Baroque Obama PIC

Baroque Obama (PIC)

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http://www.break.com/pictures/baroque-obama-2080806

Obama officially threatens to veto Cut Cap and Balance

The White House on Monday warned President Obama will veto GOP legislation to cut, cap and balance� spending and the budget.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/171997-obama-officially-threatens-to-veto-cup-cap-and-balance

Obamas Numbers Are Actually Pretty Good

Obama's job approval ratings aren't that bad when compared with other recent presidents who took office amid a recession.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/08/if_only_obama_had.html

Obama Tells Republicans to Stop Blocking Jobs Bill

President Obama made a statement today on the White House South Lawn blasting Senate Republicans for obstructing aid to small businesses.

Obama said, "When Congress reconvenes, this jobs bill will be the first business out of the gate. And the Senate Republican leadership needs to stop its efforts to block it."

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http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-jobs-bill

Dino Rossi clueless Thinks 13 of his state makes over 200K

Rossi argued that 2 1/2 million people in Washington benefit from the 2001 Bush tax cuts.

With 6.7 million people in Washington state, Rossi is either claiming that Obama and Murray want to raise taxes on people that they dont, or he is claiming that more than 1/3of the states population is making over 200K a year

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/18/rossi-rich/

How the fight over tax breaks affects you interactive

Most Republicans want to extend all of the cuts, saying that any increase in taxes will hold back the economic recovery.

Obama and Democratic leaders are proposing to extend many of the cuts but say tax breaks for top earners should expire to help pare down growing national deficits. Click on an option to compare...

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/comparing-the-tax-plans/?wpisrc=nl_natlalert

MSNBC Does a ReDo on Matthews Defending Breitbart

One of the most bizarre things I've seen in a long time.

Chris Matthews had Howard Dean and Joan Walsh on to discuss the Shirley Sherrod debacle and what Andrew Breitbart did to slime her and the Obama administration's response; when Walsh and Dean pointed out that Breitbart's video was highly edited, Matthews goes ballistic.

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http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/node/38689

Whither Obamas Economic Agenda Will it Speed Recovery

The President is right about the Republicans threatening to make things worse, but is he really making them any better? He seems to prefer shadow boxing than ripping into his opponents, being a mediator rather than a fighter.

Already, he's getting a lot of flack for being "anti-business."

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/danny-schechter/30359/whither-obamas-economic-agenda-will-it-speed-recovery

Obamas Bungling of Sherrod Issue Clouds Accomplishments

The day after skidding to his worst approval rating, President Obama and his team came across as rattled and defensive - traits Americans don't like in their leaders.

The administration's stumble-bungling in the Shirley Sherrod melodrama is an epic case of lousy damage control - and that's putting it mildly.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/07/25/2010-07-25_gaffes_overshadow_prez_achievements_numbers_plunge_has_white_house_sounding_jump.html

Andrew Breitbart and Political Pornography

Andrew Breitbart has a job to do and he does it well.

Breitbarts job is to lie and distort the truth in order to advance a right-wing agenda, embarrass liberals, and undermine the Obama administration.

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http://progressivenation.us/2010/07/24/andrew-breitbart-and-political-pornography/

Senate Passes Bill To Restore Jobless Benefits

President Obama is poised to sign the measure into law after a final House vote on Thursday.

The measure had once been considered routine but got caught up in a monthslong battle between Democrats and Republicans over whether the benefits should be financed with additional federal debt or with cuts to other programs.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128678534&ft=1&f=1001

Rovelinked group uses secret donors to fund attacks

The new group, called American Crossroads GPS, has been telling donors their contributions would be used to dig up dirt on Congressional Democrats expense account abuses� and to frame the BP oil spill as Obamas Katrina.�

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39998.html

Obama Rips GOP for Continuing to Block Unemployment Benefits

Today, President Obama lashed out at the Senate GOP for continuing to block an extension of unemployment benefits.

Obama said, "They've got no problem spending money on tax breaks for folks at the top who don't need them and didn't even ask for them; but they object to helping folks laid off in this recession who really do need help.�

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http://www.politicususa.com/en/obama-rips-senate-gop

Most Think Bank Bailout Came During Obama Term

A new Pew Research poll finds that just 34% of Americans know that the federal government's bank bailout program was actually signed into law by President Bush while 47% incorrectly believe it was enacted during the Obama's administration.

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/07/16/most_think_bank_bailout_came_during_obama_term.html

Is Obama maximizing his power of persuasion

This is how I would describe President Obamas approach to getting the American public moving again.

Talking job creation and financial regulatory reform is one thing, but a presidents main source of power is his power to persuade.

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http://www.examiner.com/x-18558-Public-Policy-Examiner~y2010m7d14-Is-Obama-maximizing-his-power-of-persuasion

Unemployment and debt to boot

Let's think about President Obama's failed economic stimulus program.

Before getting to the nitty-gritty of why stimulus packages fail, let's look at the failed stimulus program of Obama's hero, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/percent-257520-government-depression.html

Happy Energy Independence Solar Recovery Day

With the economy and job-growth stagnant, oil still spewing from the BP well-head into the Gulf of Mexico as a toxic reminder of our addiction to fossil fuels, President Obama couldnt have picked a better time to announce a major solar power initiative than today, July 3rd � only hours away from Independence Day.

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http://thephoenixsun.com/archives/10430

McChrystal loose lips and the media

For a cerebral president intent on projecting a united front of seriousness to the public, the story couldn't have been further off message.

The general leading Obama's grim war presented himself not as a hardened warrior-scholar but as the military's most decorated consumer of Bud Light Lime.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062702013.html

Sarah Palin Tells President Obama to Humble Himself

Sarah Palin continued her desperate quest to inject herself into the Gulf oil leak story by appearing on FNC's Hannity tonight to urge President Obama to, "humble himself," and, "call those around you on a non partisan basis that could give you the best advice." Palin seemed to suggest that the black president needs to be more humble.

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http://www.politicususa.com/en/palin-obama-humble

Bams About Face

Isolating Israel hasn't worked; "slapping Bibi down" failed to make the Arabs love America.
Obama is now testing whether warming up to Israel works better.

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bam_about_face_5APPcQrCxySDxRFNfxap8H