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  • All eyes on Earl as it approaches N.C.
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for Ocracoke Island, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, and Cape Lookout National Seashore, as well as Hatteras Island. Tropical storm force winds will arrive on Massachusetts' Cape Cod by Friday afternoon. Morris said that hurricane force winds are possible there later on Friday, with Earl making its closest pass to Cape Cod on Friday evening as a Category 1 hurricane.
  • Clinton: U.S. won't 'impose' peace
    Sep 2, 2010 — Politico
    There is the prospect of additional side meetings while the delegations are here, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said.
  • Economist Christina Romer serves up dismal news at her farewell luncheon
    Sep 2, 2010 — Washington Post
    That's not Romer's fault; the financial collapse occurred before she, and Obama, took office. Romer, wearing a green suit, read brightly from her text - a delivery at odds with the dark material she was presenting. Here, Romer became uncharacteristically hesitant to make predictions.
  • Enhancing the dishonesty on Obama's religion
    Sep 2, 2010 — Washington Post
    Stephen StrombergI admit it -- I gave Ann Coulter a page view this morning, and for that, I’m sorry. Also leave aside the fact that neither of his parents were Christians. But she’s making the untruth better, making it sound more plausible, strengthening the intimation that Obama is a dangerous outsider by making it less internally contradictory.
  • First Click, Maryland -- Currie indictment fallout
    Sep 2, 2010 — Washington Post
    Ulysses Currie, (D) the other shoe dropped. But Currie's indictment comes at perhaps the most fractured time in Prince George's politics in nearly a decade. Ulysses Currie, (D-Prince George's) in a paper he wrote in September 2007, to justify continued payments from the grocery chain, according to the indictment.
  • Gibbs: Obama is a 'committed, mainstream Christian'
    Sep 2, 2010 — USA Today
    What religion or religious philosophy will President Obama's critics say he practices next? Gibbs said the president is a "committed, mainstream Christian." For more on Liberation Theology and Beck's effort to ascribe it to Obama, take a look here. And in case you were wondering about Beck, he's Mormon.
  • Glenn Beck's liberation theology obsession
    Sep 2, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    He certainly is not among its founders.Beck has made a lucrative specialty of peddling fantasies about the Founding Fathers and the history of the Revolutionary and constitutional eras. To that end, some argued that certain facets of Marxist analysis, particularly those having to do with social class, could be helpful. None of this is particularly mysterious, nor does it have anything to do with Obama.
  • Hope grows, realism prevails in talks
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hosting direct talks Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Israel said it was responding to shelling from Hamas militants in Gaza. How to handle Hamas Abbas can only negotiate for the Palestinians for the West Bank.
  • Iraqis' Reactions to President Obama's Speech
    Sep 2, 2010 — New York Times
    This is all a lie, the talk about withdrawal. I think this speech is for the media only. Where were you when the Iranians took over Faka oil field?
  • Israel, Palestinians sit down for talks
    Sep 2, 2010 — USA Today
    That puts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a difficult spot. The day's preliminary negotiations were opened with brief statements from Clinton, Netanyahu and Abbas. Netanyahu: President Abbas, I see in you a partner for peace.
  • Joe Miller: Obama moving America 'toward socialism'
    Sep 2, 2010 — Washington Post
    Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller, fresh off a stunning upset of Sen.
  • Judge removes 'birther' elements from Army doc's court martial
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    After failing to deploy with his unit in April, Lakin was charged with missing a movement, disobeying a lawful order and dereliction of duty. Lakin's lawyers argued that all military orders stem from the commander-in-chief. They compose the birther movement, which demands that Obama present a birth certificate signed by the doctor who delivered him in 1961.
  • Lame speeches on economy, Iraq
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    New York (CNN) -- In the first two days back from his Martha's Vineyard family vacation, President Obama gave two speeches on two important subjects. It was to celebrate the "Campaign Promise Kept": the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq. The Iraq government insisted that we withdraw all of our forces by December 31, 2011.
  • Letters: A Time for Reflection on Two Wars
    Sep 2, 2010 — New York Times
    Obama advised that domestic issues were a priority. Where are the voices of the Vietnam veterans? How do we honor the veterans of the Iraq war, and simultaneously mourn the American, coalition and Iraqi loss of life?
