Category Archives: Barack Obama Today

Obama’s Super Bowl Wish

INDIANAPOLIS — The First Fan has only one complaint about Sunday’s Super Bowl: his favorite team isn’t in it. President Barack Obama says on Twitter.. Continue reading

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Obama: ‘I Deserve A Second Term’

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Sunday that he deserves another four years in the White House, even though the economy has been shaky throug… Continue reading

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William Astore: The Peril of Idolizing Our Military

As a retired veteran, such pro-military rhetoric in the president’s state of the union address resonates with me, but as a student of history it makes me more than uncomfortable. Read more: Obama State of the Union 2012 , State of the Union 2012 , U.S. Military , President Obama , Militarism , Iran , State of the Union , Iran Nuclear Weapons , Terrorism , Pro-Military , Politics News Continue reading

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Nevada Republican Voters Asked: What Would It Take For You To Support Barack Obama?

LAS VEGAS — In order to understand how deeply ingrained Republican hatred for President Barack Obama truly is, you need only ask one question: What w… Read more: Nevada Caucus , Nv Caucuses 2012 , Mitt-Romney-2012 , Nevada Caucus 2012 , Nv Caucuses , Nevada Caucuses 2012 , Nevada Republicans , Anti Obama Voters , Nevada Polls , Politics News , Nv Caucus 2012 , Barack Obama , Mitt Romney , Obama Republicans , Nevada Caucuses , Obama Voters , Barack Obama 2012 , Politics News Continue reading

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Richard (RJ) Eskow: Job Numbers Hype: It’s Bad Politics and Worse Policy

The reaction to January’s jobs report shows how tragically our expectations have fallen, especially among some Democrats and their supporters. Their… Continue reading

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Peter T. Coleman, PhD: President Obama’s Mixed-Motive Dilemma

Early indications seemed to suggest that President Obama would be a conflict resolution president. During his campaign for office, he pledged to bring… Read more: Politics , Negotiations , Obama , Conflict Resolution , Politics News Continue reading

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William Hartung: Nukes for the Troops? – The Absurdity of Uncritical Support for the Pentagon

Uncritical support of Pentagon spending will make us weaker, not stronger. Continue reading

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Don Ringe: Jeb: The Invisible Juggernaut

Former candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich watched, crest-fallen, from their respective hotel suites as Bush declared victory without ever being a formal candidate himself. Read more: George W. Continue reading

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The 2012 Speculatron Weekly Roundup For February 3, 2012

Congratulations, America: you survived January of 2012, along with its four super-hyped primaries and its eleventy-billion debates. Your reward? A sno.. Continue reading

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Will Durst: The GOP Soap Opera

It’s been more exciting than a zip-line over crocodile infested streams watching the Republican Reality TV show currently playing across the nation. Read more: Rick Santorum , Mitt Romney , Michele Bachmann , Newt Gingrich , Rick Perry , Barack Obama , Ron Paul , Comedy News Continue reading

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