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Obama Mourns Fort Hood Soldiers, Plans Tuesday Trip There For Memorial Service
It's Crunch Time on Jobs, and Time for Obama to Make His Move
Rick Scott: Unsung Conservative Hero of the Health Care Debate
Obama Hails AARP, AMA Support for House Health Bill 2 Days Before Vote
Michele Bachmann's Capitol House Call: 'Get Your Hands Off My Health Care!'
Gay Marriage Split: Why Maine Is Mainstream
Weighty Matters: Mike Huckabee Gains 25 Lbs., 'Biggest Loser' Comes to D.C.
Carly Fiorina Enters California Senate Race to Unseat Barbara Boxer
'By the People' Watch Party: On '09 Election Night, Dems Liked '08 Ending Better
McDonnell, the New Model for GOP Success as Republicans Win 2 of 3
The Battle of NY-23 and Sarah Palin's Purity Problem
Bloomberg Re-Elected Mayor in N.Y., Menino in Boston; Foxx in Charlotte
New Hampshire Passes Gay Marriage; 6 States High and Risin'
By Tommy ChristopherHow high's the water, Mama? Five feet high and risin' -- Johnny CashThe gay rain is fallin' hard. On Wednesday, New Hampshire eclipsed Johnny Cash's high water mark, becoming the sixth state to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry. ...
Jake Tapper Gets Unfairly Pilloried for Obama 'Muslim Roots' Article
By Tommy ChristopherMedia Matters, Gawker, and DailyKos, to name just a few, are out for blood -- Jake Tapper-flavored, Venti, please. Why the outrage? Here's what Gawker says:ABC News' Jake Tapper, seemingly bored silly on a flight to Riyadh, or maybe just experimenting to see how many links he could get from wingnut websites, published perhaps the most imbecilic article in the history of journalism on ABC.com. With a title, "The Emergence of President Obama's Muslim Roots," that just pathetically screams "please link to me Matt Drudge," Tapper regurgitates a slew of widely known facts about Obama's family's ...
Barack Obama's Secret Meetings with Reverend Wright, Hillary Clinton
By Tommy ChristopherIn the cold light of hindsight, the "Reverend Wright Affair" seems even sillier and more overwrought than it did at the time. An excerpt from then-Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe's new book, "Renegade: The Making of a President," seems almost dated now. Wolffe describes a clandestine meeting between the two on the eve of Wright's re-emergence at the National Press Club: ...
Nancy Reagan to President Obama: 'Oh, You're a Lefty!'
By Tommy ChristopherNancy Reagan was at the White House yesterday for the signing of a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. She made an observation about President Obama that doubtless has many conservatives referring to her as "Sherlock." ...
Dick Cheney In a Tie With President Obama on Gay Marriage
By Tommy ChristopherFormer Vice President Dick Cheney, in an appearance today at the National Press Club, offered support for marriage equality:"I think that freedom means freedom for everyone," replied the former V.P. "As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish. The question of whether or not there ought to be a federal statute to protect this, I don't support. I do believe that the historically the way marriage has been regulated ...
Book Excerpt: Obama 'Not Begging' Hillary to Take Secretary of State Job
By Tommy ChristopherFormer Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe's new book, "Renegade: The Making of a President," details some uncomfortable behind-the scenes wrangling about the selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, according to an excerpt on Huffington Post.The excerpt describes a candidate eager to have Clinton on his team, but not willing to jump through hoops. On retiring Clinton's campaign debt:"I'm not begging her to take this job," Obama told his senior aides. "If she wants it, I could help. But I'm not willing to go out in these difficult economic times to do a flashy fundraiser in ...
Video: Randall Terry Meets 'Richard Cranium'
By Tommy ChristopherOperation Rescue founder Randall Terry is all over the news now because of his heinous statement on the murder of Dr. George Tiller:George Tiller was a mass-murderer. We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama Administration will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions. Abortion is still murder. And we still must call abortion by its proper name; murder.This put me in mind of my first encounter with Terry.It was in Denver, at the Democratic convention. ...
Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly Among Early Scapegoats for Tiller Murder
By Tommy ChristopherIt didn't take long. The blogosphere, and the more immediate (and arguably more important) Twittersphere are abuzz with finger-pointing in the hours-ago murder of Dr. George Tiller. On Twitter, Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas was characterisically subtle with his summation:Who'll be the next target of O'Reilly's and Beck's ire to get gunned down by domestic conservative terrorist?As I pointed out earlier, Bill O'Reilly has already been singled out, and Ann Coulter was the next to be teed up: ...
Famous Abortion Doctor Murdered at Kansas Church, Suspect Arrested
By Tommy ChristopherUpdate: Melinda Henneberger has additional details from eyewitnesses. From HuffPo: WICHITA, Kansas -- Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas doctor whose clinic received national attention for performing late-term abortions, was shot to death as he entered his Wichita church on Sunday. "Members of the congregation who were inside the sanctuary at the time of the shooting were being kept inside the church by police," the Wichita Eagle reported, "and those arriving were being ushered into the parking lot." As of this writing, the police are still seeking a suspect in a powder blue Ford Taurus with Kansas ...
White House Urges Correction of Detainee Rape Photo Story
By Tommy ChristopherAs I reported Thursday, the White House denied reports in the British press that the Abu Ghraib photos being blocked by the President contained images of rape and sexual abuse.In a rather unusual move, the White House sent out the following email early on Saturday:Important Please Read: From White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs A number of you have asked about or reported on a recent article in the Telegraph that inaccurately described photos which are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. Both the Department of Defense and the White House have said the article was wrong, and now the ...
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