As President Obama finds himself beset with “scandals,” the pundits and commentators in Washington are trying to make sense of it all—trying to determine whether there is any fire beneath all the smoke. In an insightful piece, Jacob Weisberg, the editor-in-chief of Slate, concludes that there isn’t much meat at all—that we have entered the [...]
President Obama and Family Plan Visits to Senegal, South Africa
May 17, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama will visit Dakar, Senegal, next month, according to reports in the Senegalese press. The newspaper L’As said today that the president will be in Dakar June 26 to 28 and will be accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sacha. Newspapers in South Africa have also been reporting an upcoming [...]
Obama Counters Benghazi Critics With Push For Diplomatic Security Funding
May 17, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama was actually asked at a White House news conference yesterday whether the controversies currently surrounding his administration placed him in a position to similar to disgraced former President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. The question demonstrated how eager his enemies are to push the matters of Benghazi and the IRS investigations of [...]
Jon Stewart Mocks President Obama’s Reaction to Scandals
May 15, 2013 | Posted by
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart tonight targeted President Obama for his reaction to major administration scandals in the past week. Stewart ridiculed the president for supposedly learning the details of the scandals only when they became public knowledge. Stewart found it odd that Obama did not discover that the IRS was targeting Tea Party groups and the [...]
Piers Morgan: ‘America at its Worst’ Under Obama
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
Television journalist Piers Morgan was not pleased with President Obama on Monday night, particularly in light of the news about the Justice Department seizing the Associated Press phone records over a two-month period. This is exactly what the president promised he wouldn’t do, Morgan recalled — and it’s a blatant attack on the country’s free press. [...]
GOP May Regret Attacking Obama With Political Sideshows
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
In January 2012, as the presidential campaign moved into full swing, congressional Republicans vowed to unite to deny President Obama a second term. House Speaker John Boehner said he had instructed every committee chairman to step-up oversight of the Obama administration. The strategy was to nitpick everything the administration did, from national security to foreign [...]
Obama Hit by 3 Controversies That May Hurt His 2nd-Term Agenda
May 14, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama‘s second-term agenda is being threatened by three brewing controversies that could blossom into full-fledged scandals if the Republicans have anything to do with them. Obama is being hit with reports of political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service; allegations that the administration tried to cover up its involvement in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2012, [...]
Gates Defends Obama Administration on Benghazi, Calls Republicans ‘Cartoonish’
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates blasted Republicans who have been critical of the Obama administration’s response to the attack on the American facility in Benghazi last year, saying they are exhibiting a “cartoonish” knowledge of the American military. Gates, a Republican who served in both the Bush and Obama administrations, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” [...]
Obama Breaks Bread with House Democratic Leaders at Jefferson Hotel
May 9, 2013 | Posted by
The Democrats in Congress finally got their meeting with the president. Obama has been busy of late courting Republicans, perhaps responding to criticisms that he has been slow in using the power of the presidency to do more back-slapping. So on Wednesday night, the president sat down with a bunch of House Democrats for a [...]
Pentagon Reports 35 Percent Increase in Military Sexual Assaults
May 8, 2013 | Posted by
The issue of sex crimes in the military jumped into the headlines this week, when the Pentagon reported a 35 percent increase in military sexual assaults last year. The report came two days after the chief of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention branch was arrested for allegedly groping a woman outside a bar near [...]