  • Miller: Obama 'bad for America'
    Sep 2, 2010 — Politico
    Barr Alaska GOP Senate nominee Joe Miller accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of trying to move the United States toward “socialism.” Appearing on CNN’s "John King USA," Miller was asked to describe the president “in a sentence or two.” “Bad for America,” Miller responded. Host John King then asked Miller what Obama has done to merit that statement. “He's one of the major forces...
  • Netanyahu and Abbas to Begin Direct Mideast Peace Talks
    Sep 2, 2010 — New York Times
    Abbas expressed their own determination to make peace.Mr. Abbas to the killing by Hamas gunmen of four Israeli settlers in the West Bank on the eve of the talks. Netanyahu so far has not indicated any willingness to extend it, and Mr.
  • Obama 'cautiously hopeful' on Mideast
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    Clinton and Middle East Quartet Representative Tony Blair also attended the dinner. Hamas' control of Gaza also remains a "major problem," Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said. But simply resuming talks was a critical step, and a comprehensive Middle East peace deal has been one of Obama's top foreign policy goals, they said.
  • Obama stick to guns on education
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    But once in office, Obama launched education reforms that mirrored the Bush program. But Obama maintained the emphasis on testing and the support for charter schools. Until recently, Obama deserved an "A" for his education reform efforts, which included a willingness to take on teachers unions.
  • Obama visits Dole at Walter Reed
    Sep 2, 2010 — Politico
    ...wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier this week, he saw another veteran as well: Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee. Obama visited Dole while touring the medical facility Monday before delivering an Oval Office speech Tuesday on the end of combat mission in Iraq, a source close to the Dole family said. A second source familiar with the visit confirmed the account. Dole, a World War II veteran, has been at Walter Reed...
  • Obama's day: Pressing for peace, watching Earl's winds
    Sep 2, 2010 — USA Today
    Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the talks at the State Department. George Mitchell, special envoy for Middle East peace, will brief reporters later this afternoon on how the talk are going. Alaska's new Republican candidate for Senate, Joe Miller, calls Obama "bad for America" in an interview with CNN . On Wednesday, Alaska Sen.
  • Petraeus: Taliban reconciliation holds promise
    Sep 2, 2010 — CNN
    David Petraeus, the top U.S. military man in Afghanistan, said initial approaches to some Taliban members as part of a reconciliation initiative have shown promise and could help resolve the conflict in the country. Gates' visit came on the same day that a NATO airstrike killed 10 people in northeastern Afghanistan. As for Petraeus, he said there have already been approaches toward Taliban officials at senior levels that hold some promise.
  • Poll: George W. Bush still gets blamed for economic woes
    Sep 2, 2010 — USA Today
    Nearly two years after Barack Obama was elected president, Americans still are inclined to blame his predecessor for the nation's current economic problems. In the July 2009 poll, a third, 32%, said he should shoulder a great deal or moderate amount of the blame. Republicans by 4-1, 44%-10%, were more likely to give Obama a great deal of the blame than Bush.
  • 10 Questions for Russ Feingold
    Sep 1, 2010 — New York Times
    JEFF ZELENYSenator Russ Feingold is both a symbolic and a real bellwether for Democrats. Feingold’s race is viewed as something of a Democratic firewall. Feingold on a recent day between campaign events in Wisconsin.
  • Analysis: Obama makes clear Iraq's future is its own
    Sep 1, 2010 — USA Today
    Susan PageAnalysis: Obama makes clear Iraq's future is its ownWASHINGTON The venue was the same: the Oval Office. Hopes of establishing a model democracy in Baghdad have been shaken, most recently by Iraq's failure to form a government nearly six months after parliamentary elections. His early opposition helped him win the Democratic nod over Hillary Rodham Clinton and trounce Republican John McCain in the 2008 election.
  • At least they're talking
    Sep 1, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    President Obama had to drag the leaders to the bargaining table after a 20-month hiatus in face-to-face contact between the two sides. Abbas has said he'll withdraw from negotiations if settlement expansion resumes. Abbas' rivals in the Islamic movement Hamas, of course, have branded the talks "illegitimate"; they're not even invited to the table.
