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Right Should Cheer Obama's India Speech

It 'defended free trade, free markets, and free society,' writes Bret Stephens

(Newser) - It may “shock and dismay” his most faithful readers, but conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens has to hand it to President Obama: He “gave a terrific speech yesterday to India’s parliament, perhaps the best of his presidency, and potentially a true compass for the rest...

Obama Likely to Cut Indonesia Trip Short

He may not get to deliver key speech because of volcano

(Newser) - Barack Obama will likely be forced to shorten what was already supposed to be a brief trip to his one-time home of Indonesia, thanks to the eruption of Mount Merapi. The trip was originally supposed to be a 24-hour affair, running from midday today to midday tomorrow, but now Obama’...

Supreme Court Turns Down First ObamaCare Challenge

Kagan may not recuse herself from cases involving health reform

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has turned down the first preliminary challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The decision to reject an appeal from a former Republican state lawmaker in California was no surprise because a federal appeals court has yet to consider the case. The high court almost never...

Obama Talks Mistakes, Midterms in 60 Minutes Interview
 Obama: Tone Has 'Slipped' 
INTERVIEW
Nov 8, 2010 7:26 AM CST

Obama: Tone Has 'Slipped'

Prez talks mistakes, midterms on 60 Minutes

(Newser) - President Obama acknowledged mistakes since entering office, including “slipping” on maintaining a better tone in Washington, in a 60 Minutes interview last night, Politico reports. “Part of my promise to the American people when I was elected was to maintain the kind of tone that says we can...

It's Time for Obama to Call GOP's Bluff

Rich: Make the Republicans get specific

(Newser) - President Obama took a "shellacking" because Democrats didn't have a coherent message for America. But, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times , the Republicans don't, either. To regain some ground, Obama must call the right's bluff, and force the GOP to get specific. The Republicans keep talking about...

Believe It or Not, America Fell Out of Love With Reagan

Kornacki: Conservative whitewashing obscures Gipper's real legacy

(Newser) - Republicans sometimes bristle at the comparisons between Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama because of their midterm troubles. A favorite conservative theme about Reagan is that the "love fest" between him and the American people continued during and after his presidency, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon , who singles out this...

Clinton Kinda Rules Out Future Presidential Runs

Secretary of state defuses talk in New Zealand's media

(Newser) - A day after being accidentally introduced as "President Clinton," Hillary seems to be taking pains to kill talk of a future run in New Zealand's media, reports Reuters . Asked whether she'd "ruled out" running through 2016, she replied, "Oh yes, yes. I'm very pleased to be...

Obama Spins India Trip Into Job Mission

Critics scream about cost despite widely discredited report

(Newser) - Faced with a barrage of outrage—based on a discredited report—over the cost of his 10-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan, Barack Obama has rebranded it as a jobs mission. “The primary purpose is to take a bunch of US companies and open up markets...

Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...
Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...
Paul Krugman
Nov 5, 2010 11:30 AM CDT

Obama Didn't Need to 'Focus' on Economy...

...he needed the guts to do something worthwhile to save it

(Newser) - Recently prognosticators—like Evan Bayh, in this article —have been accusing Barack Obama of “focusing on health care rather than job creation.” So Paul Krugman of the New York Times has a question: What does that even mean? Are they saying Obama should have pursued a bigger...

Obama 'Open' to Tax-Cut Compromise

President may be willing to give ground after midterm losses

(Newser) - In what promises to be an, ahem, interesting dinner party, President Obama will meet with both sides of the aisle at a Nov. 18 White House dinner—during which tax cuts will be at the top of the agenda. What's more, the White House may be willing to compromise in...

Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'?
 Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'? 
Nov 5, 2010 6:03 AM CDT

Stewart: Does Obama 'Get It'?

And what is 'it,' anyway?

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has noticed a recurring theme in the coverage of the president’s post-election press conference: The pundits are all eager to know if Barack Obama "gets it," he explained on last night’s Daily Show in a segment titled "The Mourning After." But they’...

Hu Jintao Unseats Obama on Forbes' Most Powerful List

And you can bet Forbes knew it would provoke headlines like this one

(Newser) - As if Barack Obama wasn’t having a bad enough week, Forbes has dropped him to No. 2 on its annual “Most Powerful People” list, citing his electoral defeat as a major reason. “It's quite a come-down for last year's most powerful person, who after enacting widespread reforms...

India Working to Protect Obama From Killer Coconuts

They're all cut down ahead of his visit

(Newser) - Indian authorities are sparing no precaution ahead of Barack Obama's trip this week—they've cut down coconuts from trees near a former residence of Gandhi that he'll be visiting. While the threat may seem silly to Americans, falling coconuts injure or kill people in India every year, notes the BBC...

2010's Lesson: Move to Center
 2010's Lesson: Move to Center 
Evan Bayh
Nov 3, 2010 11:21 AM CDT

2010's Lesson: Move to Center

America wasn't ready for a new progressive era

(Newser) - Democrats didn’t just get stomped because of the economy, and they didn’t just have a communication problem. “The public heard us,” writes retiring Sen. Evan Bayh in the New York Times , “but disagreed with our approach.” Democrats overestimated their mandate. Exit polls in 2008...

What It's Like to Renovate the House Next to Obama's

Hint: It's not exactly fun

(Newser) - Home renovations are always a pain, but never more so than when your home is right next door to the president’s. The Moynihans, who bought the house adjacent to the Obamas' place in Chicago, are going through all sorts of non-typical construction experiences, reports the New York Times in...

Dems to Obama: Gut Your Team

Expecting big losses, they're pushing for big changes

(Newser) - Pressure is mounting on President Obama to gut his inner circle, which House Democrats blame for crafting a losing 2010 strategy. In recent weeks, David Axelrod has held strategy sessions with a series of senior Democratic strategists and lawmakers, but many participants walked away so frustrated that they quit and...

The Real Reason Wall Street Is Voting Republican

The market loves a divided government

(Newser) - Wall Street is giddy over the prospect of a Republican congressional takeover—and not because of the GOP’s pro-business rhetoric. The real reason is that the stock market loves a divided government, writes Costas Panagopoulos of the Christian Science Monitor . Historically, the Dow has climbed an average 11.1%...

GOP Leaders: We've Got to Stop Palin

'Barack Obama would crush her,' says insider

(Newser) - After tomorrow, Republican establishment leaders will shift their focus to another hurdle: making sure Sarah Palin doesn’t get the 2012 presidential nomination. In interviews with advisers to other presidential contenders, Politico found wide-ranging agreement that the former Alaska governor must be stopped. “There is a determined, focused establishment...

Why This Vote Really Matters
 Why This 
 Vote Really 
 Matters 
Charles Krauthammer
Oct 29, 2010 12:34 PM CDT

Why This Vote Really Matters

This election (and the next) is about the role of government: Krauthammer

(Newser) - Tuesday's vote will be a blast for Republicans, but "the direction of the country” won't truly be determined until the 2012 election, writes Charles Krauthammer. Until then, with Obama’s veto power and Democrats’ shrunken numbers, nothing much will get done. Still, the “beauty” of these next two...

How Obama Can Win Again
 How Obama Can Win Again 
OPINION
Oct 29, 2010 11:00 AM CDT

How Obama Can Win Again

David Brooks offers a four-step plan to win over the center

(Newser) - The president is set for a bruising on Tuesday, but he can come back, writes David Brooks in the New York Times . Here’s how: first, “win back independents,” who have swung Republican lately. Second, he must “redefine himself” as “a traditionalist on social matters and...

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