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This Sign Is Wasting Your Money—and Killing People

(Newser) - The federal government has mandated that every road project funded by stimulus money proudly tout the association with road signs, and that really steams Tait Trussell. The signs, “designed to meticulous federally dictated standards,” go for about $1,000, Trussell writes on Front Page. “So, publicizing thousands...

Krugman to Obama: I Told You So
Krugman
to Obama:
I Told You So
OPINION
Jul 10, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

Krugman to Obama: I Told You So

Bush-style hedging on possible 2nd stimulus isn't helping anyone

(Newser) - A second economic stimulus package looks increasingly necessary, and President Obama may get "caught in a political-economic trap" if he doesn't act soon, warns Paul Krugman in the New York Times. The Fed is out of the picture, and the White House has to deal with legislators convinced that...

Franken Officially Sworn In
 Franken Officially Sworn In 
Jul 7, 2009 12:19 PM CDT

Franken Officially Sworn In

(Newser) - Eight months after the election, Al Franken finally became Minnesota’s junior senator today, Politico reports. Joe Biden swore the former funnyman in on the same Bible late Democratic Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone used. “Congratulations Senator,” said the vice president, causing the Senate gallery to erupt in cheers....

Hospitals Agree to $155B in Future Savings

Will accept lower payments for Medicaid, Medicare

(Newser) - The nation’s hospitals have struck a deal with White House and Senate negotiators that will save the government $155 billion over 10 years, the Washington Post reports. The hospitals will accept lower-than-expected Medicare and Medicaid payments, and a gradual reduction in the amount paid to help care for the...

Biden: Obama Team 'Misread' the Economy

 Biden: Obama 
 Team 'Misread' 
  the Economy 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jul 5, 2009 11:00 AM CDT

Biden: Obama Team 'Misread' the Economy

Colin Powell 'concerned' by Obama's spending

(Newser) - Joe Biden conceded today that the Obama administration “misread” how bad the economy actually was and that now the unemployment rate is “much too high,” The Hill reports. In an interview taped in Iraq with This Week, the vice president also said the US doesn’t intend...

Biden: 'SOB' Saddam 'Rolling Over in His Grave'

(Newser) - Joe Biden presided over a huge naturalization ceremony in Baghdad today, CNN reports, as 237 US service members became American citizens. “We did it in Saddam’s palace,” Biden said, “and I can think of nothing better. That SOB is rolling over in his grave right now....

Iraq Protesters Burn US Flag During Biden Visit

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr mock veep's reconciliation tour

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to promote reconciliation among Iraqis was met today with protests by supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Reuters reports. Demonstrators burned American flags and shouted anti-US slogans. Biden plans to meet with PM Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani to assess plans to heal the...

Biden Has Tricky Balancing Act on Iraq Visit

(Newser) - High-level officials of Joe Biden's caliber usually stay in places like Iraq for a few hours, max. Biden, however, is now gearing up for the second day of his surprise visit. No wonder: In his new role as a sort of unofficial envoy to the nation, Biden has no small...

Hillary Excelling as Obama's Second Banana
 Hillary Excelling as 
 Obama's Second Banana 
Analysis
Jun 19, 2009 10:15 AM CDT

Hillary Excelling as Obama's Second Banana

Campaign animosity nowhere to be found for cabinet 'superstar'

(Newser) - Observers hoping for signs of the old campaign animosity between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been sorely disappointed. Clinton has been faithfully—and efficiently—executing Obama’s strategy, including the parts she criticized him for on the trail, writes the Economist. For example: Asked about her past objections to...

Biden: 'Real Doubts' About Iran Poll Results


 Biden: 'Real 
 Doubts' About 
 Iran Poll Results 

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jun 14, 2009 11:11 AM CDT

Biden: 'Real Doubts' About Iran Poll Results

Elsewhere, officials spar over pending health care proposals

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden this morning expressed “some real doubt” that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad legitimately won re-election in Iran, Politico reports. “There’s an awful lot of questions about how this election was run,” he told Meet the Press. On health care, Biden reiterated President Obama’s reluctance...

