Obama vs Romney on gay marriage: a tale of two evolutions
President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage today, delighting his base and making life potentially very awkward for one Willard Mitt Romney.
Obama and Wall Street: an awkward relationship
The New York Times tees up a fascinating look at the delicate, awkward dance between WLl Street and a president they hate, but who they also fear, because the believe he is likely going to be re-elected. Read more
On this day in 2003…
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On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush declared “mission accomplished” in Iraq. Read more
President’s full remarks from Afghanistan on the one year anniversary of the killing of bin Laden
President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan Tuesday, marking the one year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy Seals. The speech will likely not soothe Republicans, who just want the whole bin Laden thing to go away. The president’s full remarks after the jump. Read more
Sorry, Beltway, Barack Obama and Kathleen Sebelius won the birth control wars
I know the conventional wisdom is that President Obama got caught flat footed on the contraceptives rule change (see here and here for the discussion we had on that subject on “Now with Alex Wagner” on Friday). But in the end, I don’t see how this fight wasn’t a big win for the president, for Katleen Sebelius, the HHS secretary, for the women in the Obama White House and in Congress, and of course, for all women who don’t want their fertility controlled by the elderly, male bishops of the Catholic Church.
Full text: President Obama’s State of the Union speech
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Here is the full text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, in which he called for a “return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility,” debuted a campaign theme that channeled Harry Truman or Ike with the rhetoric of a “fair shot” for all Americans, and called on Congress to send him legislation on the DREAM Act, ending corporate tax loopholes, ending insider trading in Congress and securing an up or down vote for judicial nominees. The speech ended with a flourish celebrating the Navy SEALS who took out Bin Laden, and calling for the nation to pull together and “get each other’s backs.” The speech was preceded by a touching moment, when the President joined members of the House in greeting Gabrielle Giffords.
Andrew Sullivan infuriates the right (and the left) by calling Obama critics ‘dumb’
Conservative bloggers are fuming (or resorting to racist, schoolyard taunts.) But none have undermined the substance of Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek cover article, which asks the question: why are President Obama’s critics so dumb? Read more
Just sayin’: Gov. Wilder got literally everything wrong in his Politico op-ed
Gov. Doug Wilder's swing and a miss
No offense to the former Virginia governor, but literally everything in Doug Wilder’s Politico op-ed about President Obama’s “blackness” versus Bill Clinton’s was factually wrong. Read more
Read this: Jonathan Chait vs. the terminally unhappy left
Why can't Barack Obama be Fantasy FDR?
Jonathan Chait nails the emoprog problem: Read more
**UPDATED: Not so fast, GOP: Obama will veto attempt to wriggle out of triggers
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