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At National Review, Tevi Troy wonders why liberals are so exasperated with Joe Lieberman. In so doing, he proceeds from a false premise to an erroneous conclusion: I’m not sure why Lieberman in particular inspires such hatred on the left. Full Article at The New Republic
THE CHRISTMAS TIMELINE.... There have been plenty of deadlines for the health care reform bill, all of them missed. The bill was to be done before the August recess. Then Labor Day. Then Thanksgiving. Full Article at Political Animal
The guiding myth underpinning the reconstruction of our dangerous banking system is: Financial innovation as we know it is valuable and must be preserved. Anyone opposed to this approach is a populist, with or without a pitchfork. Full Article at The New Republic
President Obama will have the Senate Democratic caucus over to the White House on Tuesday. Full Article at The Caucus
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) came out swinging in a Monday morning conference call with reporters, slamming Senate candidate Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for his "hypocrisy" on earmarking federal dollars for his district. Full Article at Real Clear Politics
Democrats have two candidates in the race: former Rep. Ed Case (D) and state Senate President Colleen Hanabusa. But Honolulu Councilor Charles Djou is the only candidate on the GOP side. Full Article at The Hill
A GOP leadership aide noted the president’s approval rating has dipped under 50 percent, adding that approval ratings for the Democratic-led Congress are much lower. Full Article at The Hill
Marines, part of initial wave of Obama's surge plan, to head to Afghanistan this week"I'm absolutely ecstatic about the situation," says Sgt. Full Article at CNN
Left: Jin Lee/Associated Press; Julie Jacobson/Associated Press Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire investor, may be President Obama’s distant cousin, according to a new study of Mr. Obama’s family tree. Full Article at The Caucus
Remember those old lyrics to the holiday tune “Santa Claus is Coming to Town?” At least one line has become a central step in the new security protocols for visitors at the White House: “He’s making a list and checking it twice.” Three weeks after the... Full Article at The Caucus
WASHINGTON—California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says world policymakers do not have to choose between a clean environment and economic growth. Schwarzengger said "we've proved that over and over again in California." Full Article at Boston Globe
WASHINGTON—It wasn't so long ago that politicians had the luxury to bicker over how to spend a record budget surplus, Barack Obama was a state senator trying unsuccessfully to get a foot in the door of the U.S. Capitol, and George W. Bush went to sleep... Full Article at Boston Globe
2. Resurgent Republic, the conservative polling consortium formed in the wake of the 2008 election, is out with a new poll today surveying 1,000 voters aged 55 or older. Full Article at The Washington Post
President Barack Obama’s ratings are steadily declining. His once-impressive poll numbers are sinking faster than a stone in the ocean. Even his allies on the Hill are starting to question his leadership decisions. Full Article at The Politico
I honestly don’t know whether the Senate will pass a health care bill this year. On the one hand, the obstacles seem almost insuperable; on the other, there are some very smart people working very hard to make something happen. Full Article at The Politico
Comcast could land squarely in the center of a raging debate over media consolidation and bias. Full Article at The Politico
Fifty-three percent of voters supported President Barack Obama's plan to send more forces to Afghanistan, and 47 percent liked his plan to begin withdrawing troops in 18 months. Full Article at The Politico
It’s not been the year that labor had hoped for when it helped Democrats seize control of both Congress and the White House in 2008. Full Article at The Politico
After spending years as a key player on her husband’s political team, South Carolina’s soon-to-be ex-First Lady Jenny Sanford now finds her own prospective political career the subject of considerable speculation. Full Article at The Politico
Take Steven Landsburg. Steven’s new book, The Big Questions, has a lot of good things in it, as one would expect from an author who proudly declares himself a math geek. Full Article at National Review Online
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Visitors examine a statue of U.S. President Barack Obama sitting in a traditional three-wheeled pedicab and created by sculptor Wilman Syahnur during an art festival in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
View Photo »Sculptor Wilman Syahnur rides on a traditional three-wheeled pedicab with his creation, a fiberglass statue of U.S. President Barack Obama flashing "peace" sign, on a street during an art festival in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
View Photo »El Salvador's President Tony Saca waves during the Ibero-American summit in San Salvador in this November 30, 2008 file photo.
View Photo »Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez watches Cuban singer Omara Portuondo and Cuban pianist and Grammy winner Chucho Valdes after they performed during the closing session of the 5th Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) alliance summit in Havana December 14, 2009.
View Photo »Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez embraces Cuban Omara Portuondo, the 79-year-old diva of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club group, as she performs during the closing session of the 5th Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 14, 2009.
View Photo »Cuban Omara Portuondo, the 79-year-old diva of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club group, performs as Cuban President Raul Castro and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez (L) listen during the closing session of the 5th Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) alliance summit...
View Photo »A man stands next to a graffiti depicting U.S. President Barack Obama dressed like Santa Claus holding a missile, in Caracas December 14, 2009.
View Photo »People walk past a graffiti depicting U.S. President Barack Obama dressed like Santa Claus holding a missile, in Caracas December 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama listens to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington December 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. Bancorp Chairman, President and Chief Executive Richard Davis (L) and Bank of New York Mellon Chief Executive and Chairman Robert Kelly leave after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington December 14, 2009.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , speaks with reporters following news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, in Washington.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , speaks during a news conference on health care, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington as Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. , Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. , Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. , an...
