For the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency, Mitch McConnell never got a phone call from the White House.
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Box Office: ‘The Hangover Part II’ Parties to the Top
If the U.S.
From the Top Down, Sloughing Off Blame for the Spill
President Barack Obama does not like to get angry. His equanimity is his pride, and he rarely uses the bully pulpit of the Presidency for explicit criticism.
What Bibi Gains by Misrepresenting Obama’s Mideast Policy
Of all the petty annoyances, misdemeanors and felonies of public life, there is none that Barack Obama detests more than to have his words twisted or oversimplified. It is a big part of his frustration with the media; it is a bigger part of his disdain for the talk-show wing of the Republican Party
Obamaworld 2012
As big as a football field and nearly as empty, Barack Obama’s re-election headquarters looks like a start-up gone wrong. Wires sprout like weeds from the carpeting, legions of bookshelves stand empty, and the swing-state maps hastily pinned to the wall are freebies from the AAA auto club down the street.
India’s U.N. Security Council Seat: Don’t Hold Your Breath
A day after President Barack Obama publicly endorsed India’s claim to a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, State Department spokesman P.J
O’Bama Come Home: An Irish Village Welcomes its Prodigal Son
As the residents of Moneygall ready themselves to play host to Barack Obama on May 23, many hope the visit will bring the Irish village exactly what the President’s great-great-great-grandfather sought when he left there 150 years ago: prosperity. It takes less than a minute to drive through Obama’s ancestral hometown, a sleepy and typical rural village whose main attractions are a single pub, a corner shop, a post office and a football field.
Syria Critical of Obama’s Middle East Speech Warning Assad
Damascus, it seems, does not care for Barack Obama’s advice. In a much anticipated policy speech on Thursday, May 19, the U.S
Can Obama’s Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain?
For weeks, Bahrain’s Shi’ite-dominated opposition movement felt it had been suffering in a bubble.
Can They Win, One Tweet at a Time?
When Barack Obama traveled to Texas this month to talk immigration, David Plouffe, his top message guru, decided to stay home and watch Twitter instead.