The Panopticon President
A new critique emerges. Fear of a narrow new government power at a scary moment.
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Mitch McConnell Responds To Obama’s WHCD Joke About Drinking With Him
Well played, Mitch.
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The AP’s Hacked Obama Tweet Moved The Market Over 100 Points
The Dow fell and then bounced right back up.
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The Endless Vetting Of Marco Rubio
American Bridge’s tome. “I don’t think there’s been a knockout blow,” says his biographer.
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Obama Supporters Don’t Hate Hillary Clinton Anymore
Operatives from both camps during the bitter primary fight say all is forgiven. “The comments I get a third of the time, at least, are apologies,” says a Clintonite.
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Obama Takes Control In The Second Term
No BlackBerrys in meetings, no question who’s in charge. “His personal favorite issues have really come out,” says a labor leader.
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The Sequester Isn’t A Joke For Jeff Maryak
He couldn’t afford a forced pay cut. So now he wants to go back to war.
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How Obama Decided God Was OK With Marriage Equality
The last great mystery of Obama’s marriage shift.
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Obama Leads Rubio In March Madness Bracket Battle
The president jumps out in front against his Republican rival, but DC hoops bragging rights are still up for grabs.
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Netanyahu Apologizes To Turkey For 2010 Flotilla Incident
Blames it on “operational mistakes.”
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Is Hillary Clinton Too Conservative To Become President?
While she was at the State Department — and out of politics for four years — Clinton’s party was moving to the left, and fast. “Now that she’s unshackled by the boundaries of her office, she’ll step up to the mic,” says Singer.
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Obama Goes Conservative With March Madness Picks While Marco Rubio Lives Dangerously
Rivals’ political leanings don’t extend to tournament strategy.
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Obama: U.S. “Will Investigate Thoroughly” Reports Of Chemical Weapons In Syria
“We intend to investigate thoroughly exactly what happened,” Obama says.”
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Obama: "I’m Ready To Win Some Money" In March Madness This Year
President tells ESPN he’s “feeling good” about his bracket.
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What Obama Is Doing In Israel
Not nothing, but not as much as he once hoped. Where the laws of gravity always apply.
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Republicans, Obama May Agree On Lower Corporate Tax Rate, But It Still Might Not Happen
Success likely hinges on the fate of larger tax reform package.
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David Plouffe: Hillary Is “Strongest” 2016 Candidate Of Either Party
The former Obama campaign manager talks Hillary Clinton at the 92nd Street Y on Sunday. Asked if he’d ever run her campaign, Plouffe says, “I’m done with that.”
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Congressional Democrats Keep President Updated On Recruitment Efforts
“We’re in a very good place on the president’s commitment to help,” Chairman Israel says.
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White House: Fear The Ryan Budget
Confusion over why Republicans are doing this again after losing in 2012.
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Obama Faces Questions On Drones, Immigration At Lunch With Democrats
“Better late than never,” Sen. Max Baucus says of the president’s charm offensive.
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Speechwriters? What Speechwriters?
There’s only one way for a president or ex-president to compose his work, according to anonymous people around him.
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Kirsten Gillibrand: Obama Offered To Host Dinner For Female Senators
It hasn’t happened yet. “I’ve been calling every month,” Gillibrand says.
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33 Signs The Illuminati Is Real
Wake up, America!
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Obama, Congress No Closer To Avoiding Mandatory Spending Cuts
“This is not a win for anybody. This is a loss for the American people,” Obama says as cuts are set to begin taking effect.
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Senators Take A Short Cut To Foreign Policy Experience
The new way to quickly become serious about foreign policy: A dip in the dead sea. “Craven and creditworthy,” says Prince.
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Joe Biden Threw A Wild Party At An Observatory For A Bunch Of Governors
Proof that Obama is totally aware that his number two is way more fun than he is.
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Conservative Group Illustrates “Boring” News Crisis With Zombies
A new attack video puts Obama at the center of a stock footage carnival.
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28 Celebrity Portraits On iMadeFace
The new iMadeFace app, available in the Apple Store, helps turn you into a cartoon. And of course, the internet is already on the celebrity fan art.
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Bipartisan Inaction Means Massive Spending Cuts Are All But Certain
At a time when partisan bickering rules the day, Republicans and Democrats have found one area they can agree on: nobody’s doing anything to stop the sequester.
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Obama Administration: We Met With Rubio Staff On Immigration
Rubio’s office disputes it.
