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Geithner Staying Put at Treasury

Will likely stay on through fall 2012

(Newser) - One piece of economic upheaval that won't hit the fan this weekend: A vacancy at the Treasury Department. After much gnashing of teeth, Tim Geithner has informed President Obama that he will stay on as secretary at least through next fall, reports the Wall Street Journal. Geithner had wanted...

Rick Perry: 'I Pray for Obama'

Prays for him to wake up, smell the coffee; will headline prayer rally today

(Newser) - President Obama may have a dented credit rating, lousy approval ratings, and China carping at him, but at least he's got Rick Perry pulling for him—sort of. The Texas governor and possible White House contender tells CBN that he keeps the president in his prayers: "Frankly I...

Obama Sticks to Theme: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

President says jobs report hopeful, but not good enough

(Newser) - President Obama stayed on the jobs message today: He said he's happy that the unemployment rate ticked downward , but that it's nowhere near good enough. The country needs to create far more jobs per month to make up for the 8 million lost during the recession, and he...

Birthday Greetings Congress Wishes It Could Send Obama

Dana Milbank's hilarious imagining of the cards Congress might send Obama

(Newser) - President Obama is officially 50, and he rang in the milestone with a joke. At a fundraiser in Chicago last night—where he was feted by the likes of Jennifer Hudson, OK Go, and supporters willing to pay up to $35,800 a plate—Obama predicted what his first day...

It Was Republicans Who Blinked in the Debt Talks

This is actually a decent deal for Obama and Democrats: Yale professor

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom on the left has it that President Obama caved to Tea Party Republicans and gave away too much in the debt ceiling talks. A Yale contracts professor says the opposite is true: "The deal is much nearer an affirmation of the president's core commitments than a...

Obama: Still on the Nicorette?

White House Flickr photo seems to indicate that he is

(Newser) - Did the debt ceiling debate drive President Obama back to the arms of ... Nicorette? Politico's sharp-eyed Josh Gerstein spotted what appears to be a piece of the nicotine gum in a photo recently posted on the official White House Flickr stream. In the picture, Obama is having a phone...

How Obama Will Celebrate the Big 5-0

With, what else? A fundraiser

(Newser) - President Obama got what he wanted for his birthday , so now he can celebrate turning 50 under a little less pressure. The big day is tomorrow, but the festivities start tonight in his hometown of Chicago, where he will fly this afternoon, reports the Tribune . A $35,800-a-head dinner fundraiser...

Palin: Obama a Hypocrite on Terrorist Rhetoric

If Tea Partiers were terrorists, he'd want to pal around with us, she says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has resurrected her 2008 " palling around with terrorists " line of attack on President Obama for use in today's controversy. The Alaskan, defending the Tea Party from comparisons to terrorists , told Sean Hannity that "if we were really domestic terrorists, President Obama would want to...

Debt Battle Sets Stage for Hyper-Partisan 2012 Election

Expect stark contrasts, not mushy generalities

(Newser) - As nasty as the debt ceiling fight was, it was just a warm-up for the 2012 presidential election, which is shaping up to be a major referendum on the size, role, and philosophy of government, reports the Washington Post . “This had nothing to do with the debt ceiling,”...

Stewart Pummels Obama's 'Turd' Deal

Obama rolled over, but Tea Party won't take the win, host complains

(Newser) - Jon Stewart arrived back to from a trip to Afghanistan to find a "Ramadan miracle:" a deal on the debt ceiling. The Daily Show host, however, made it clear that he doesn't think much of President Obama's negotiating skills—or the people he was negotiating with....

Bibi Ready to Talk Palestine Borders

Borders would be based in 1967 ceasefire, if Palestine recognizes Israel

(Newser) - In a major change of policy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying for the first time that Israel is ready to discuss the borders of a Palestinian state, using 1967 ceasefire borders as a rough starting point, reports the Telegraph . The offer depends on Palestinians accepting Israel as a...

No More Co-Pay for Birth Control: Obama

New preventive health rules require insurers to cover cost

(Newser) - Women can say goodbye to co-pays on birth control: Health insurance companies will soon have to cover the cost themselves, the Obama administration says. It’s part of expanded preventive care for women , including coverage of breast pumps, “well woman” physicals, and STD counseling, the AP reports. Insurance firms...

Mitch McConnell, Tea Party, President Obama Winners in Debt Deal: Chris Cillizza
 Debt Deal's 
 Winners 
 and Losers 
analysis
Aug 1, 2011 7:57 AM CDT

Debt Deal's Winners and Losers

Mitch McConnell, Tea Party at the forefront: Chris Cillizza

(Newser) - The debt-deal dust has yet to settle, but that's not stopping anyone from analyzing its political consequences. In the Washington Post , Chris Cillizza notes the winners:
  • Mitch McConnell was “the Mariano Rivera of the debt deal. He waited until the game was in its final moments, came onto
...

Debt Ceiling Deal: Obama 'Surrendered'

Krugman: It's a 'disaster' for the country, and shows he'll surrender again

(Newser) - President Obama caved deeply in a debt deal that made the Republicans big winners, with both Andrew Leonard and Paul Krugman arguing that he "surrendered." Their take:
  • “In the end, President Obama had to admit surrender,” writes Andrew Leonard in Salon , detailing “a smashing victory
...

Deal Still Faces Hurdles

Hawks, libs expected to bolt—selling fine print to the rest is crucial

(Newser) - Not so fast. Is the debt ceiling agreement settled? Or could it still go down in flames? "We all may not be able to support it, or none us may be able to support it," Nancy Pelosi ominously told reporters yesterday ahead of today's Democratic caucus on...

Dems Torqued Over Obama's Shuffle to the Right

Will left turn out if Obama caters to independents too much?

(Newser) - President Obama is tacking to the right, trying to shore up his appeal to independents in 2012, but in the process he risks badly damaging his liberal base and creating a rift with his own party, reports the New York Times . In debt ceiling negotiations, he proposed spending cuts to...

$2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape?
 $2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape? 
Jul 31, 2011 6:18 AM CDT

$2.4T Debt Deal Taking Shape?

Proposal would match debt ceiling relief to debt reduction

(Newser) - After weeks of posturing and pleading, with threat of a default just days away, news of a possible debt ceiling deal is dribbling out of Washington, first reported by ABC 's Jonathan Karl. The deal would raise the ceiling by $2.4 trillion in two phases, enough to last...

McConnell: 'Our Country Is Not Going to Default'

But Harry Reid isn't as optimistic about a deal

(Newser) - The debt deal may rest on the shoulders of Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid , but the two can't seem to agree on how optimistic to be. At a mid-afternoon press conference, McConnell sounded like a deal was in the offing. “Our country is not going to default for...

McConnell Calls Reid Plan Doomed in Senate
 Tit for Tat: House 
 Rejects Reid Plan 
UPDATED
Jul 30, 2011 2:19 PM CDT

Tit for Tat: House Rejects Reid Plan

Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, says it's doomed in the Senate

(Newser) - It's Harry Reid's turn to hit legislative turbulence. The House today rejected the Senate leader's plan to raise the debt ceiling in a move seen largely as symbolic, reports AP . The real fight, however, is taking place in the Senate, where GOP Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered...

Default Deadline in Hands of McConnell, Reid Now

Pressure on Senate leaders to find a way

(Newser) - With all eyes on the Senate this weekend, one name keeps cropping up as pivotal deal-maker: Mitch McConnell. Politico and the Wall Street Journal see the Senate minority leader as key to any potential compromise that could be struck as Harry Reid's bill winds through the Senate. As Democratic...

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