Obama exchanges words with Gov. Jan Brewer at Arizona airport – Los Angeles Times
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama in an animated exchange at the airport in Phoenix. (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press)
By Christi Parsons
January 25, 2012, 4:25 p.m.
Reporting from Phoenix—
President Obama’s warm reception in sunny Arizona on Wednesday lasted about as long as it took him to step off [...] Continue Reading…
Obama’s State of the Union address, translated – Politico
President Barack Obama didn’t turn his State of the Union speech into an overt pitch for his reelection, but he did push back against his Republican rivals in his address.
West Wing officials chided reporters earlier Tuesday for assuming that he would use the primetime perch to deliver a campaign [...] Continue Reading…
Lindsay: Foreign policy and Obama’s State of the Union address – CNN (blog)
Editor’s Note: Dr. James M. Lindsay is a Senior Vice President at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author of America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy. Visit his blog here and follow him on Twitter.
By James M. Lindsay, Foreign Affairs
Tonight, as he delivers his third State of the Union address, U.S. President Barack Obama will stress [...] Continue Reading…
Republican debate: Mitt Romney mauls Newt Gingrich in Florida – Politico
Mitt Romney went for a face-to-face assault against his surging primary opponent in Monday night’s Florida debate, calling out Newt Gingrich as an “influence peddler” who had to “resign in disgrace” from the House of Representatives.
In the first minutes of the debate, Romney quickly went on the offensive, accusing [...] Continue Reading…
49ers drop ball as Giants win NFC title game 20-17 – San Francisco Chronicle
With history within their grasp, the 49ers, a historically mistake-free team, fumbled away their chance to reach their first Super Bowl in 17 years.
Thanks to two fumbled punt returns by Kyle Williams – one in the fourth quarter and the other in overtime – the Giants beat the Niners [...] Continue Reading…