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Americans Say There's Enough Blame to Go Around for Partisanship
By Bruce DrakeFifty-eight percent of Americans say the Republicans are not doing enough to comprise with President Obama on important issues and 44 percent put the burden on Obama for not finding ways to work with the GOP, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted Feb. 4-8.But more Americans say ...
Michelle Obama Kicks Off Anti-Obesity Drive With White House Events
By Lynn Sweet
First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Obama administration's anti-childhood obesity drive Tuesday with a goal, she said, of "solving childhood obesity in a generation." Mrs. Obama for the first time entered the Oval Office on "official business" Tuesday morning when she sat with President Obama as ...
Republicans May Skip White House Health Summit
By Patricia MurphyHouse Minority Leader John Boehner and the Republican whip, Rep. Eric Cantor, have notified the White House that Republicans may not participate in the president's bipartisan health care summit unless the ground rules of the meeting are changed. In a lengthy letter to White House Chief of Staff ...
White House Pushes to Rid Schools of Junk Food
By Christopher WeberBake sales and class parties are exempted, but unhealthy junk foods would be removed from school cafeterias and vending machines under a White House push beginning this week. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack wants legislation aimed at reducing obesity among young people by ridding the nation's ...
Obama's Approval Rating for Handling the Economy Reaches a Low
By Bruce DrakePresident Obama's job approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest point since he took office with only 36 percent giving him positive marks on the issue, according to a Gallup poll conducted Feb. 1-3. Sixty-one percent disapprove of his performance. In March, 59 percent ...
Obama Invites GOP to the Table on Health Care Reform Bill
By Bruce Drake
President Obama said Sunday he wants to include Republicans as well as Democrats in meetings aimed at trying to salvage the health care reform package stalled in Congress. Obama told CBS News' anchor Katie Couric in an interview taped before the Super Bowl that "I want to ask them [the Republicans] ...
Palin Holds Door Open to Presidential Run, Slams Obama
By Bruce Drake
Sarah Palin said Sunday she would run for President if she believed it was "the right thing to do" for the country and her family, and tore into President Obama for acting like he believed Americans should "shut up" and accept his policies Asked on Fox News Sunday "why wouldn't you run for ...
Latest Round-Up of Obama Poll Ratings by State
By Bruce DrakeThe latest round-up of President Obama's job approval or favorability ratings by state updates or adds Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, and Texas. One notable finding in this round of polls: Rasmussen has been asking voters whether their ...
Obama Braves Snow, Talks Politics, as Monster Storm Paralyzes DC
By Tom Diemer
President Obama ventured out of the White House on Saturday, but he was among a mere handful of Washingtonians willing to brave blizzardy conditions, as a record snow storm paralyzed the nation's capital and left tens of thousands without power. Even the president of the United States had to defer ...
The (Prayer) Breakfast Club: Obama Does the Lion's Den Again
By David Gibson
President Obama's address at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday was a given -- the chief executive has been the main speaker since the event began in 1953. But rarely has so much been riding on what in recent years has seemed like a feel-good function for conservative Christians and a chance ...
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