OK, Mr. President, Enough With the TV: Maher
OK, Mr. President, Enough With the TV: Maher
OPINION
Jun 12, 2009 9:42 AM CDT

OK, Mr. President, Enough With the TV: Maher

Obama should focus on getting things done, Bill Maher writes

(Newser) - The country needs more presidential action and fewer presidential TV appearances, Bill Maher writes for the Los Angeles Times. "Every time you turn on the TV, there's Obama. He's getting a puppy! He's eating a cheeseburger with Joe Biden! He's taking the wife to Broadway," he writes. Not...

Obama Effect Drove Lebanon Allies to Victory
Obama Effect Drove Lebanon Allies to Victory
ANALYSIS
Jun 9, 2009 7:18 AM CDT

Obama Effect Drove Lebanon Allies to Victory

Hezbollah defeat bodes well for Iranian election this Friday

(Newser) - Voters in Lebanon had many reasons for backing American allies over a Hezbollah-led coalition in Sunday's bellwether elections, but political analysts say that Barack Obama's efforts to reach out to the Muslim world played a significant role in the outcome. For the first time in years, being linked to Washington...

Obama's Strategy: Play Nice With Congress
 Obama's Strategy: Play Nice 
 With Congress 
Analysis
Jun 6, 2009 12:03 PM CDT

Obama's Strategy: Play Nice With Congress

(Newser) - Barack Obama believes he has a big advantage when it comes to passing health care reform. Though he ran as an outsider, he’s “quietly but methodically assembled the most Congress-centric administration in modern history,” writes Matt Bai in the New York Times Magazine. Unlike Clinton, who rode...

Biden Visits Lebanon Ahead of Elections

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon today to reinforce US support for the government ahead of key parliamentary elections. The vote in two weeks could see a pro-Western majority ousted by a coalition led by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah. Biden is the highest-ranking US official to visit Lebanon in...

Biden's Big Mouth Irks Obama: Book

(Newser) - The rocky relationship between President Obama and Joe Biden comes under scrutiny in a new book by a Newsweek reporter, Fox News reports. In Renegade: the Making of a President, Richard Wolffe writes that Obama is “distracted by his vice president's indiscipline” and has had to personally rebuke his...

Biden Arrives in Bosnia
 Biden Arrives in Bosnia 
May 19, 2009 7:02 AM CDT

Biden Arrives in Bosnia

Set to meet with presidency, Bosnian and Serbian leaders

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Bosnia today, the first stop of a three-day trip aimed at demonstrating intensified US engagement in the Balkans. Biden landed in Sarajevo, where he is scheduled to meet Bosnia's three-person presidency, address parliament, and meet separately with the country's two staunchest rivals—Bosniak leader...

Biden: Secret Bunker? What Secret Bunker?

VP denies he divulged 'undisclosed location' beneath residence

(Newser) - Joe Biden did not—repeat, not—disclose the existence of a bunker at the Naval Observatory used by former VP Dick Cheney, Politico reports. “What the vice president described in his comments was not—as some press reports have suggested—an underground facility,” a Biden aide said today....

Biden: Bo Don't Know Nothin' Like MY Dog

Veep disses his boss's dog in chat with fifth-graders

(Newser) - Vice President Joe Biden may have once again strayed off-message in a question-and-answer session with some Syracuse fifth-graders yesterday, the Post-Standard reports. Asked if he had ever petted a dog, Biden told the kids he had a dog of his own—and that his German shepherd didn't play second fiddle...

GOP Looks to Centrists for 2010
 GOP Looks to Centrists for 2010 
ANALYSIS
May 7, 2009 10:29 AM CDT

GOP Looks to Centrists for 2010

Candidates should 'fit their states': Cornyn

(Newser) - As the GOP eyes 2010, it’s turning to centrist candidates to restore its health—despite a “good riddance” attitude to the departure of moderate Arlen Specter, Politico reports. “I’m absolutely committed to recruiting candidates around the country that fit their states,” said National Republican Senatorial...

Sebelius: Never Mind Biden; It's OK to Travel
 Sebelius: Never 
 Mind Biden; 
 It's OK to Travel 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
May 3, 2009 10:19 AM CDT

Sebelius: Never Mind Biden; It's OK to Travel

Newest cabinet member seeks to allay swine flu fears

(Newser) - President Obama’s new Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the talk show rounds today, insisting that people should continue traveling, despite remarks to the contrary by Joe Biden. “Traveling and being in close places is certainly something we encourage people to continue to do,” she...

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