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Obama Professes Satisfaction With Payroll Tax DealOn The Radar President Obama triangulated, truncated and equivocated on his way to a pale compromise with lawmakers over the payroll tax. On Saturday, with Senate approval behind him and House action a question mark next week, he professed satisfaction with a result that will benefit 160 million Americans -- for eight weeks in 2012. "I'm glad that both parties in Congress came together," the president declared. "And I want to thank them for ensuring that as we head into the holidays, folks at home don't have to worry about their taxes going up." |
Hate Washington? Join The ClubGwen's Take Welcome to my hometown. There are few places in the world that people hate so much, yet expend such extraordinary effort trying to get to. Myself, I find much to love about Washington. The monuments are pretty. The green spaces are well-manicured. The museums are astounding (and mostly free). And it is just Southern enough to produce good food and good people. But if there is one thing that never seems to change, it is that the rest of the country has come to hate the caricature the city has become. |
Why Team Obama Is Bullish on Re-election in 2012On The Radar President Obama will win a second term because of his incumbency and his political track record, not in spite of those facts, his campaign team told reporters Tuesday. While the president's critics predict that a weak economy and voter disappointment in Obama -- after 2008's sky-high expectations -- will prove his undoing, his campaign strategists arrived in Washington this week ready to explain why they see the election landscape so differently. |
Obama’s Re-Election Path May Be Written in Will St. Clair’s CodeOn The Radar Will St. Clair, wearing semi-rimless glasses, a plaid buttoned-down shirt, jeans and Adidas sneakers, can usually be found sitting on an exercise ball in the back of President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters, his eyes trained on his computer screen. The 23-year-old’s job is a mystery even to some senior staff in Chicago, yet they say they hope the skills he brings are a secret weapon: he’s a software engineer. St. |
Democrats Find a Welcome DistractionOn The Radar President Obama bluntly acknowledged Tuesday that winning a second term was “not a slam-dunk,” but a development outside his control is bolstering Democratic spirits: the prospect of a drawn-out Republican battle between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. |
Obama Welcomes Era of 'Equal Partnership' with IraqOn The Radar With the last U.S. troops set to depart Iraq, President Obama on Monday welcomed a new phase of "equal partnership" with the Iraqi government, even as both sides admit uncertainty about how that will work. "We're here to mark the end of this war," Obama said, appearing alongside Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki at the White House, and to "begin a new chapter in the history between our countries — a normal relationship between sovereign nations." |
Obama Team Likes Prospect of Long Republican FightOn The Radar President Obama and his allies are keenly aware of the challenges on the horizon in his re-election bid, but one development entirely out of their control is bolstering their spirits: the prospect of a drawn-out Republican nominating fight between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. “The longer this race goes, the more you’re going to see these Republican candidates try to mortgage the general election to try and win the primary campaign,” said David Axelrod, the chief strategist for the president’s re-election campaign. |
U.S. Troops Leaving Iraq This Year; Obama Could Benefit Next YearOn The Radar The last American troops are coming home from Iraq this month, and President Obama is marking the occasion with a series of events to commemorate the conclusion of the war. On Wednesday at Fort Bragg, N.C., he and the first lady will thank troops for their service. |
Obama sides with the 99%On The Radar Conservatives were quick to accuse President Obama of embracing class warfare in his speech last week in Osawatomie, Kan. And liberal Democrats were thrilled to see a hint of the populist president they had hoped they were voting for in 2008. The polarized reactions suggest that Obama's speech succeeded in one of its goals: to frame the 2012 election as a clear choice between two philosophies, a contest he might be able to win, instead of a referendum on his own unhappy economic record. |
Black Holes and Campaign 2012Gwen's Take The scientists at the University of California Berkeley have discovered something awesome: monster black holes – 10 billion times the mass of the sun – that suck in everything around them. Even light |