View Photo »Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bob Schillerstrom makes his point during a debate between the Illinois Republican candidates for Governor in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Dec 14, 2009.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , speaks during a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, in Washington.
View Photo »Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan argues his point during a debate between the Illinois Republican candidates for Governor in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
View Photo »Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , center, gestures during a news conference on health care, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
View Photo »Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard speaks during a debate between the Illinois Republican candidates for Governor in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. Bancorp Chairman, President and Chief Executive Richard Davis prepares for an interview after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington December 14, 2009.
View Photo »Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Bill Brady acknowledges applause during a debate between the Illinois Republican candidates for Governor in Springfield, Ill. , Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. Bancorp Chairman, President and Chief Executive Richard Davis (C), Bank of New York Mellon Chief Executive and Chairman Robert Kelly (L) and PNC Financial Services Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Rohr speak about their meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media in the Diplomatic Reception Room after meeting with financial services industry leaders at the White House in Washington December 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the press next to holiday decorations in the Diplomatic Reception Room after meeting with financial services industry leaders at the White House in Washington, December 14, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks to a speaker phone while meeting with financial services industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington December 14, 2009.
View Photo »President Barack Obama meets with members of the financial industry in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, to discuss the economic recovery.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 14: President Barack Obama (R) meets with members of the financial services industry at the White House on December 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Sculptor Wilman Syahnur rides on a traditional three-wheeled pedicab with his creation, a fiberglass statue of U.S. President Barack Obama flashing "peace" sign, on a street during an art festival in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
View Photo »Let me explain to you, my Kennebunkport is on the South Side of Chicago
Tennessee is now the place where Democrat congressional candidacies go to die
The problem is, there's a big gap between what I'm hearing here in the White House and the activities of lobbyists on behalf of these institutions or associations of which they're a member up on Capitol Hill
elbows with the likes of President Obama, Vice President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and later triumphantly posted photos of their coup on Facebook
Democrats aren't going to let the American people down. We all stand shoulder-to-shoulder
senior Obama administration official said there were plans over the next year to double the number of USAID workers in Pakistan from the current 80 people and to do the same with local staff too.
We want to do everything we can to encourage a strong, independent and democratic Lebanon
If President Obama doesn't pass health reform, it’s hard to imagine another president ever taking on this Herculean task. For those whose life's work is reforming health care, this may be the last train leaving the station.
President Suleiman emphasized his concerns with respect to Israel ... I want to be clear that I emphasized to him our concerns about the extensive arms that are smuggled into Lebanon that potentially serve as a threat to Israel.
Bucking the Democratic party on a major issue would not be a first for Nelson who is generally seen as a moderate in the Senate. During his tenure Nelson joined with Republicans to support President George W Bush's tax cuts and reject certain issues important to organized labor.
Obviously, Lebanon is a critical country in a critical region ... And we want to do everything we can to encourage a strong, independent and democratic Lebanon.
Bucking the Democratic party on a major issue would not be a first for Nelson who is generally seen as a moderate in the Senate. During his tenure Nelson joined with Republicans to support President George W Bush's tax cuts and reject certain issues important to organized labor.
threats against Lebanon that are taking place and that place obstacles to the economic growth of the country ... exert further pressure on Israel to implement Resolution 1701 and to withdraw from Israeli-occupied Lebanese territories.
Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the...
Our success in Afghanistan is inextricably linked to our partnership with Pakistan
President Obama has ordered the federal government to acquire a virtually empty prison in Illinois to house ‘a limited number of detainees’ currently held at the terror lockup in Guantanamo Bay, an administration official said Monday night ... The White House is set to announce Tuesday that it will take...
The threat posed by global warming to all life on Earth is very real
President Obama has ordered the federal government to acquire a virtually empty prison in Illinois to house ‘a limited number of detainees’ currently held at the terror lockup in Guantanamo Bay, an administration official said Monday night ... The White House is set to announce Tuesday that it will take...
This is an important bill for Nevada because it delivers much-needed funding to the state for projects that will strengthen our communities and create jobs
Convinced for the first time that they can bring down Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform package, Republicans are trying to get votes on more amendments as part of a strategy to divide the Democratic Conference and turn a few wayward moderates against the bill ... Given incr...
Dick, I had a good time at the Christmas celebration with your successor at Time Warner
Convinced for the first time that they can bring down Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) health care reform package, Republicans are trying to get votes on more amendments as part of a strategy to divide the Democratic Conference and turn a few wayward moderates against the bill ... Given incr...
Today I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. And this marks the conclusion of a careful policy review
Marc Mukasey, the son of Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey is mulling mounting a challenge to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, sources tell The Post. But the younger Mukasey, a partner at Rudy Giuliani's law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, would run only if the former mayor opts out of...
I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street ... Nothing has been more frustrating to me this year than having to salvage a financial system at great expense to taxpayers that was precipitated, that was caused in part by completely irresponsible actions...
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