Decisions are ahead on two key issues: health care changes and whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. Two new Gallup polls shows Americans are pretty much split on what should be done.
In a poll released today, Gallup reports:
More Americans now…
Karl Rove on Sunday likened the White House’s feud with Fox News network to former President Richard M. Nixon’s battles with the media.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Rove said:
“This is a White House engaging in its own version of the media…
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Columnist Dana Milbank of the Washington Post — by virtue of being a columnist — is permitted to offer commentary in an article he wrote about Congress’ behavior during President Barack Obama’s speech last night.
Much of…
Is there ever a good time for a president to vacation? The press is reporting there’s no shortage of opinions about President Barack Obama’s vacation next week in Martha’s Vineyard.
Some question the timing. Reuters’ Patricia Zengerle writes:
Some critics have questioned…
Opponents of health care changes being weighed by Congress have gained support as a result of protests at town hall forums, a new USA Today/Gallup poll shows.
The raucous protests at congressional town-hall-style meetings have succeeded in fueling opposition to…
The Columbia Journalism Review — which identifies itself as “both a watchdog and a friend of the press in all its forms” — has endorsed FactCheck and PolitiFact as good online sites for verifying claims being made during the current debate over health care.
The Editors’…
UPDATE: Protests over health care reform disrupted Rep. Russ Carnahan’s town hall forum on aging Thursday night in south St. Louis County. Six people were arrested outside after the forum, including St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman. Here’s a link…
The networks are feeling pressured by the White House to televise presidential press conferences live, reports media writer Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. Maybe that’s because they are being pressured, Kurtz suggests in a column titled “The Prez, The Press, The…
A USA Today/Gallup Poll shows President Barack Obama with a 55 percent approval rating after six months in office — which would place him 10th of the 12 presidents who have served since World War II.
That sounds bad, USA Today writes,…
