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Nader 'Almost 100%' Certain Obama Will Face Primary

He's just not sure what the 'stature' of the candidate will be

(Newser) - The debt ceiling deal has so inflamed liberals that "the chances of there being a challenge to Obama in the primary are almost 100%," Ralph Nader said yesterday in an interview with the Daily Caller . Nader has said for a while that he’s trying to get someone...

Why Obama Might Lose
 Why Obama Might Lose 
Analysis
Aug 4, 2011 3:40 PM CDT

Why Obama Might Lose

Don't believe the hype that the president is unbeatable: Politico

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom has it that despite everything, Barack Obama is so politically adept, and his Republican opponents so flawed, that he’ll cruise to victory in 2012. “Don’t buy into it,” advise Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen of Politico , who offer an in-depth look at everything ailing...

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...

Obama to Empty Congress: End FAA Shutdown

But there's no one in town to do it

(Newser) - The White House called on Congress to end a standoff over the FAA that has put 74,000 people out of work—but there were absolutely no signs it would do so, in part because everyone’s left town. Press Secretary Jay Carney said Obama was “looking at different...

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...

Obama to Attend 9/11 Events in NYC, DC, Pennsylvania

10th anniversary of attack is next month

(Newser) - President Obama and the first lady will attend events in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington in September to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, says the White House. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon,...

Obama: Now It's Time to Work on Jobs

Obama delivers debt ceiling address

(Newser) - Barack Obama gave a Rose Garden address today after the Senate passed its bill boosting the debt ceiling, saying it was just “an important first step,” and that more compromises would have to come out of the committee created by the bill. Obama, who signed the bill into...

Nate Silver: Obama Got a Crappy Debt Deal



 Obama Could 
 Have Gotten 
 a Better Deal 
Nate Silver
Aug 2, 2011 7:35 AM CDT

Obama Could Have Gotten a Better Deal

Nate Silver says the vote tally shows the Republicans cleaned up

(Newser) - The debt ceiling deal President Obama struck with Republicans passed the House by a wide margin, which leads Nate Silver to one conclusion: Obama gave up too much. “Mr. Obama could have shifted the deal tangibly toward the left and still gotten a bill through without too much of...

Death Toll Surges to 100 in Syria Crackdown

Tanks roll in to derail Ramadan protests

(Newser) - The death toll in the massive pre-Ramadan crackdown on Syrian rebels has surged to 100 and climbing. Tanks stormed Hama, ground-zero of the uprising, as well as several other towns in the second-bloodiest day since the revolution began in March, reports the Washington Post . President Obama said he was "...

Obama, Congress Reach Debt Deal

John Boehner reportedly called Obama to say deal was a go

(Newser) - At long last: President Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement tonight on a compromise to permit vital US borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts. Officials said John Boehner telephoned Obama at mid-evening to say the agreement had been struck....

Obama's Approval Rating Hits New Low

Gallup registers him at 40%

(Newser) - President Obama's approval rating has hit an all-time low of 40%, according to Gallup 's daily tracking. The rating has previously dipped to 41%—most recently in April—but it had risen to an average of 46% during the past two months. At one point in June, it...

Peggy Noonan on President Obama: 'He Is a Loser'

 Peggy Noonan: 
 Obama 'Is 
 a Loser' 
OPINION
Jul 29, 2011 11:28 AM CDT

Peggy Noonan: Obama 'Is a Loser'

And nobody loves him

(Newser) - As this debt crisis unfurls, Peggy Noonan has realized something surprising: “Nobody loves Obama,” she writes in the Wall Street Journal . “This is amazing because every president has people who love him,” even Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on their worst days. But not Barack...

Obama: Solution to Avoid Default Must Be Bipartisan

In latest speech, president promises to work all weekend long

(Newser) - In his latest debt limit speech, President Obama today urged Democrats and Republicans to come up with "a plan that I can sign by Tuesday"—a plan that has support in both parties. "There are plenty of ways out of this mess," he said, but any...

Jon Stewart: 'Did the President Just Quit?'

'Daily Show' host not impressed by Obama's speech

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s debt ceiling speech didn’t exactly reassure Jon Stewart. After playing a clip in which Obama told viewers to call their congressmen on the Daily Show last night, Stewart gave the camera a shocked look. “Did the president just quit?” he asked. “I mean seriously,...

Americans Fed Up With Obama, GOP on Economy

GOP scores lower, but Obama's numbers plummeting

(Newser) - When it comes to the economy, the public is getting increasingly fed up with pretty much everyone in Washington. Roughly equal numbers blame President Obama and the Republicans for the state of the economy, according to a new Washington Post poll. And though Obama scores slightly higher than Republicans when...

Obama, Boehner an &#39;Unsettling Spectacle&#39;
 Obama, Boehner 
 an 'Unsettling Spectacle' 
OPINION Roundup
Jul 26, 2011 7:50 AM CDT

Obama, Boehner an 'Unsettling Spectacle'

Speeches long on politics, short on solutions

(Newser) - President Obama and John Boehner gave dueling speeches last night, and the news was not good. Here's what the pundits are taking away from it all:
  • If people—or markets—were looking for reassurance, “they were out of luck,” observes Politico . Instead, Obama and Boehner “treated
...

Congress Has Blown By 6 Debt Limit Deadlines So Far

But today's the absolute last one—right?

(Newser) - Today is, supposedly, the absolute last day for debt limit legislation to be introduced in the House if the US wants to avoid defaulting on Aug. 2. As we wait to see if lawmakers make the deadline, Uri Friedman, writing in in the Atlantic Wire, looks at all the deadlines...

Debt Ceiling Showdown: Default Looms as John Boehner, Harry Reid Prepare Dueling Proposals
 All Hope Lost for Debt Deal? 
Jul 25, 2011 7:59 AM CDT

All Hope Lost for Debt Deal?

Boehner believes proposal must hit House today

(Newser) - We may very well be at zero hour: John Boehner has privately told Republicans that in order to get a debt ceiling measure signed by President Obama by the Aug. 2 deadline, it must be introduced in the House today. But despite the increasing likeliness of a US default, Politico...

Court: Call to Shoot Obama Is Free Speech

Court clears Walter Bagdasarian for exhorting people to 'shoot the [racial slur]'

(Newser) - The First Amendment protects even racists calling for the president’s assassination, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today, overturning the conviction of Walter Bagdasarian. Bagdasarian was convicted of threatening to kill a presidential candidate two weeks ahead of the 2008 election for an online rant in which he...

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