President-elect John F. Kennedy declares victory at the Hyannis Armory on November 9, 1960. He was assassinated 46 years ago in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
** OBAMA TODAY – SUNDAY. President Barack Obama is in Washington today.
He has no scheduled public events.
Neither does Vice President Joe Biden.
Obama won a [...]
This is the question a lot of people are asking. Progressives are wondering what happened to the Barack Obama who ran for President as an enthusiastic supporter of single-payer health care. Yes, I said it, single-payer, the idea that health care should be publicly funded and privately delivered to everyone. [...]
President Barack Obama got a big reaction from the troops at Osan Air Base in South Korea, saying that their work has helped transform millions of lives in the region.
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama conferred privately today with generals and other advisors on his new strategy for [...]
The allegations that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen and so is not legitimately president continue to percolate, with an appeal filed Monday with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter on Oct. 29 dismissed without trial a civil suit seeking to [...]
President Barack Obama concluded his first-ever trip to China early today by visiting the Great Wall of China. This is what we call a metaphor.
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia continues in Korea. … At 5:10 PM Pacific, Obama visits US Embassy staff and their families [...]
The news is not good for President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats on the political front. Obama's popularity has dropped below 50% in public opinion polls and independents, who often provide the margin of victory in national elections, aren't backing Democratic policies.
That suggests big problems for Democrats in next year's [...]
Evidently not. But Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama would have you believe that doctors support the House’s passage of the 2000 page Healthcare bill. Purporting that the AMA supports the bill would have most of us believe that doctors are supporting the bill. However, the AMA only represents 17% of [...]
With the Obama Administration criticized for not going after Wall Street malfeasance, Attorney General Eric Holder and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today announced the creation of a joint task force to combat financial crimes.
** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia continues. … At 8 PM Pacific, Obama [...]
The Heritage Foundation reminds us of President Barack Obama’s grand promise back in the Rose Garden on Nov. 7:
“The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance; quality, affordable options for those who don’t; and bring [...]
Updated with responses from O.C. GOP Chairman Scott Baugh and O.C. Dems’ Executive Director Malahat Rafiei.
Some have touted the election of Barack Obama has heralding a “post-racial era,” but prejudice swayed some from voting for the black man and is causing many to be wary of his policies, according to [...]
Earlier today in Shanghai, President Barack Obama said that individual expression is not an American ideal but a universal right that should be available to all.
** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … THE INEVITABLE FLUKE THAT IS SARAH PALIN.
** RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WARNS OF CLIMATE CATASTROPHE. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev [...]
President Barack Obama said Sunday that the United States and Russia will have a treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year’s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to the Singapore summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
** OBAMA TODAY – SUNDAY. President Barack Obama is in [...]
President Barack Obama observed Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery, saying the nation owes a great debt to those who chose to pursue a higher cause by serving their country. He’s off today for his big Asian trip.
** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … OBAMA IN FLUX.
** POLITICS NEVER SLEEPS. [...]
President Barack Obama took part in the memorial service yesterday at Fort Hood and also delivered an address, one of his best, on the enduring nature and value of military service in the changing world of the early 21st century.
** VETERANS DAY began as Armistice Day, proclaimed by President [...]
A man claiming to have been Barack Obama’s homosexual lover and another claiming to have Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate say Laguna Niguel attorney Orly Taitz asked them to lie in federal court. I’ll get to the details of their affidavits with the allegations momentarily.
Taitz planned to [...]
Laguna Niguel attorney Orly Taitz has filed a fiery motion to revive her dismissed lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency. The documents filed with federal District Judge David O. Carter’s Santa Ana court include allegations that a Carter law clerk previously worked for a law firm defending Obama, [...]
President Barack Obama, honoring the 13 soldiers slain in last week’s Fort Hood shooting rampage, discussed the long tradition of military service in this country.
** ** QUICK HITS. President Barack Obama is getting some rave reviews for his speech today at Fort Hood. It was delayed, as was his [...]
[Guest post by DRJ]
President Barack Obama made a surprise video appearance at the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:
“In the message beamed into celebrations at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, once on the border between East and West Berlin, Obama told cheering crowds: “Even in the face of [...]
As we celebrate today one of the greatest accomplishments of the most accomplished president of the second half of the twentieth century, it becomes incumbent on ourselves to contrast his rhetoric with that of the current incumbent. Whereas Ronald Reagan reserved his greatest venom for the enemies of [...]
With prayers, music and pomp, Germany, with world leaders in attendance, today celebrates the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell.
** QUICK HITS. Word is that President Barack Obama will likely split the difference on troop requests for Afghanistan. Not a surprise. … It looks more [...]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,flanked by Rep. James Clyburn, left, and President Barack Obama, right.
President Barack Obama was in the White House Rose Garden a few minutes ago urging lawmakers to vote yes on health reform even [...]
