On AlterNet: barack obama
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "barack obama"
Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." So have my husband and I.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 6, 2009.
To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 5, 2009.
Has Obama spent too much political capital on health-care reform, and not enough on keeping families afloat in a flailing economy?
Mark Schmitt, The American Prospect. October 31, 2009.
How a series of roadblocks and compromises shaped the health-care debate -- and why the battle doesn't end when Obama signs a bill.
Sady Doyle, Comment Is Free AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 30, 2009.
When the president held an office basketball game and invited only male employees to play, it sparked anger, simply because it looked so familiar.
Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. October 30, 2009.
Obama is better at just about every act of presidenting than Bush was, more graceful, more self-aware. But that's not the point.
David Corn, Mother Jones. October 29, 2009.
Glenn Beck mysteriously killed. The GOP driven out of Congress. Obama proclaims himself the "Lost Imam." And more.
Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009.
What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.
Adam Green, Open Left AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009.
Rumors abound that the White House "is not lifting a finger" to help Harry Reid win a public option in the Senate health-care reform bill.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 26, 2009.
With the president still listless on the public option, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee features Obama campaign organizer demanding action.
Tony Newman, AlterNet. October 24, 2009.
We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 19, 2009.
In multiple TV appearances on Sunday, the White House Chief of Staff reiterated that the public option is not mandatory.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009.
Obama: "First of all, I did get elected President, and not everybody hates me ... If you're watching TV lately, everyone seems mad all the time."
Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: Politics. October 16, 2009.
What a quandary!
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 13, 2009.
Blogger Andrew Sullivan calls for the resignation of HRC chief Joe Solmonese.
Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009.
White House Communications Director Anita Dunn: "We don't need to pretend this is the way legitimate news organizations behave."
Richard Kim, The Nation. October 9, 2009.
It's as if the Nobel Committee gave Obama the award for behaving like a normal American president, instead of like a clueless corrupt cowboy.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. October 8, 2009.
Rev. Jim Wallis says he's progressive. That got him a seat on a White House council despite his opposition to abortion -- which he's using to monkey-wrench health-care reform.
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 5, 2009.
There's no reason for any of these prisoners, several of whom were cleared under Bush, to be held for one minute longer.
Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009.
Brooks: "Everyone is convinced that Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc, possess real power. And the saddest thing is that even Republican politicians believe it."
Cenk Uygur, AlterNet. October 2, 2009.
In round 1, Emanuel and Dean boxed over what strategy was best for Dems to regain House seats in 2006. Dean was right there, and in the health care debate, he's right again.
Staff, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. September 28, 2009.
Malkin's need to demonize American school children who in any way cross paths with Obama, or even sing his praise, is now hurtling into the area of dementia.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 28, 2009.
"I call it the Obama effect," says one Louisiana gun dealer.
Robert Dreyfuss, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. September 28, 2009.
Even hawks admit there's no military option. But will Obama stop blustering about sanctions and really deal?
Roane Carey, The Nation. September 26, 2009.
The Goldstone report has been denounced in Israeli and ignored by the U.S. press, unless you count the NY Daily News, which called it a "blood libel against Israel."
