
Earlier today NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd filed a rather unremarkable report about the Obama administration's eagerness to put the Shirley Sherrod story behind them. What was rather remarkable was Todd's reference to Andrew Breitbart as a "conservative propagandist," which is interesting in that it not only marginalizes the...
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At a White House event in support of extending unemployment benefits for those who have lost their jobs recently, President Obama was joined by several Americans who would potentially benefit from the measure after recently losing their jobs. Among them was Leslie Macko, a woman who had lost her job as an aesthetician in...
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After sitting down with President Obama this morning on The View, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck visited Hannity to share her thoughts on the experience, and had plenty of positive things to say about the President-- aside from his politics, that is. Somewhat surprisingly, Sean Hannity agrees-- and praises Obama for choosing to appear...
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President Obama made his much-anticipated appearance on The View today. Actually, I'm not really sure how anticipated it was, per se -- my Twitter feed was pretty dead through the hour. But it was definitely discussed! People were worried that an appearance on The View was beneath President Obama....
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Chelsea Clinton is getting married this weekend, some which has lead me to wonder whether Chelsea Clinton's wedding is the new Shark Week. How else to explain the level of attention being devoted to a woman whose major public achievement has been managing to stay out of the harsh spotlight that...
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Snooki-Gate? President Obama was on The View today, where he charmed the audience with jokes about how he wasn't invited to Chelsea Clinton's wedding and how he had no idea who Jersey Shore's Snooki is. But he must be using a different joke writer these days, because he seemed to know all about...
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has taken the media offensive since a judge blocked several provisions in the state's new immigration law, first appearing on CNN and then putting on a chipper face for a primetime appearance as Sean Hannity's guest on Fox News. Struck by her optimism, Hannity questioned Brewer on...
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On MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tonight, The Nation Washington editor and fill-in host Chris Hayes brought up an interesting factoid that could impact how the right perceives the Obama administration's handling of illegal immigration: more illegal immigrants have been deported under Obama than were during George W. Bush's tenure, with an emphasis on those...
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Earlier tonight, ABC released a much-anticipated appearance of President Barack Obama on The View, to air in full tomorrow. From the clip, where the President talks about a family dinnertime tradition, it doesn't seem the ladies roughed him up too badly.
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