Obama’s Political Death Greatly Exaggerated

Barack Obama

Foreign Policy

I was having dinner with friends the other night and the subject turned to a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Fouad Ajami called “The Obsolescence of Barack Obama.” The subject of the piece — which I had not seen, but now have read — was essentially the decline and fall of the . . . → Read More: Obama’s Political Death Greatly Exaggerated

Great Piece: Barack Obama is Down, but It’s Far Too Early to Count Him Out

Source: The Observer

Despite an impressive record by the president, discontented American voters are turning against the Democrats.

They won’t give him a break – literally so. Barack Obama has reached that point of his presidency when he can’t even join his fellow citizens in the all-American tradition of the August vacation without taking a . . . → Read More: Great Piece: Barack Obama is Down, but It’s Far Too Early to Count Him Out

Religious Dispatches: Beck Claims Obama is “Not Christian”

Source: Religion Dispatches

Last night on his Fox television program, Glenn Beck (now fashioning himself a religion expert) tried to launch a theological attack on President Barack Obama‘s Christianity, opportunistically pasting together a predictable string of Jeremiah-Wright-Michael-Pfleger-Jim-Wallis clips to suggest that the President’s espoused a rogue brand of Christianity that was not Christianity at . . . → Read More: Religious Dispatches: Beck Claims Obama is “Not Christian”

Another Embarrassment to Christianity, Franklin Graham. Franklin Graham, Evangelical Minister: Obama’s ‘Problem Is That He Was Born A Muslim’ (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post

Reverend Franklin Graham, son of renowned Christian evangelist Billy Graham, said Thursday that the reason a growing number of peoplebelieve President Obama to be a Muslim is because he was, in fact, born into that religion due to the “seed of Islam” that was passed to him through his father, Barack . . . → Read More: Another Embarrassment to Christianity, Franklin Graham. Franklin Graham, Evangelical Minister: Obama’s ‘Problem Is That He Was Born A Muslim’ (VIDEO)

White House Response to Pew Poll: Obama, a Christian, for the Record (Again)

Source:  MSNBC

Domenico Montanaro writes: NBC‘s Mike Viqueira, who is traveling with the president in Martha’s Vineyard, reports that on the heels of polls showing a substantial number of Americans either don’t know what religion President Obama is, or think –falsely – that he’s a Muslim, the White House is out with a statement on . . . → Read More: White House Response to Pew Poll: Obama, a Christian, for the Record (Again)

Ignorance, Intolerance and Bigotry: Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim

Barack Obama

Source: Pew Research Center

A substantial and growing number of Americans say that Barack Obama is a Muslim, while the proportion saying he is a Christian has declined. More than a year and a half into his presidency, a plurality of the public says they do not know what religion Obama follows.

A new . . . → Read More: Ignorance, Intolerance and Bigotry: Growing Number of Americans Say Obama is a Muslim

GOP Eyeing To Deny Funding For Health Care Law. More Evidence GOP Does Not Give A Damn About The American People

Jennifer Haberkorn/Politico

Republicans may not be able to repeal the Democrats’ health care reform law next year, but they’re eyeing the next best thing: Deny the Obama administration the money it needs to implement the law.

GOP candidates across the country are running on a promise to repeal the law. But simply winning the Houseand the Senate wouldn’t get . . . → Read More: GOP Eyeing To Deny Funding For Health Care Law. More Evidence GOP Does Not Give A Damn About The American People

Another Bush In The White House? No Thank You! Jeb Bush Says No To 2012

Jeb Bush

Daniel Stone/The Gaggle

D.C. flacks like to complain that sometimes a juicy Washington narrative can take on a life of its own based on nothing but rumors. It was certainly the case last week when, seemingly out of no where, Jeb Bush waswidely floated as a candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP . . . → Read More: Another Bush In The White House? No Thank You! Jeb Bush Says No To 2012

Obama And Republicans Trade Charges Over Economy

Christi Parsons/Tribune Washington Bureau

In his weekly radio address, the president says a House GOP plan would kill jobs. Republicans respond that the administration’s policies have failed.

President Obama on Saturday took a shot at a House Republican economic plan he said would kill jobs and endanger the country’s economic recovery.

But Republicans fired back . . . → Read More: Obama And Republicans Trade Charges Over Economy