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NYT: President Barack Obama is going gray

By Helene Cooper Well, that didn’t take long. Just 44 days into the job, and President Obama is going gray. It happens to all of them, of course — Bill Clinton still had about half a head of brown hair when he took office but was a silver fox two years later, and George W. Bush went from salt and pepper to just salt in what seemed like a blink of an eye. Share/Save Read More →

One month in, Barack Obama’s approval slips, disapproval doubles

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 →

Obama Stumbles in Presidential Oath

Barack Obama took the 35-word oath of office today to become the United States' 44th president – even if he may have been led to utter the historic words in the wrong order. Mr Obama was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, resting his left hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and raising his right hand to deliver the words that formally made him the successor to former... 

Barack Obama’s Patsies

By Rich Lowry NY POST – The signature moment of Barack Obama's primary campaign came last November in Des Moines, Iowa. He gave a speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner that electrified the crowd and gave his campaign a kick that helped win the Iowa caucuses – a victory without which he wouldn't be the Democratic nominee. Share/Save Read More →