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Romney and other Republicans hit ‘Obamacare’ on two-year anniversary
Republicans vented their frustration with President Barack Obama’s health care reform Friday on its second anniversary, with Mitt Romney blasting the law as an “unfolding disaster for the American economy.” Romney’s rival in the Republican presidential race, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, also weighed in, savaging the two-year-old law as…
Santorum told to ‘pretend it’s Obama’ at shooting range
At a shooting range in Louisiana on Friday, an onlooker encouraged Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum to pretend the target he was firing at was President Barack Obama. “Santorum is shooting a 1911 Colt,” Politico’s Juana Summers tweeted from the sheriff’s office shooting range in West Monroe. “Range master says…
Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’
President Barack Obama on Friday carefully weighed in on the case of a 17-year-old unarmed African American boy who was gunned down in February by a neighborhood watch leader. At a White House event announcing the nomination of Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, NBC’s…
Obama blames Congress for failed solar firm Solyndra
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama distanced himself from solar panel firm Solyndra amid Republican charges that his administration improperly secured a $535 million government loan guarantee. “Obviously, we wish Solyndra hadn’t gone bankrupt,” Obama said about the firm that went under shortly after obtaining the loan. “Part of the reason…
Blogger resigns from think tank after posting racist, pornographic image of Obama
A blogger for a conservative think tank resigned on Thursday after posting a fake image of President Barack Obama dressed in green fetish-inspired club wear and straddling a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. John Hood, the president of the John Locke Foundation, said Thursday he was “embarrassed and angered” that…
Activists and scientists cry foul as Obama pushes ahead on Keystone XL
A major political victory for environmental activists was partially reversed Thursday after President Barack Obama appeared in Oklahoma to announce that his administration has fast-tracked the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, a massive project that aims to connect Canada’s tar sands to oil refineries on the Texas gulf…
Poll says most Americans want churches out of politics
WASHINGTON — Fifty-four percent of Americans think churches should steer clear of politics, according to a Pew Research Center poll announced Wednesday during a presidential campaign tinged with faith issues. Pew said it was the third consecutive poll in four years to reveal that Americans who favor churches speaking out…
Obama defends energy policy amid high gas prices
BOULDER CITY, Nevada — President Barack Obama launched a bold defense of his energy policy Wednesday, fending off an election year onslaught by Republican foes who blame him for high gas prices. “As long as I’m president, we will not walk away from the promise of clean energy,” Obama said…
Romney: Bush saved U.S. from another Great Depression
Former Massachussets Gov. Mitt Romney said Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Maryland that George W. Bush deserved credit for preventing the United States from entering an economic depression, not President Barack Obama. “I keep hearing the president say that he’s responsible for keeping America from going into a…
Rep. Stearns says ‘birthers’ have ‘legitimate concerns’
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, reiterated on Tuesday concerns over whether President Barack Obama had an authentic birth certificate. “I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence,” Stearns said, according to The Hill. He noted that…
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