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OPINION: Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech Channels George W. Bush (CBS News)
As President Obama wrapped up his remarks at the acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, it’s easy to imagine the members of the Nobel Committee saying to themselves, “wait – we gave it to that guy?”
After all, the general consensus among commentators was that Mr. Obama had won the prize because he represented such [...]
White House Tries To Put Positive Spin On ‘Less Than Successful’ Asian Trip (L.A. Times)
Reporting from Seoul — Even before President Obama boarded his home-bound flight for Washington, capping his exhausting weeklong Asian tour, the White House was scrambling to combat perceptions that the trip failed to produce concrete results.
Compared to Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, the U.S. is putting its alliances “on a firmer footing” and has “reasserted [...]
Varying Responses to Speech in Mideast Highlight Divisions
President Obama’s carefully balanced message was greeted warmly by his immediate audience in Cairo on Thursday and in some other parts of the Mideast, but there was also dismissiveness and frustration. And among Israelis and Palestinians, reactions to a message designed to open each side up to the other seemed rather to reflect the fractures [...]
William Bradley/Opinion: Repositioning America: Obama’s Cairo Speech As the Ultimate in Event Marketing
In the biggest example of event marketing that comes to mind, President Barack Obama used his ballyhooed speech today at Cairo University to reposition America in the Muslim and Arab worlds.
“I have come here,” he said, “to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest [...]
Republicans in Distress: Is the Party Over?
These days, Republicans have the desperate aura of an endangered species. They lost Congress, then the White House; more recently, they lost a slam-dunk House election in a conservative New York district, then Senator Arlen Specter. Polls suggest that only one-fourth of the electorate considers itself Republican, that independents are trending Democratic and that as [...]
Republicans rip Obama for insufficient budget cuts – Republicans Call Obama Budget ‘Insufficient’
Republican congressional leaders tore into President Obama’s proposed 2010 budget Thursday, arguing that his spending cuts will do little to stem a rising tide of red ink.
The White House released details earlier in the day outlining $17 billion in cuts from 121 federal programs. The total savings amounts to roughly 0.5 percent of the more [...]
Barack Obama, Off Limits To Late Night Comics
On his HBO show, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” the comedian routinely makes vicious fun of celebrities, politicians, presidents and even God. But he’s learned that, for much of his audience, Barack Obama is off limits. Not long after the historic presidential election, Maher joked that Republicans were feeling particularly superstitious: “They say the [...]
Opinion-L.A. Times/Jonah Goldberg: Obama’s Arrogance Will Be His Undoing
The most remarkable, or certainly the least remarked on, aspect of Barack Obama’s first 100 days has been the infectious arrogance of his presidency.
There’s no denying that this is liberalism’s greatest opportunity for wish fulfillment since at least 1964. But to listen to Democrats, the only check on their ambition is the limits of their [...]
On Foreign Policy, Obama Doesn’t Stray Too Far From Bush
When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Mexico last month, she caused a stir by acknowledging the obvious, that the United States bears a share of responsibility for the drug wars ravaging its southern neighbor. “Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs,” she said, “fuels the drug trade.”
The remarks were interpreted as a departure [...]
Breaking News: Obama To Lift Cuba Travel Restrictions
President Obama will announce today that he is lifting travel restrictions that block Cuban Americans from traveling to Cuba and will relax the rules governing what items can be sent to the island, a senior White House official said.
The decision does not lift the trade embargo on communist Cuba but eases the prohibitions that have [...]
