Barack Obama

Blaming Obama can’t bail Limbaugh out this time

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His advertisers are defecting. He’s facing increasing criticism from his own side. And the evidence is mounting that his continued tirades against Sandra Fluke are damaging the GOP. So Rush Limbaugh is attempting a last ditch, but tried-and-true strategy to stop the bleeding: Blame Barack Obama for creating the whole mess. “Obama is sorely hurting [...]

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Romney Wins Ohio, Four Other Super Tuesday States

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(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney squeezed out a win in pivotal Ohio, captured four other states with ease and padded his delegate lead in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but was forced to share the Super Tuesday spotlight with a resurgent Rick Santorum. On the busiest night of the campaign, Romney scored a home-state [...]

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Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult

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March 3, 2012 By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program. The student, Sandra Fluke, had testified to congressional [...]

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The Edwards-Clinton Deal To Win

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As per the report of new Time Magazine poll, John Edwards maintains the same level of support in Iowa.Recently, John Edwards and Hillary Clinton figured out a way to remain on the top of poll results. They have signed a pact for at least next four months. Edwards will try for Clinton's national ratings to [...]

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Fiery charges: Romney, Santorum assail each other

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MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum, surging in the race, also took his lumps from the audience, which [...]

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Gas prices, Josh Hamilton, gay marriage, contraception, health insurance rates

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I can think of any number of reasons why one would not vote for President Barack Obama for re-election (lack of sufficient oversight in stimulus spending, for one), but as long as those on the right like letter writer Craig Buzbee on Sunday depend on half-truths and outright falsehoods in their attack, they are not [...]

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AFP: Xi backs expanding US-China military ties: Pentagon

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Xi backs expanding US-China military ties: Pentagon WASHINGTON — China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between the two powers after talks at the Pentagon Tuesday, a US military spokesman said. China's top brass has shown less enthusiasm for deepening security ties with the United States [...]

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Romney's bad day is Santorum's best in GOP race

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Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string ofstunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak andraised new questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's clout withconservatives. Romney shrugged off his poor showing, but his losses Tuesday inMissouri, Minnesota and Colorado laid bare his stubborn weaknessjust when it looked as if his party was beginning [...]

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President Obama cracks jokes at elite Alfalfa Club dinner (updated)

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Barack Obama got to hear some good jokes from Sandra Day O’Connor(left) at the Alfalfa Club dinner, but left before Jeb Bush (right) did his routine. (All three shown in Washington Post file photos from last year; press photographers were not allowed at the dinner.) UPDATED 7 p.m. Well, look who decided to come around! [...]

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Tea Party may get rebuffed in tax cut showdown

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House Speaker John Boehner (C) speaks during a news conference at the Narino Presidential House in Bogota January 11, 2012. Credit: Reuters/John Vizcaino WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker John Boehner, hoping to spare fellow Republicans a second embarrassing defeat over payroll tax cuts, is prepared to navigate around rebellious Tea Party-aligned lawmakers to get a [...]

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St. Louis-area members of Congress offer contrasting views of Obama's speech

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Updated: At 10:45 PM with reactions topresident's speech. WASHINGTON • Politicians sparred in recent daysabout the intent of Barack Obama's State of the Union address, buthistory suggests that the annual updates on the country'scondition always are political speeches — especially when apresident heads into a re-election year. Obama's speech tonight was no different, a confrontationaladdress that drew sharp contrasts [...]