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Paul Krugman on Budget Deal: What Happened to the Old Barack Obama?

 Barack Obama Has Gone AWOL 
paul krugman
Apr 11, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

Barack Obama Has Gone AWOL

Not only is Obama caving to the GOP—he's 'celebrating' it, writes Paul Krugman

(Newser) - Barack Obama has left the building. Granted, with Republicans running amok, all Obama really has is “the bully pulpit,” but incredibly, “he’s using it to reinforce his enemies’ narrative,” writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . Maybe he did have to make big concessions...

Romesh Ratnesar: Pentagon Budget Must Shrink to Fix Deficit
Face It, Washington:
Defense Budget Must Shrink
OPINION
Apr 11, 2011 12:20 PM CDT

Face It, Washington: Defense Budget Must Shrink

Pentagon's policies 'outdated'; deficit's the biggest threat: Romesh Ratnesar

(Newser) - The latest budget compromise may have resulted in “sweeping” and “historic” cuts, as the White House, Congress, and the media have claimed—yet “not a solitary penny” was cut from defense spending. Instead, spending will break $700 billion in 2011, which happens to be a post-World War...

Obama's Deficit Plan: Raise Taxes on Rich

White House to take stand on deficit on Wednesday

(Newser) - President Obama will weigh in on the deficit in a speech this Wednesday, calling for cuts to entitlement programs as well as a tax increase for the wealthy. Alongside calls for reductions in Medicare and Medicaid and a new plan for Social Security, the president will propose raising taxes on...

Sunday Talk Shows: Eric Cantor Says President Obama Had to Be Dragged 'Kicking and Screaming to the Table to Cut Spending'
Cantor: We Dragged Obama 'Kicking and Screaming'
talk show roundup
Apr 10, 2011 12:17 PM CDT

Cantor: We Dragged Obama 'Kicking and Screaming'

He claims the president was not leading talks on spending cuts

(Newser) - According to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, President Obama had to be dragged “kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending,” he said on Fox News Sunday. Cantor says White House senior adviser David Plouffe is being dishonest in his claim that Obama was the one leading...

Orszag: I Never Wanted White House Gig

Former budget director bemoans 'drama'

(Newser) - “Sexy nerd” Peter Orszag left his White House gig as President Obama’s budget director last June, but it turns out he never actually wanted the job. In a New York piece picked up by the Post , Orszag tells the magazine that he feared the “all-consuming” “...

Tea Party on Budget Deal: 'We Won' to 'Disappointed'

Not everybody's happy, but Boehner doesn't have a mutiny on his hands

(Newser) - John Boehner put a happy face on the grinding budget deal reached last night, but reactions varied among the GOP rank-and-file—specifically those with their eye on the Oval Office. Some reactions from around the Beltway, courtesy of Politico:
  • Michele Bachman: “The deal is a disappointment for me and
...

No Shutdown: Last-Minute Deal Reached

GOP gets $38B in cuts, relents on Planned Parenthood

(Newser) - Perilously close to a government shutdown, President Obama and congressional leaders forged agreement late tonight on a deal to cut about $38 billion in federal spending and avert the first closure in 15 years. Obama hailed the deal, finalized about an hour before a midnight deadline, as "the biggest...

Still No Deal After Latest White House Talks

Obama expecting final answer on budget deal Friday morning

(Newser) - President Obama emerged from the third White House meeting with Harry Reid and John Boehner in 24 hours Thursday night without a deal to avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday. The president told reporters that differences still remain between the two parties, adding "I’m not yet prepared...

Shutdown Odds: 52-48
 Shutdown Odds on Rise 
Apr 7, 2011 12:22 PM CDT

Shutdown Odds on Rise

Intrade is on the fence as Reid, Boehner, and Obama meet again

(Newser) - The rhetoric is sounding more and more dire about a government shutdown, and the Intrade markets had the odds in favor of it happening at 52%-48% about 1pm ET. That's up from 40% about noon. President Obama, Harry Reid, and John Boehner have another come-to-Jesus meeting today, following a morning...

Phew: Secret Service Ensures Obama Isn't Locked Out

.... again

(Newser) - Last time President Obama returned from a few days away from home, he had a little bit of trouble getting back into the White House because the door was locked. (Click to see the video destined for GOP commercials.) Last night, an AP photographer snapped a Secret Service agent...

