President Barack Obama’s weekend bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito seems to have created another polarizing moment for Americans.

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State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Monday that the bow was “a sign of respect to the emperor,” the Associated…

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…

The Daily Beast’s Cheat Sheet directs us to this news item in the Washington Post’s political blog The Fix:  Anita Dunn, the White House’s point person in the “war” with Fox News, is quitting.

Here’s the Cheat Sheet synopsis:

OutFoxed?

White House Communications…

John Harwood, in a New York Times Caucus blog titled “If Fox Is Partisan, It Is Not Alone,” presents evidence that “partisan fragmentation throughout America’s news media and their audiences has grown significantly.”

Harwood — noting that he appears on CNBC and…

Journalist David Corn is advising the White House: Don’t play a game of chicken with Fox News.

Corn, in a blog on politicsdaily.com,  describes himself: “I’m watching this fight as no disinterested observer. For years I was a rare commodity: a liberal…

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…

The White House stepped up its criticism of Fox News over the weekend.  Communications Director Anita Dunn questioned Fox News’ credibility as a news organization, saying it “is more a wing of the Republican Party.”

In an interview Sunday morning with Howard Kurtz on…

The Daily Beast’s Cheat Sheet newsletter has used news of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to revive an article about the prize’s political nature that appeared in Foreign Policy magazine last July.

The Cheat Sheet says in its synopsis:

Don’t be fooled: “The…

U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You lie” outburst has resulted in a major fundraising boost for the Republican lawmaker — and his Democratic opponent, Rob Miller, CQPolitics reports.

CQPolitics says:

Wilson’s campaign said Thursday that it raised $2.7 million during the third quarter…

The White House is using its online site, whitehouse.gov, to directly challenge Fox News Glenn Beck’s reports about Barack Obama’s effort to help Chicago win the 2016 Olympics.

In a Briefing Room blog post Wednesday titled “Reality Check: Trying to Turn a…