Obama Reasserts Support For Public Plan While AMA Backtracks On Opposition
June 11, 2009 – 1:51 pm | One Comment

Speaking at a town hall in Green Bay Wisconsin, President Barack Obama addressed head on what is the hot debate of the day.

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David Letterman Strikes Back At Sarah Palin
June 11, 2009 – 5:21 pm | No Comment
David Letterman Strikes Back At Sarah Palin

Letterman and Palin exchange verbal blows over jokes the late night host told about the politician and her family.

Obama Says Now Is The Time For Health Care Reform
June 11, 2009 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
Obama Says Now Is The Time For Health Care Reform

President asks critics of health care reform, “What’s the alternative?”

Obama Visits Concentration Camps, Speaks Of Holocaust “Horrors”
June 5, 2009 – 4:54 pm | One Comment
Obama Visits Concentration Camps, Speaks Of Holocaust “Horrors”

President Obama visited the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany Friday.

Is The GOP Paranoid When It Comes To Obama?
June 4, 2009 – 6:42 am | No Comment
Is The GOP Paranoid When It Comes To Obama?

Listening to the paranoid Republicans, you’d think that Barack Obama is working night and day to give away what’s left of U.S. power.

Steele Rips Obama’s Plans For GM
June 3, 2009 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Steele Rips Obama’s Plans For GM

Steele refers to the GM plan as “government intrusion.”

Debris Found Is Confirmed To Be That Of Air France Flight 447
June 2, 2009 – 3:41 pm | No Comment
Debris Found Is Confirmed To Be That Of Air France Flight 447

Officials are confirming that debris found in Atlantic Ocean is from the wreckage of Air France flight #447.

Obama Reaches Out To The Muslim World
June 2, 2009 – 3:13 pm | No Comment
Obama Reaches Out To The Muslim World

Attempting to improve relations between the U.S. and Muslim countries, Obama is traveling to several Muslim nations to meet with leaders.

Are Politician’s Wives Given A Fair Shake By The Media?
June 2, 2009 – 1:24 pm | No Comment
Are Politician’s Wives Given A Fair Shake By The Media?

Are modern politicians’ wives seen as intelligent, influential individuals? Or merely fashion plates and targets of gossip?

Mitt Romney Angered By President’s Apologetic Stance
June 2, 2009 – 1:10 pm | No Comment
Mitt Romney Angered By President’s Apologetic Stance

Republican Mitt Romney, seen as a likely contender for the White House in 2012, scolded President Barack Obama on Monday, arguing that he has failed to take a tougher line against U.S. critics in the …

Obama Selects GOP Member To Head Army
June 2, 2009 – 1:03 pm | No Comment
Obama Selects GOP Member To Head Army

Watch as Obama announces John McHugh as the Secretary of the Army.

First Couple Dazzles On Broadway
May 31, 2009 – 8:37 am | One Comment
First Couple Dazzles On Broadway

Making good on a “campaign promise,” the President treated the First Lady to a night on the town in New York City on Saturday night.

Obama Stays Hopeful In Efforts To Bring Peace To Mideast
May 28, 2009 – 6:05 pm | 2 Comments
Obama Stays Hopeful In Efforts To Bring Peace To Mideast

President Obama called the U.S. a “stalwart ally” of Israel on Thursday, but challenged the Israelis to stop settlement construction in the disputed West Bank to help advance the long and painful road to peace with the Palestinians.

Tom Tancredo Likens Sotomayor’s Membership In Civil Rights Group To Membership In The KKK
May 28, 2009 – 5:52 pm | 2 Comments
Tom Tancredo Likens Sotomayor’s Membership In Civil Rights Group To Membership In The KKK

Former Colorado congressman and radical anti-immigration activist, Tom Tancredo, attacked judge Sonia Sotomayor in a CNN appearance on Thursday, claiming Sotomayor’s affiliation with the National Council of La Raza was equivalent to being a member …

President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform
May 28, 2009 – 5:40 pm | One Comment
President Urges Quick Healthcare Reform

President Barack Obama warned Thursday that if Congress doesn’t deliver health care legislation by the end of the year the opportunity will be lost, a plea to political supporters to pressure lawmakers to act.

FEC Dismisses Complaint Over Six-Figure Palin Shopping Spree Funded By Republican Party
May 19, 2009 – 5:14 pm | No Comment
FEC Dismisses Complaint Over Six-Figure Palin Shopping Spree Funded By Republican Party

The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint over the $150,000-plus designer wardrobe the Republican Party bought to outfit vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Obama’s MPG Plan Gets Surprising Support From Automakers
May 19, 2009 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Obama’s MPG Plan Gets Surprising Support From Automakers

If all goes as planned, by 2016 Americans can expect dozens of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and even all-electric vehicle models instead of the two hybrids — Toyota’s Prius and Honda’s Civic — that currently get better than 39 mpg in combined highway/city driving.

Did Wanda Sykes Cross The Line At White House Correspondents’ Dinner?
May 11, 2009 – 9:07 pm | No Comment
Did Wanda Sykes Cross The Line At White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

Watch the performance that’s got some people laughing and some people shaking their heads.

President Reveals Sense Of Humor
May 11, 2009 – 8:59 pm | One Comment
President Reveals Sense Of Humor

Obama makes jabs at himself and others in humor-filled address at White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

President Reveals Plans For The Greening Of America
April 22, 2009 – 6:26 pm | No Comment
President Reveals Plans For The Greening Of America

President Obama marked Earth Day Wednesday by announcing a new initiative to lease federal waters for the purpose of generating electricity from wind and ocean currents.

Obama Puts The “Pressure” On Americans To Go Green
April 22, 2009 – 6:12 pm | No Comment
Obama Puts The “Pressure” On Americans To Go Green

Unrestrained by the sensitivities of campaign season, Barack Obama returned to an energy policy statement that got him in a bit of hyper-partisan heat while on the trail: calling for people to properly inflate their tires.