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Is America Over Cars?
 Is America Over Cars? 
OPINION
May 22, 2012 12:04 PM CDT

Is America Over Cars?

Charles Lane points out a surprising trend: Americans are driving less

(Newser) - When gas prices spiked in April, Americans reacted in a logical, yet surprising way: They drove less. It's a sign, writes Charles Lane of the Washington Post , that America's love affair with the car is on the rocks. Getting a license, for instance, isn't the "rite...

Notre Dame Sues Over Obama Birth Control Mandate

Nation's most prominent Roman Catholic school says it violates constitution

(Newser) - More trouble for the Obama administration's mandate requiring most employers to cover birth control: Now the University of Notre Dame is suing, the AP reports, claiming that the mandate violates religious freedom. Observers had been waiting to see what step Notre Dame would take as the US' most prominent...

Obama Traps Himself With Gay-Marriage &#39;Contradiction&#39;
Obama Traps Himself With Gay-Marriage 'Contradiction'
charles krauthammer
May 18, 2012 11:37 AM CDT

Obama Traps Himself With Gay-Marriage 'Contradiction'

Charles Krauthammer: If it's a civil right, how can he let states deny it?

(Newser) - Charles Krauthammer sees a "howling contradiction" in President Obama's new position on gay marriage. It's one thing to have "empathy" for the cause, he writes in the Washington Post , to feel badly for gay friends and acquaintances who can't legally marry. It's quite another...

Gingrich: Bain Attack Won't Work, I Tried

Newt hits the campaign trail on Romney's behalf ... with advice for Obama

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has some advice for president Obama: Don't attack Mitt Romney on his Bain Capital record. Gingrich, of course, aggressively did just that, with the pro-Newt super PAC creating an entire Bain-bashing documentary . But Gingrich's failure should be a clear sign that "that dog won't...

GOP Rep: At Heart, Obama's 'Not an American'

Mike Coffman already backpedaling after bringing up birther issue

(Newser) - Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado is already backpedaling furiously after being caught on tape bringing up President Obama's citizenship and questioning his patriotism. "I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that," Coffman said at a...

Super PAC: We'll Hammer Obama With Jeremiah Wright

Plan to hit him where McCain pulled back

(Newser) - Top Republican strategists have devised a plan to "do exactly what John McCain would not let us do" and bombard the public with incendiary Jeremiah Wright soundbites just in time for the Democratic National Convention in September. The plan was commissioned by Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts, who would...

Obama Writes Himself Into Presidents' Bios

White House slips its accomplishments into bios, conservatives guffaw

(Newser) - History is written by the winners, and in this case by the winner of the 2008 presidential election: Take a gander at almost any presidential biography on WhiteHouse.gov from Calvin Coolidge on up, and you'll find a "Did You Know?" section that somehow, some way, links their...

Obama's April Fundraising Falls by $10M

But Jim Messina touts number of first-time, small donors

(Newser) - Barack Obama's fundraising took a major hit in April, with his campaign and affiliated Democratic groups raising just $43.6 million—down from $53 million last month , according to Reuters . But in a video announcing the results, campaign manager Jim Messina put a brave face on things, noting that...

Obama Has an &#39;ESPN Masculinity&#39;


 Obama Has an 
 'ESPN Masculinity' 
David Brooks
May 15, 2012 11:34 AM CDT

Obama Has an 'ESPN Masculinity'

That explains why he's doing so well in spite of everything: David Brooks

(Newser) - Why is the race between President Obama and Mitt Romney so close? In the New York Times , David Brooks cites a number of polls that seem to indicate Obama shouldn’t even be in the game: Americans have little faith in the economy, the country is shifting to the right,...

Obama 2012 Makes Donors Ditch Phones at Fundraisers

Cell phones confiscated in strange practice

(Newser) - President Obama’s re-election campaign is asking donors to not only open their wallets, but fork over their cell phones before entering small fundraisers, a practice that veterans of other campaigns find very odd. The practice of turning over cell phones is common in secure spaces where state secrets would...

Obama Isn&#39;t Our 1st Gay President

 Obama Isn't Our 
 1st Gay President 
OPINION
May 15, 2012 10:22 AM CDT

Obama Isn't Our 1st Gay President

That honor goes to James Buchanan: Jim Loewen

(Newser) - Tina Brown would like you to think that our 44th commander in chief is the "First Gay President." Jim Loewen would like you to know that title actually belongs to our country's 15th leader, James Buchanan. After taking a moment to smack Newsweek for the "cheap...

