MICHELLE Obama gave her husband the silent treatment at one point in his campaign for president because so many women "pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets" and whispered lewd suggestions in his ear, a new book out today claims. Share/Save Read More →

In early May, White House Counsel Greg Craig circulated a memo inside the West Wing. Part of a series of memos on protocol, it explained how to deal with writers researching books and articles on the White House. (Craig's unsurprising instructions: Clear interview requests with the press office.) While the memo didn't mention any journalists by name–and while there are currently no fewer... 

By Allahpundit, Hot Air Powerline was all over this today, to the extent that I can’t do any better here than to urge you to read their fisking of the NYT’s ombudsman’s spin job. Quote: A key part of Moncrief’s story was that the Obama campaign had furnished ACORN with lists of maxed-out donors so that ACORN could mine them for contributions. In fact, Moncrief provided the Times... 

One of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday. The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama's promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000. Share/Save Read More →

By Steven Stark Barack Obama is ubiquitous. In his first six weeks in office, he's given an inaugural address, a State of the Union-like speech to a joint-session of Congress (since new presidents don't really report on the state of the union), and an hour-long press conference. He's also made several campaign trips and has been a daily fixture on magazine covers and the news shows. He's... 

By Tom Blumer  Here’s how I greeted the news of Barack Obama’s victory on election night last November: “Say hello to the punk presidency.” Share/Save Read More →

By Andrew Malcolm One month down, 47 to go. And Barack Obama's poll numbers have slid almost 10% already. According to the latest Gallup Poll, the new president's approval rating of 68% in January has slipped now to 63%, about average for recent new presidents one month in. Share/Save Read More →

By Monica Crowley, Ph.D. In 2001, when President Bush’s chief political strategist Karl Rove moved from the campaign into a senior position in the White House, the Left went mad: how dare they "politicize" the White House, they yelled.  During the 2004 presidential campaign, they went wild with accusations that Rove (and by extension, Bush and Cheney) were working hand-in-glove... 

Yet another example of just what 'change' really means to Barack Obama and his liberal friends in congress.  From Barack Obama's Change.gov website:  "I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more than any other candidate in this race to take on lobbyists — and won. They have not funded... 

After two years of traveling around the country and criticizing President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that he "always thought [Bush] was a good guy."  "I mean, I think personally he is a good man who loves his family and loves his country," Obama said in an exclusive interview with CNN's John King. Share/Save Read More →

By Alexander Bolton President-elect Obama’s evident distrust in sharing with Congress sensitive information about the internal workings of his administration has begun to irk Democratic committee chairmen. Share/Save Read More →