Obama and the Trouble With Voting 'Present'

By KARL ROVE,WSJ

 Obama is only voting present

When Barack Obama announced he was running for president in February 2007,Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report wrote "Obama’s history of voting ‘present’"in Springfield,Ill.—even on some of the most controversial and politically explosive issues . . . raises [...]

State of the Union:Barack Obama gets an F for world leadership

By Nile Gardiner,Telegraph UK

As expected,Barack Obama’s 70 minute State of the Union address focused heavily on the economy and the domestic political agenda. This was hardly surprising in the aftermath of last week’s catastrophic defeat for his party in the Massachusetts special Senate election,where the [...]