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Meet the Time 100
 Meet the Time 100  
Apr 29, 2010 9:17 AM CDT

Meet the Time 100

Magazine unveils latest megalist

(Newser) - The Time 100—Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world—has just hit the interwebs, and as usual, the names range from obvious to head scratching. The names you expect are there—Barack Obama, Oprah, Steve Jobs—as are some you might not, or...

Obama: 'At Some Point, You've Made Enough Money'
Obama: 'At Some Point, You've Made Enough Money'
Gotcha Quote?
Apr 29, 2010 9:07 AM CDT

Obama: 'At Some Point, You've Made Enough Money'

Fox: President's 'outed himself' as a socialist

(Newser) - The right thinks it's found a new killer soundbite to drive home how socialist Barack Obama is. Stumping for financial reform in Quincy, Illinois, Obama said, “We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I do think at a certain point you've made...

Rush: Maybe Obama's an Illegal Alien Himself

Talk show host makes offhand birther quip

(Newser) - Is Rush Limbaugh a birther? It sure sounded that way to Mediaite during his rant yesterday about illegal immigration. Rush was obsessing over a recent Obama statement condemning Arizona's new illegal immigration law, in which the president worried that “if you don't have your papers...you're gonna be harassed....

Hawaii Votes to Ignore Birthers' Requests

Law would limit access to Obama's birth certificate

(Newser) - Fed up with the constant pestering from birthers, Hawaii's legislature today voted in favor of a bill that would allow the state to ignore any repeat requests to see Barack Obama's birth certificate. The law, which now goes to Gov. Linda Lingle, would carve out an exception to the Hawaii's...

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes
 New, Fightin' Obama 
 Calls Out Foes 
Analysis
Apr 27, 2010 9:23 AM CDT

New, Fightin' Obama Calls Out Foes

No more Mr. Nice President

(Newser) - It's hard to imagine that critics once complained that Barack Obama wasn't tough enough. Lately, he's been savaging his opponents by name, Politico notes, tossing verbal jabs directly at Mitch McConnell, Sarah Palin , Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and more. It's a deliberate effort to get back the “spunk...

FT.com / Columnists / Gideon Rachman - Israel’s fear and loathing of Obama
 Obama Wants Israel 
 to Take its Medicine 
OPINION
Apr 27, 2010 8:27 AM CDT

Obama Wants Israel to Take its Medicine

And Israel hates him for it

(Newser) - The president isn't a popular man in Jerusalem these days, thanks to his call for a freeze on Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank, and rumors that he's hatching his own Mideast peace plan. “Barack Obama is a disaster for Israel,” one liberal commentator there tells Gideon...

65% of Americans Back Stricter Financial Controls
65% of Americans Back Stricter Financial Controls
new poll
Apr 26, 2010 9:18 AM CDT

65% of Americans Back Stricter Financial Controls

Even split on Obama's handling of issue, and reining in derivatives

(Newser) - Two-thirds of Americans say they support tighter regulation of banks in a new Washington Post -ABC News poll, and majorities also agree with the two main components of the Senate bill Democrats are poised to introduce this week: more federal oversight of consumer loans (59% to 38%), and making banks...

Gunman Busted on Way to 'See' Obama

Ohio man nabbed as Air Force One takes off

(Newser) - North Carolina police yesterday busted a 23-year-old gunman who pulled into an airport parking lot just as President Obama was taking off in Air Force One. An officer became suspicious when he noticed a digital camera on Joseph Sean McVey's dashboard and 4 large antennas attached to the trunk of...

Obama's Problem: He's an 'A Student'
 Obama's Problem: 
 He's an 'A Student' 
pj o'rourke
Apr 24, 2010 4:33 PM CDT

Obama's Problem: He's an 'A Student'

And it's 'C students' that make the world run

(Newser) - PJ O'Rourke has figured out why he finds President Obama so irritating: He's an "A student" whose "snotty lecturing" and "tone of voice sends us back to the worst place in college." That would be sitting in class, listening to "some twerp of a grad...

