The Obama administration is perfectly willing to leave all options on the table with regard to Iran when talking with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. But when the rubber meets the road, that story will likely change. What else
According to CNN, the White House isn’t giving much credence to Dennis Rodman’s visit to North Korea.
White House: President Obama nominates Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy, Gina McCarthy as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Sylvia Mathews Burwell as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. March 4, 2013.
On March 1, National Journal Washington bureau chief Ron Fournier tweeted a question: Why is that President Obama “can handle Bin laden, not Boehner? He may be POTUS, but Obama incapable of ‘a Jedi mind meld.’” He then continued, “Bin
Bill Keller of the NY Times wrote an op-ed over the weekend which, while still taking some shots at the GOP, managed to lay some of the blame for “the large mess we are in” at the President’s feet. The
Though there have been examples of statistical noise over one or two days, for most of the year, Gallup has consistently recorded Obama’s job approval rating at or above fifty-percent. Since Friday, though, the three-day average dipped to a startling 46%. 02/27-03/1 : 47
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter says Robert Gibbs sent him a “threatening email” in 2008 after he wrote an article critical of Barack Obama. There is a kind of a threatening tone that from time to time, not all the time,
All I want from the news media is for them to treat Democrats like they do Republicans. If you’re going to tie Todd Akin around the neck of the GOP and Mitt Romney, do the same with Jesse Jackson Jr.
This New York Times headline would be a perfect spoof of a New York Times headline: As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard The $85 billion in automatic cuts working their way through the
(AP) Obama nominates Wal-Mart’s Burwell as budget chiefBy JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has tapped Wal-Mart’s Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington’s heated partisan budget battles. Obama will announce
Mitt Romney gave Fox News Sunday what they describe as an “unflinching review of his unsuccessful campaign,” in which he criticized President Obama’s mishandling of sequestration, and expressed a heartfelt desire to be the one handling those tough decisions right
Immigration reform is one of President Barack Obama’s priorities for his second term, and for a wide-reaching package to pass, lawmakers need to be convinced that the border with Mexico is secure. But that is no easy sell. Apprehensions of
In the wake of last week’s brouhaha between journalistic legend Bob Woodward and the Obama White House, other reporters have come forward to talk about their own experiences with the controlling and sometimes abusive administration. Maureen Callahan of The New
Fearing a loss in the 2014 midterm elections that would hand Democrats control of the House of Representatives, Republicans on Capitol Hill have settled on a unique strategy: let President Barack Obama fail. Speaker of the House John Boehner told
White House economic adviser Gene Sperling, who controversially told journalist Bob Woodward he would “regret” accusing the Obama administration of shifting the goalposts to include tax hikes in debate over the sequester, offered a misleading defense of the sequester on
Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky proved Saturday night that the confused teens who grew up listening to Loveline all those years ago haven’t forgotten their wisecracking mentors. The former radio partners performed the first in a series of live shows
Now that it is OK for the Old Media to slam Bob Woodward, hit pieces on his work are coming out of the woodwork. One of the latest is from The New Yorker, where Woodward’s body of work was termed,
In an appearance on Fox News, former Bush White House Press Secretary Dana Perino noted that when the Bush team tried to push back against Bob Woodward’s reporting, it “failed miserably” because the media rallied behind the iconic journalist. Yet
As the Obama Administration spun nightmare scenarios over the impact of sequester cuts, it was revealed that Homeland Security had released from custody illegal immigrants who were charged with crimes. The White House said these actions were taken in expectation
In response to State-run media rides to the rescue on sequestration: Far from challenging Obama for his obvious lies on sequestration, some quarters of the media (and I’m being charitable by saying “some”) are happily carrying his water and running
For Obama and his media minions, the stakes around sequester are mammoth. With the economy already tanking, the hope is to blame sequester for the president’s failed left-wing economic policies. If the White House and its media can convince enough
On Friday, the White House signaled it would sign a continuing resolution to extend government spending beyond a March 27th deadline. Previously, it was assumed the expiration of the current resolution authorizing government spending at the end of the month
White House: In his weekly address, President Obama tells the American people that a series of harmful budget cuts–called the sequester–have taken effect because Congress failed to act. Because Republicans in Congress refused to compromise to close tax loopholes for
Far from challenging Obama for his obvious lies on sequestration, some quarters of the media (and I’m being charitable by saying “some”) are happily carrying his water and running “news items” that could have been written by David Axelrod. Oh,
In the name of sequester-related budget cuts, the Obama Administration is moving forward with a controversial illegal immigration release program that, in the past, has produced fatal consequences. Last Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that the Homeland
