Crooks and Liars:
Yep, I did a double take too. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has tapped a former top aide of his predecessor George W. Bush to a key post on a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting.Dana Perino, the first Republican woman to serve as White House press secretary, was appointed late Wednesday to (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Don't Arizonians know that he's a war hero? Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Haywor (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The ideal metaphor for the new reality of U.S.-China relations: The U.S. Embassy has been straining, in vain, to get the Chinese government to change the official Chinese transliteration of Obama, from 奥巴马 to 欧巴马 -- basically, from Ao Ba Ma to Ou Ba Ma. As is often the case when China incorporates a foreign word into Chines (Read More)
The Blog:
Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com. Sure, the quote in the over-title is only my fantasy. No one in Washington -- no less President Obama -- ever said, "This administration ended, rather than extended, two wars," and right now, it looks as if no one in an official capacity is likely to do so any time soon. It's common know (Read More)
National Review Online:
In the 2008 presidential race, John McCain often dueled with Barack Obama over health care. Over a year later, Obama is in the White House and McCain finds himself back on Capitol Hill. The battle, however, continues. With the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) making a final push to pass Obamacare (Read More)
Huffington Post:
PHOENIX, AZ -- Rasmussen announced a new poll on Friday showing Senator John McCain may be in trouble at home where a polarized electorate has him facing constant criticism from both the left and the right.The poll shows McCain tied with former Congressman and current talk radio host J.D. Hayworth in a hypothetical Republic (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
President Barack Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 49% in today's Gallup poll -- the first time his approval has dipped below 50% and a sharp decline from the 69% approval rating Gallup recorded when Obama entered office:The ongoing, contentious debate over national healthcare reform has likely served as a drag on h (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. There was the group photo with the head of the Burmese junta. There was the deferential press conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao. "There is no reason for an A (Read More)
Huffington Post:
There's a strong feeling that Congress is bucking Obama and isn't being called to task for it. For the first time, Obama's approval ratings are below 50 percent (Gallup poll says) and calls for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's resignation are growing louder. Sarah Palin's managed to suck up a good deal of media oxygen. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Stephen Colbert sat down with David Letterman last night and reminisced about his trip to Iraq. He recounted for Dave his visit to the White House where the president taped a segment for Stephen to show the troops. Turns out the president is an unnervingly talented actor who made Colbert feel bad about how long it took him (Read More)
Talking Points Memo:
And not just with Sarah Palin ...
I have a pretty hard time imagining he'd actually lose a race for reelection. But a new poll has him running neck and neck with professional bombast and former Rep. J.D. Hayworth in a potential 2010 Republican primary.
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National Review Online:
How much would you pay to watch Sarah Palin beat the stuffing out of Andrew Sullivan? What would Barack Obama’s official Kenyan birth certificate be worth to you? How about a videotape proving that Bill Ayers not only wrote Dreams from My Father, but also translated it from the original Russian? How about a new Christmas CD (Read More)
Huffington Post:
George Mitchell's job as Middle East Special Envoy has got to be terribly frustrating for a man whose life story has been one success after another.But the Israel-Palestine conflict tends to be a career destroyer. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was the most popular political figure in the United States when he went (Read More)
Huffington Post:
White House vs. Fox News is so last month. The final health care throw-down in the Senate hasn't quite arrived. But not since the Bob McDonnell-Creigh Deeds beatdown last month have we had a fresh, juicy political feud for the average Metro rider to talk about and take sides. Fortunately, the D.C. sports scene has been abn (Read More)