  • Biden has 'faith' Iraqi troops will be ready for handover
    Sep 1, 2010 — The Hill
    ...faith that the Iraqi troops that our sacrifices have allowed to be trained can be ready, and will be increasingly capable of providing total security to this country by the end of next year," the vice president added.????The vice president hit the networks' morning shows to underscore President Obama's Oval Office address Tuesday evening about "turning the page" on the Iraq conflict.Biden said on CBS that he is optimistic the Iraqis will finally be able to form a...
  • Biden to mark transfer of command
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    Defense Secretary Robert Gates is also in Iraq to help mark the transfer. The U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially ended at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday. CNN's Ed Henry, Dan Lothian, Dana Bash, Jason Hanna and Alan Silverleib contributed to this report.
  • Ceremony marks end of combat operations in Iraq
    Sep 1, 2010 — USA Today
    Our security forces, whether you talk about police or army, are not capable enough to maintain security.
  • Dems must push for new stimulus
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    And a Bloomberg poll taken in July shows that 70 percent of Americans favored reducing the unemployment rate over reducing the deficit. Polls show otherwise: A Quinnipiac poll conducted in July shows that 61 percent of independents and 58 percent of Republicans thought that reducing unemployment is more important than reducing the deficit. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Amitai Etzioni.
  • Dems plan fall media blitz
    Sep 1, 2010 — Politico
    ...and skepticism about health reform. The audience for Kaine's national kickoff address will include students, activists and labor leaders. “He’ll make a strong case for what Democrats and President [Barack] Obama have done and make an analogy to how often Americans have turned to Democrats for heavy lifting in tough times,” the aide said. Kaine will invoke President Franklin D. Roosevelt following President Herbert Hoover, President Bill Clinton...
  • Dramatic drop for illegal immigration
    Sep 1, 2010 — Politico
    ...touted their border security credentials. Republicans have hammered Democrats, saying they are soft on illegal immigration and have not done enough to shore up the Southwest border. But Chandler said the Department of Homeland Security has cracked down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, deported a large number of criminal aliens  and sent hundreds of millions of dollars in additional resources to the border. “The Border Patrol is better staffed...
  • Economic Scene: Tax Cuts That Make a Difference
    Sep 1, 2010 — New York Times
    Republicans want to make all the cuts permanent, including those for households making more than $250,000.Republicans argue that a permanent cut in tax rates is the best form of stimulus. You can certainly imagine how a tax increase on the affluent could hurt the economy or how a tax cut for them would lift growth. Tax rates matter, but people don’t make most decisions based primarily on their marginal tax rates.
  • Editorial: Cleaner Cars, A to D
    Sep 1, 2010 — New York Times
    The stickers are a symbol of how far this country has come in providing a wider range of environmentally responsible choices to help ensure cleaner air and a healthier planet. One would assign a letter grade for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions, ranging from A+ to D. The other would not, but both systems would provide enough information for consumers to make sound choices. Obama will propose even stricter standards for the model years 2017 to 2025.
  • Egypt might host second round of Mideast peace talks
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    Mubarak also is attending the dinner along with King Abdullah of Jordan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mideast Quartet Representative Tony Blair. On Thursday, Clinton will be hosting Abbas and Netanyahu at the State Department in Washington for the actual start of direct talks between the two parties for the first time in nearly two years. Awaad warned that if the moratorium is not extended then "all bets are off" in terms of negotiations.
  • Giannoulias says Kirk supports failed Bush policies
    Sep 1, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    That's from President George Washington to Bill Clinton combined.
  • Hundreds of civilians killed in Iraqi violence last month
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    The month's toll included 295 civilians killed and 508 wounded, the Ministry of Interior said. Fifty-four Iraqi soldiers were killed and 150 more wounded in the same month. Nearly 400 civilians were killed in that month.
  • Hundreds of Iraqis killed in August
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    The month's toll included 295 civilians killed and 508 wounded, the Ministry of Interior said. Fifty-four Iraqi soldiers were killed and 150 more wounded in the same month. And one more officer was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded outside his house in Falluja, authorities said.
  • Hurricane warning for part of East Coast
    Sep 1, 2010 — CNN
    Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for Ocracoke Island, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, and Cape Lookout National Seashore, as well as for visitors to Hatteras Island. Earl was downgraded to Category 3 early Wednesday, but was still a major hurricane. On Friday, Earl is forecast to move away from the Outer Banks and northward, Hennen said.
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