (Read More)
New York Times:
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Barack Obama will appear with NFL players Drew Brees, Troy Polamalu and DeMarcus Ware in a public service announcement that will air during the league's Thanksgiving games.
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Huffington Post:
SEOUL, South Korea — Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are discussing possible new penalties to bring fresh pressure on Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program.Obama's warning came after Iran rejected a compr (Read More)
Business on HuffingtonPost.com:
Rep. Peter DeFazio called for the firing of President Barack Obama's top two economic aides on Wednesday, accusing them of pursuing a recovery plan skewed too heavily in Wall Street's favor. The Oregon Democrat told MSNBC's Ed Schultz that he was dismayed with the administration's lack of focus on job creation. He said it w (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific:
SEOUL -- President Barack Obama will not announce his decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the Thanksgiving holiday, senior aides said on Thursday.
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