White House stands firm on Bernanke

AFP

The Fed Chief is in for a confirmation battle

The White House stood firm on the renomination of Ben Bernanke Monday,saying a second term for the Federal Reserve chief was vital to demonstrating stability in the US financial system. “Chairman Bernanke helped the president and the economic team [...]

Obama Uses Teleprompters to speak at an elementary school

 Do you really need teleprompters to speak to elementary school kids?

Berry:Obama said “big difference”between ’10 and ’94 is “me”

Wow! Obama’s arrogance is irritating members of his own party. Rep Marion Berry who announced today that he will not be seeking re-election took a shot at President Obama for his arrogance and lack of leadership.

Glenn Thrush of Politico has the scoop:Rep. Marion Berry’s parting shot,published [...]

White House nightmare persists

By Edward Luce,Financial Times

 Obama’s second year in office is shaping up to be as bad as the first

At the end of Barack Obama’s worst week since taking power a year ago,the US president’s fortunes look set only to deteriorate over the coming days. Following the shock defeat [...]

Too Much of a Bad Thing

By Mark Steyn,National Review

So what went wrong? According to Barack Obama,the problem is he overestimated you dumb rubes’ ability to appreciate what he’s been doing for you. “That I do think is a mistake of mine,” the president told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “I think the assumption was [...]