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Obama Faces Staff Turnover as Second Term Unfolds
Tweet Share on Facebook February 15, 2013 CommentThe turnover within President Obama's "A-Team" at the White House is about average for second terms in recent years, but only one third of his top advisers have decided to stay in their jobs, creating some potential liabilities for the future, according to a new study.
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Fewer Viewers for Obama’s SOTU Speech
Tweet Share on Facebook February 14, 2013 CommentPresident Obama has been getting positive news coverage for his State of the Union address this week, but many Americans have tuned him out.
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Surprise! Obama Pollster Finds Americans Want New Climate Change Laws
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2013 CommentA new poll appears to bolster President Obama's argument that Americans favor immediate action on climate change.
Sixty-five percent of voters say they support "the president taking significant steps to address climate change now." This includes 89 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents, and 38 percent of Republicans.
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Obama Sketches a Broad Agenda in State of the Union
Tweet Share on Facebook February 12, 2013 CommentAdvancing the themes that led to his re-election victory, President Obama billed himself as, above all, a relentless advocate of the middle class in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, and urged congressional Republicans to work with him rather than consistently oppose his initiatives.
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Republicans Expect Obama to Be ‘Pivoter in Chief’
Tweet Share on Facebook February 12, 2013 CommentAnticipating President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, Republicans are making fun of his expected pivot to the issue of creating jobs.
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Obama Heads to the Stump After State of the Union
Tweet Share on Facebook February 12, 2013 CommentPresident Obama will use traditional stumping, the social media and his personal political network to sell his agenda in a campaign style follow-up to Tuesday's State of the Union address.
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Obama Eschews Newspaper Interviews
Tweet Share on Facebook February 11, 2013 CommentHere's more evidence that the media climate is changing dramatically and the White House is doing its best to exploit the situation: President Obama has given relatively few interviews to newspapers over the past four years, and he apparently has no intention of changing his ways.
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Obama Turns on the Charm
Tweet Share on Facebook February 8, 2013 CommentSuddenly, President Obama has become schmoozer in chief, at least with members of his own party.
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Obama to Lay Out Broad Agenda in State of the Union
Tweet Share on Facebook February 8, 2013 CommentPresident Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday will shape his presidency for at least the next year, his advisers say, and he is expected to set a detailed agenda on taxes and spending, job creation, immigration, gun control, education, and slowing climate change.
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Fox News Shows Dick Morris the Door
Tweet Share on Facebook February 6, 2013 CommentDick Morris, the conservative analyst known for his constant grin, his certitude, and his bad predictions, is out of a job at Fox News, setting off chortles of delight from Democrats and liberals.
