AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Michael Smerconish
Health Care for Illegal Immigrants? 'Simply Not True,' Says Obama
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyCallers to Michael Smerconish's radio show on Thursday fought through their nerves to ask President Obama about the nuts and bolts of health care reform and other issues. With Smerconish and his crew set up in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Obama took caller questions on everything from health care reform to cash for clunkers to the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Smerconish led off the questioning, asking about the unprecedented expansion of government into several areas of the economy. Obama said he did not start the intervention into the banking or auto industries. "They were ...
MSNBC Republican Reconsiders His Choice
By Denise Williams - Politics DailyNote: Michael answers my questions at the end of this article.Michael A. Smerconish, Philadelphia-area native, attorney, columnist, author, morning drive-time talker on Philly's WPHT radio and MSNBC pundit, is a life-long Republican. But this moderate to conservative Republican is considering voting for Barack Obama.Before I got XM radio, I had few listening choices in this area. I'm not overly fond of "morning zoo"-type radio, the local New Jersey talk out of Trenton was lame, and so I wound up listening to Smerconish every morning on my drive into work. It was a rare day when I would find ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
- Romney Challenged on How Much Class Size Matters
- Panetta Calls Pakistan Doctor's Treason Sentence 'Disturbing'
- Leon Panetta on Possible Iran Strike: We Have Plans for Everything
- Panetta Dismisses Romney's Afghanistan Criticism
- Leon Panetta: 'Nothing Inappropriate' Shared With Bin Laden Filmmakers
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics