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Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll
 Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll 
Nov 23, 2010 3:05 AM CST

Palin Leads GOP Prez Poll

Just 43% believe Obama deserves second term

(Newser) - Sarah Palin can win the Republican nomination for 2012—but she can't win the presidency, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll . The nationwide poll found that Palin—who recently told Barbara Walters she could defeat President Obama —would narrowly win a primary involving the current most-likely GOP front-runners, but...

Obama, Mideast's Onetime Savior, Now More a Pariah

Transcendence runs right into hard reality of stalemate

(Newser) - When Barack Obama entered office, he was seen as the fresh new hope for peace in the Middle East—but now, he’s seen as a part of the problem, Politico interviews with Israelis and Palestinians suggest. After Obama finally got Israel to temporarily freeze West Bank settlement-building, there’s...

NATO, US See Lengthy Stay in Afghanistan

Combat operations might end in 2004, followed by support mission

(Newser) - The NATO summit resulted in lots of talk about "transition goals" for Afghanistan, but the only thing for certain is that US and NATO troops aren't going anywhere anytime soon. The official proclamation promises that allied forces will push to end combat operations by the end of 2014—but...

Obama Secures NATO's OK on Missile Defense

Russia will be invited to participate in its development

(Newser) - After a rough month, President Obama scored a badly needed success in Lisbon yesterday when NATO leaders agreed to a long held US desire to establish a missile-defense shield that will ultimately cover all member states. Two major stumbling blocks were overcome when Turkey dropped its objections after receiving assurances...

Obama Plans to Stay in Afghanistan Past 2014
Obama Plans to Stay in Afghanistan Past 2014
nato summit
Nov 19, 2010 9:30 AM CST

Obama Plans to Stay in Afghanistan Past 2014

President brings new strategy to NATO summit

(Newser) - As the NATO summit in Lisbon begins today, President Obama has a new plan for Afghanistan—and it calls for the US and others to stick around beyond 2014, the Christian Science Monitor reports. NATO forces, the plan says, will turn over the country to Afghan forces by 2014, but...

Obama Goes Head-to-Head With GOP on Arms Treaty
Obama Goes Head-to-Head With GOP on Arms Treaty
analysis
Nov 19, 2010 6:23 AM CST

Obama Goes Head-to-Head With GOP on Arms Treaty

Pushes for lame-duck vote ... with big political implications

(Newser) - By urging a lame-duck vote on a new arms-control treaty with Russia, President Obama is setting up a face-off with Senate Republicans that could set the political tone for the next two years, writes Peter Baker in the New York Times . If the treaty is ratified, Obama will prove his...

How Carville Thinks Hillary Could Help Obama

He thinks she could help Bill, too

(Newser) - James Carville joined the chorus that President Obama needs some more testosterone with a very Carville-like one-liner today: "If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two." Nice line, though Talking Points Memo points out that he's used it before....

George Soros Sours on Obama

Tells other donors their money may be better spent elsewhere

(Newser) - Plenty of President Obama's supporters are disappointed after the midterms in his performance, but this one in particular has very deep pockets. Here's the quote attributed to progressive-minded billionaire George Soros: "We have just lost this election, we need to draw a line. And if this president can't do...

Obama's Kids Book Hits Shelves, Fox News Grumbles

Network is not happy about inclusion of Sitting Bull

(Newser) - President Obama's children's book hits shelves today—what could possibly go wrong? Well, Of Thee I Sing includes a tribute to Sioux medicine man Sitting Bull—or, as Fox News puts it, "Obama Praises Indian Chief Who Killed US General." The book is framed as a letter to...

Obama's Offer to Israel a 'National Humiliation'
Obama's Offer to Israel a 'National Humiliation'
Christopher HItchens
Nov 15, 2010 1:41 PM CST

Obama's Offer to Israel a 'National Humiliation'

PM appeasing government's extreme right, writes Christopher Hitchens

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu is a hostage to the extreme right of Israel’s government, and the Obama administration is trying to appease him—a decision the US “will come to regret.” The US offer of “ security incentives and fighter jets ” following a proposed temporary freeze in settlement-building...

