Culture Buzz Clinton was part of the Boys Nation when he shook the 35th President's hand in the White House Rose Garden on July 24, 1963. Something else they had in common: Interns.
The Romney and Obama campaigns, mirror-image juggernauts, eye each other warily. “Big, disciplined, and ruthlessly efficient.”
Politics Buzz “It wouldn't have happened if he had his way, and that can be proven, as well, on tape.”
Celebrity Buzz This is pure, undiluted cute sauce. Jimmy Fallon was invited to the White House to help raise awareness of the First Lady's Let's Move fitness program. Get ready for unitards, potato sacks and Bo!
Politics Buzz Part of annual science fair. But where are the safety goggles?
Celebrity Buzz President Obama hosted the Jolie-Pitts in the Oval Office yesterday, and it is total speculation as to who was more starstruck. Here are a bunch of slightly creepy, stalker-eye-view photos of the visit.
Politics Buzz From the new book by New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor, The Obamas, here's the Robert Gibbs meltdown that everyone is talking about. Gibbs has since apologized for the outburst and Valerie Jarrett, who was the recipient of said outburst, considers it water under the bridge. WARNING: Uncensored language.
Politics Buzz Or — what Obama was really thinking. The images are from the White House's photostream on Flickr; the captions are fictional, including everything in quotation marks.
Culture Buzz I'm jealous of all of these guys.
Culture Buzz Hanukkah doesn't actually start until December 20, but the Obamas are scheduled for vacation in Hawaii that week. So the White House fired up the menorah tonight, because let's face it: You gotta squeeze in all those holiday get-togethers whenever you can.
Culture Buzz Penn Jillette uses an atheism scale to rate the presidential candidates, from Obama to Romney. Do you know who the most religious president was in American history? Well, Penn is about to tell you.
Culture Buzz Balloon artist John Cassidy stopped by the White House the other day.
And that is saying something. I mean have you seen some of the pictures of Joe Biden on there? But this photo looks like David Lynch and Hayao Miyazaki co-directed Michelle Obama's afternoon at the White House.
TV Buzz CNN's John King has a reporting style that is disturbingly relaxed. (via cnn.com)
Vanish NapiSan is offering 25 million Australian dollars (27.3M in real money) directly to President Obama in exchange for their sponsorship of the White House for five years. They’ve already sent a letter to every member of Congress and are supposedly sending a representative to speak to the President. (Via)
She's just bummed because she left her iPad 2 at home. (via reddit.com)
Politics Buzz President Obama's call for Israel to return to its 1967 borders prompted immediate condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, making for a tense meeting between the two at the White House. At least they made nice for the cameras.
Politics Buzz Barack Obama refuses to “spike the football,” so we'll do it for him. This list is in no particular order and by no means comprehensive. Achievement unlocked: Reelection.
Politics Buzz First it was Sarah Palin criticizing the Obamas for inviting Common to the The White House. Now Matt Drudge is insinuating that Jill Scott, who will also perform at Michelle Obama's poetry reading event, is a racist too. (via Mediaite)