June 20, 2013

Washington Secrets

By Paul Bedard

Health Care, Obamacare, Washington Secrets

Kaiser: Faith in Obamacare plummets to just 35%

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 05:25 PM

The popularity of Obamacare has crashed to its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Kaiser's monthly tracking poll found that just 35 percent have...
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Massachusetts, Gun Control, Washington Secrets

Bloomberg: Sorry for calling Boston Marathon bombing suspect a victim

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 03:40 PM

After his group Mayors Against Illegal Guns called alleged Boston Marathon bomber a victim of gun violence Tuesday, co-founder New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized, claiming that Tamerlan...
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Polls, Washington Secrets

Bill and Hillary Clinton favored over Obama

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 03:30 PM

Freed from the policy decisions that used to sap their popularity, Bill and Hillary Clinton now have a higher favorability rating than President Obama, who continues to languish in the mid-40...
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Social Security, Washington Secrets

US Chamber: Social Security, Medicare 'doomed' without $40 trillion more

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 02:35 PM

Tired of waiting for President Obama to act, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday unveiled a sweeping new campaign to convince Congress and the public that the nation's entitlement programs are...
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Massachusetts, Homeland Security, Gun Control, Washington Secrets

Bloomberg's anti-gun group calls Boston Marathon bomber a victim

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 12:15 PM

He was the alleged mastermind of the mid-April Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and maimed 264, but the anti-gun lobby organized by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor...
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Michelle Obama, Washington Secrets

After 4 years of Michelle's anti-obesity campaign, America is still getting fatter

By Paul Bedard | 06/19/13 09:20 AM

Despite first lady Michelle Obama's four-year campaign to wean the nation off Big Macs and Big Gulps, obesity in America rose last year, continuing an unbroken 15-year streak, according to new...
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Barack Obama, Washington Secrets

In Berlin, Obama will invoke JFK, Reagan to push climate change

By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 03:55 PM

Following a well-worn path to Germany's Brandenburg Gate, President Obama plans to invoke America's most important speakers at the Berlin landmark -- John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan -- as he...
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Campaigns, Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress

Obama thwarted: 'No indication' he will win back House

By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 11:30 AM

President Obama's nonstop fundraising for congressional Democrats is building a huge campaign war chest for next fall, but there is little hope that his party will win back control of the House...
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Republican Party, Washington Secrets

Zogby study: Children of baby boomers embrace change, reject GOP

By Paul Bedard | 06/18/13 07:37 AM

Children of baby boomers are not the lazy video-game playing sloths portrayed in the media but eager-to-work and civic-minded 19- to 34-year-olds who consider themselves “citizens of Planet...
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Energy, House of Representatives, Environment, Washington Secrets

Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 06:55 PM

Amid growing fears of a massive electromagnetic pulse hit from either a solar flare or a terrorist nuclear bomb, House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a plan to save the nation's electric grid...
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Campaigns, Rand Paul, Washington Secrets

Senate insiders see Rand Paul, Marco Rubio or Rick Perry leading 2016 GOP ticket

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:20 PM

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who stumbled out of the GOP presidential primary gates in 2012, appears poised for a revival in the upcoming 2016 primaries, according to key congressional aides and members...
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CBS, Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: CBS honcho calls Obama scandals 'little fires'

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 05:00 PM

There they go again, members of the mainstream media shrugging off the scandals swirling around President Obama. This week's Mainstream Media Scream features CBS News Political Director John...
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Health Care, Obamacare, Washington Secrets

Obamacare will share personal health info with federal, state agencies

By Paul Bedard | 06/17/13 08:10 AM

A new rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care...
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Nancy Pelosi, Washington Secrets, Congress

Pro-life 'farm team' eyes House, challenging Nancy Pelosi

By Paul Bedard | 06/16/13 07:45 PM

Anti-abortion female lawmakers and activists, long shouted down by pro-abortion Democrats, are stepping up their efforts to bring their "farm team" of state politicians to Washington and challenge...
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Ted Cruz, Washington Secrets

Joe Biden slaps GOP for letting Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 'control' the party

By Paul Bedard | 06/15/13 06:50 AM

Just six months after he cut a fiscal cliff deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Joe Biden declared Friday night that the GOP has no adult leadership and he said it is...
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Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Washington Secrets

Chelsea Clinton endorses mom: We need a woman in the White House

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 02:55 PM

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton says it's time for a woman in the Oval Office, music to her mom Hillary Clinton's ears. In a wide-ranging interview on MSNBC's "NOW with Alex Wagner"...
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Syria, Washington Secrets

Americans oppose Syria intervention 3-1

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 01:45 PM

By a majority of three to one, Americans oppose President Obama's plan to get involved in the Syrian civil war, a blow to the administration and the latest evidence of the nation's war fatigue....
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Syria, Washington Secrets

Zbig: Obama Syria plan is 'chaos, baffling, a mess, tragedy'

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 11:25 AM

The president's abrupt decision to arm Syrian rebels is a huge mistake, one driven by emotion and propaganda not they kind of strategic White House plan that has marked past successful...
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Polls, Washington Secrets

Zogby says snooping scandal has stalled Obama's second term agenda

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 10:30 AM

Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that the internet tapping scandal has stalled the president's agenda and hit his approval ratings. "Summer is here and it is...
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Climate Change, Environment, Washington Secrets

Robert Redford questions Obama's 'courage of his conviction' on climate change

By Paul Bedard | 06/14/13 06:25 AM

Tired of waiting for President Obama to make good on his inaugural promise to tackle global warming, eco-activist Robert Redford has called on the public to press the president to act, questioning...
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From the Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard

June 17, 1953

By: William Kristol

Today, speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, President Obama paid appropriate tribute to the brave East Germans who rebelled 60 years ago against Communist dictatorship:
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Problems of the Second Generation

By: Peter Skerry

The Boston Marathon bombings highlighted, once again, the challenges of assimilating Muslim youth. And while the onus of accountability ought not rest exclusively on Muslim Americans, it...
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Release Osama Bin Laden’s Files on Taliban

By: Thomas Joscelyn

The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The...
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