Obama Blissfully Unaware of Jessica Simpson&#39;s Baby
Obama Blissfully Unaware
of Jessica Simpson's Baby
'view' appearance
May 15, 2012 9:44 AM CDT

Obama Blissfully Unaware of Jessica Simpson's Baby

But he does know all about Kim Kardashian's marriage

(Newser) - If you feel like you can’t leave your house without hearing about Jessica Simpson’s new baby, perhaps you just need to run for president of the United States. President Obama, appearing on The View today, was given a pop quiz on pop culture—and he revealed that he...

Obama&#39;s Our First Woman President
 Obama's Our First 
 Woman President 
Dana Milbank
May 15, 2012 9:05 AM CDT

Obama's Our First Woman President

Dana Milbank thinks Obama's taking the pandering just a bit too far

(Newser) - Good news, Barack Obama. You may not be the first black president (that would be Bill Clinton), but you are the first gay one , and apparently the first woman, too. That's how Dana Milbank of the Washington Post is interpreting yesterday's schedule. Eager to exploit his advantage over...

Obama Winning Among Veterans

 Obama Winning Among Veterans 
Poll Numbers
May 14, 2012 1:24 PM CDT

Obama Winning Among Veterans

Most believe Iraq war was unsuccessful

(Newser) - After a decade of war, America's troops aren't feeling very war-like. President Obama currently leads Mitt Romney among veterans who have served since the Gulf War by seven points—a wider lead than he has among the general populace—according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll , and many say...

It&#39;s Over Between Oprah, Michelle
 It's Over Between 
 Oprah, Michelle 
claims book
May 14, 2012 9:13 AM CDT

It's Over Between Oprah, Michelle

Winfrey-Obama relationship breaks down, Edward Klein alleges

(Newser) - BFFs no more? A new, unauthorized, and contentious Barack Obama biography alleges that the relationship between Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey has been deteriorating ever since the early days of Obama’s presidency, the Telegraph reports. According to The Amateur, by former New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein, Obama...

Obama&#39;s Mother Shaped His &#39;Essence&#39;
 Obama's Mother 
 Shaped His 'Essence' 
OPINION
May 12, 2012 8:23 AM CDT

Obama's Mother Shaped His 'Essence'

He is his mother's son: David Maraniss

(Newser) - Barack Obama titled his memoir Dreams From My Father, but "Dreams From My Mother better evokes his story," writes Washington Post editor and Obama biographer David Maraniss. The president is very much a reflection of his mom, the Kansas-born Stanley Ann Dunham who married a Kenyan and later...

Right Argues Obama Was a Bully, Too!

Conservative commentators focus on passage from Dreams From My Father

(Newser) - Mitt Romney isn't the only one with a history of bullying . In response to the Washington Post piece about a forcible haircut Romney allegedly gave a student, conservative media outlets yesterday called attention to a passage from Obama's 1995 book Dreams From My Father in which a middle-school...

Bill Wants Hillary to Take On 'Amateur' Obama: Book

Clintons denounce author Edward Klein as a 'known liar'

(Newser) - Bill Clinton considers Barack Obama such an "incompetent" president that he begged Hillary last summer to quit the State Department and run against him in 2012—or at least, that's the story a new, unauthorized Obama biography is telling. "Barack Obama is an amateur," Clinton is...

Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina
Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina
AMENDMENT 1 FALLOUT
May 10, 2012 9:50 AM CDT

Thousands Demand Dems Yank DNC From N. Carolina

Gay marriage vote prompts outrage

(Newser) - Thousands of angry progressives are demanding the DNC pull the Democratic National Convention out of Charlotte in protest of North Carolina's vote to amend its constitution to ban same-sex marriage. A Change.org petition advocating the move has already drawn more than 27,000 signatures, and the same sentiment...

Obama Has a Gay-Marriage Headache in 7 States

Decision could cause problems during election in key states

(Newser) - President Obama’s official embrace of gay marriage will certainly energize some of his supporters, but it’s also sure to give him grief in these seven states, as rounded up by Politico :
  • North Carolina: As evidenced by the recently-passed constitutional amendment banning it, gay marriage is not very popular
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