Dems Seek $1T 'Swan Song' Budget

Figure less than 1% higher than past year's

(Newser) - An uproar over spending may have spurred a midterm drubbing for Democrats, but they still aim to push through a $1 trillion budget bill during the lame-duck session that begins today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Washington is currently operating on a temporary budget that expires Dec. 2; Democrats hope...

Axelrod: I'll Leave Next Year to Work on Obama 2012

Top adviser appears to confirm a reelection bid

(Newser) - Despite some people advising him not to , it appears President Obama is officially running for reelection in 2012. David Axelrod told Fox News Sunday he will leave the White House next year to begin work on the campaign, USA Today reports. “Sometime in the spring, late winter, early spring,...

Obama Relives Childhood Memories as Asia Trip Ends

Trip offered opportunities for personal moments

(Newser) - President Obama finished off his 10-day Asia trip on a personal note, visiting the Great Buddha statue in Japan that he last saw as a 6-year-old boy. “It is wonderful to return to this great treasure of Japanese culture,” he wrote in the guest book. "Its beauty...

Quit Waffling, Obama, and Stand Up to Bazillionaires

The mega-rich are sucking America dry, pay less taxes than ever

(Newser) - The electorate may have little love for wealthy, would-be politicians like Meg Whitman, John Raese, and Linda McMahon, writes Frank Rich for the New York Times . But maybe they should: Whitman and Co. were at least trying to give back, unlike most obscenely wealthy folk. The top 1% of American...

'What the F Has Obama Done?' Site a Mega-Hit
'What the F Has Obama Done?' Site a Mega-Hit
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 13, 2010 7:00 PM CST

'What the F Has Obama Done?' Site a Mega-Hit

'Big deal, I could do that in my sleep,' says site ... meaning the opposite

(Newser) - The website "What the F*** Has Obama Done So Far?" —which is actually a tribute to the prez—has garnered a whopping 4 million hits in less than a week, its founders tell the Huffington Post . If you've not experienced it yet, the site lists a number of...

Why Obama Should Not Run Again
 Why Obama 
 Should Not 
 Run Again 
OPINION
Nov 13, 2010 9:39 AM CST

Why Obama Should Not Run Again

Op-ed: It's the only way he can get done what needs to be done

(Newser) - Two former advisers to Democratic presidents have what is surely unwelcome advice for the current White House resident: "We believe Obama should announce immediately that he will not be a candidate for reelection in 2012." In their Washington Post op-ed, Douglas Schoen and Patrick Caddell say it's his...

GOP, Obama Spar Over Earmarks

President wants reform; Boehner and Cantor want 2-year ban

(Newser) - President Obama is urging Congress to crack down on earmarks in his weekly radio address today, even as John Boehner and Eric Cantor saw his crackdown and raised him an outright ban in what Politico calls a race for fiscal purity. Obama said some earmarks "support worthy projects in...

Headline Writers Agree: Obama's World Clout Wanes

That's one quick theme emerging from the summit

(Newser) - Look like a theme is emerging from the G20, at least judging by a spate of instant-analysis headlines now moving. And the White House won't like it:
  • New York Times : "Traveling in Asia, Obama's Glow Dims"
  • Wall Street Journal : "China's Hu Rebuffs Weakened Obama at Summit"
  • Independent : "
...

'Guidelines,' No Specifics, at G20

Obama slams China over currency manipulation

(Newser) - G20 leaders have agreed to curb “persistently large imbalances” in saving and spending and set “indicative guidelines” against trade imbalances, but more specific decisions on how to identify and fix said imbalances were left until next year, reports the New York Times . The finance minsters are to agree...

Pelosi: Obama Must Be 'Perfect' to Win Again

Speaker also reportedly says Dems could grab back 25 seats

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi told top Democrats that President Obama needs to be “perfect” if he wants a second term, several Democratic aides tell Roll Call . She predicted that Obama will face a struggle in 2012 due to the Democrats' loss of governorships in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other key states, the...

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