Steven G. Brant: Did BP Just Blow up the Obama Presidency?
BP is attempting to leverage its promised $20 billion Gulf Restoration Fund to get the US government to let it keep drilling in the Gulf. This $20 billion is a penalty. BP does not deserve to be compensated for paying its debt to society.
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WH reporter wonders why Obama has been AWOL while Dem numbers “nosedive”
"You sound like a radio guy."
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Matthews: Say, perhaps Obama relies on the teleprompter a tad too much
"I think it's his menace."
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Rasmussen shows partisan split closest in five years
CBS, NBC, WaPo pollsters hardest hit.
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Robert Scheer: Two Wars Don’t Make a Right
The carnage is not yet complete, and President Barack Obama's attempt to put the best face on the ignominious U.S. occupation of Iraq will not...
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Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Newsweek’s Making of a Muslim* President
So, the question is, how much more is this desperate-to-stay-in-business "news" publication going to pander to the haters and the far-right crazies as we...
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Video: Carlson, Gibbs spar on surge, credit for Iraq success
"Maybe I can't count to three ..."
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