Government Shutdown: John Boehner, Harry Reid, President Obama All Working to Avoid It
 Nobody Really Wants 
 a Shutdown 
Analysis
Apr 7, 2011 10:42 AM CDT

Nobody Really Wants a Shutdown

Boehner, Reed and Obama all pragmatists

(Newser) - The federal government sure looks like it’s hurtling toward a shutdown, but there might be three reasons for hope: John Boehner, Harry Reid, and President Obama. All three are considered pragmatists who don’t seem all that interested in a shutdown, Politico observes. “There is nothing in Boehner’...

Obama Buddy Busted in Prostitution Sting

Bobby Titcomb in hot water in Honolulu

(Newser) - President Obama's old friend and golfing buddy Bobby Titcomb may not get an invite the next time the Obamas have a family picnic in Hawaii. Titcomb, who went to school with Obama in the '70s, was arrested on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute during a sting operation in Honolulu earlier...

Budget Meeting Fails to Avert Shutdown

Shutdown would be 'inexcusable,' Obama says after talks with Reid, Boehner

(Newser) - President Obama emerged from a late-night meeting with John Boehner and Harry Reid Wednesday with no deal to avert a government shutdown. The president told reporters, however, that the 90-minute talk had helped to "narrow the issues" and he's still confident that a deal can be forged before the...

Shutdown Would Furlough 800K Federal Workers

Military wouldn't get paychecks; Obama, Boehner, and Reid meet tonight

(Newser) - Lots more bluster today, but no apparent progress on averting a government shutdown that would begin at midnight Friday. As crunch time nears, President Obama is scheduled to meet tonight with John Boehner and Harry Reid, reports Reuters . The White House, meanwhile, warned that 800,000 federal workers would be...

Gadhafi to Obama: Good Luck in 2012, Please Stop Bombing Me

He writes another letter to the president

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi has written a rambling but cordial letter to President Obama in which he wishes him luck in 2012 but pleads with Obama to stop "an unjust war," reports AP . Some excerpts, complete with typos:
  • "You are a man who has enough courage to annul a
...

Guy With Obama-as-Hitler Sign Attacked

Witnesses say victim is supporter of activist Lyndon LaRouche

(Newser) - A man and his anti-Obama sign were attacked Monday morning in a San Francisco neighborhood, CBS San Francisco reports. The 29-year-old man had set up a table with political literature, and witnesses say he had an "Impeach Obama" sign showing President Obama sporting a Hitler mustache. A man and...

Dems 'Win' if Government Shuts Down: Boehner

And with no compromise yet reached, that possibility looms

(Newser) - The possibility of a government shutdown looms larger today after yesterday's back-to-back meetings in Washington failed to bring a compromise. For the past week, House Republican leaders and Senate Democrat leaders have been discussing $33 billion in cuts, but John Boehner yesterday said he may seek up to $40 billion....

Obama Will Host Facebook Town Hall

President will take questions online April 20

(Newser) - President Obama will host his first town hall as an official candidate for re-election—on Facebook. The president will go to company headquarters in Palo Alto on April 20 for the online forum, reports ABC . (Yes, Mark Zuckerberg will be there, too.) Participants can post questions for the president...

Obama to Budget Negotiators: 'Act Like Grownups'

John Boehner, Harry Reid will meet later today

(Newser) - President Obama sounded like an impatient parent today as the threat of a government shutdown grew larger. Admonishing lawmakers to "act like grownups," the president said John Boehner and Harry Reid would meet again later this afternoon, reports Politico . If nothing comes of it, Obama said he'll order...

Obama's Reelection Strategy: Stay Out of Sight
Obama's Reelection Strategy: Stay Out of Sight
Jonah Goldberg
Apr 5, 2011 1:23 PM CDT

Obama's Reelection Strategy: Stay Out of Sight

Republicans shouldn't be afraid of him: Jonah Goldberg

(Newser) - President Obama formally launched his re-election bid yesterday, but only because he needs to get the donation machine running. "If it weren't for that, Obama would be delighted to stay on the sidelines because his whole reelection strategy requires going on semi-hiatus from the presidency," writes Jonah Goldberg...

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