Obama Targets 'Misguided' Arizona Immigration Law

President says measure flies in the face of 'basic notions of fairness'

(Newser) - President Obama ripped into Arizona's new illegal immigration law today, saying it threatens “to undermine basic notions of fairness we cherish as Americans.” Speaking at a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, he said he'd ordered his administration to “examine the civil rights and other implications...

Krugman: Don’t Cry for Wall Street - NYTimes.com
 Obama, Please Screw the Banks 
Paul Krugman
Apr 23, 2010 10:20 AM CDT

Obama, Please Screw the Banks

President doesn't have to play nice with these guys

(Newser) - Barack Obama went to New York yesterday to beg Wall Street to play nice on financial reform, and Paul Krugman really wishes he hadn't. Obama said reform would ultimately help the financial industry, but Krugman doesn't see the need to play nice with the big banks. “Reform actually should...

Blago Accidentally Reveals Allegations Against Obama

Screw-up reveals redacted info

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich's defense team asked the judge to subpoena Barack Obama yesterday with a motion that was supposed to be heavily redacted. But whoever redacted it did a lousy job; the blacked out text could be easily read just by copying and pasting it, as Capital Fax revealed. Here's what...

Obama Finally Goes On Offensive

 Obama Finally 
 Goes On 
 Offensive 
opinion
Apr 22, 2010 1:37 PM CDT

Obama Finally Goes On Offensive

Democrats have clear advantage on financial reform

(Newser) - EJ Dionne sees a newly aggressive Barack Obama recognizing that he can put Republicans on their heels with financial reform. Republicans for the first time "are uncertain as to whether resolute opposition to a Democratic idea is in their political interest," he writes in the Washington Post . "...

Obama to Banks: Quit 'Furious' Fight Against Finance Reform

Regulation will be good for Wall Street and Main Street

(Newser) - President Obama will today ask the banks to call off their "furious efforts" to block his proposed financial regulatory overhaul. "I believe that these reforms are, in the end, not only in the best interest of our country, but in the best interest of our financial sector,"...

Atheists Ask Obama to Scrap Day of Prayer

They prefer 'National Day of Reason'

(Newser) - The American Humanist Association wants Barack Obama to declare a “National Day of Reason” on May 6, instead of a National Day of Prayer. A federal judge last week declared the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, saying it was an “inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function,...

Obama Talks With Potential Court Picks

Informal discussions show process getting serious

(Newser) - President Obama has begun conversations with potential Supreme Court nominees, a senior administration official tells the AP, signaling an upswing in the president's consideration of an already coalescing list of candidates. This morning, he'll meet with Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and the top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to...

'Birther Bill' Gets Nod in Arizona House

Bill requires Obama to show birth certificate to be on 2012 ballot

(Newser) - The Arizona House has given its initial blessing to a bill that would require Barack Obama to show his birth certificate before he can be put on the ballot in 2012, the Arizona Republic reports. The House voted 31 to 22 to add the so-called “birther bill” as an...

Obama Rips Wall Street in Cyber Stealth Ad

Google search leads to prez call for reform

(Newser) - The White House has launched a stealth attack on Wall Street in a controversial but deft Internet ad. A link to "Help Change Wall Street" pops up when users search "Goldman Sachs SEC" on Google. The link takes users to mybarackobama.com and features a photo of Obama...

Goldman Case Splits SEC Along Party Lines

Decision came after months of secret negotiations failed

(Newser) - The decision to go after Goldman split the SEC along party lines and came only after months of secret talks broke down. Though the commission generally aims for unanimity, they voted, 3-2, to proceed with the civil suit despite opposition from two Republican members. The tiebreaker was an Independent commissioner...

Goldman Hires Former White House Counsel for SEC Fight

Gregory Craig has strong ties to Obama, Democrats

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs has hired a big gun to help get them out of big trouble. The beleaguered bank has tapped Gregory Craig, President Obama's former legal counsel, to help them fight a civil suit brought by the SEC last week. Craig, who served for Obama's first year, is an attorney...

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