Quietly, without trumpets, fan fare, ticker tape parades or walks outside of the limo that give the secret service heart attacks, President Barack Obama has been changing the way the executive branch of the government does business online.  Not only that he's influencing the other branches, in part...

"This is a moment of challenge for our country. But we've experienced great trials before. And with every test, each generation has found the capacity to not only endure, but to prosper -- to discover great opportunity in the midst of great crisis. That is what we can and must do today. And I am abs...

Though the deepening economic crisis is certainly enough to fulfill most citizens’ worry quota for the year (if not longer), President Obama’s impotent flailing about on the economy shouldn’t be Americans’ only reason to be concerned about their president, a relatively young ...

In an interview, while flying with President Obama on board Air Force One, the New York Times hits one of Obama's raw nerves.The "edited transcript" [the Times admits questions have been paraphrased, and some responses have been condensed], published by the Times shows that nearly a quarter of the 3...

President Obama has invited one of the more important lobbyists to Congress that the local health care industry has to discuss reforming America's health care system. He won't bring home any bacon for Middle Tennessee, but I bet he does so for Big Medicine. There are indications that he's going to p...

Economist Paul Krugman is in a free-fire zone. First, he takes on Republicans via Governor Bobby Jindal's reply to the SOTU:Traditionally, the division between conservatives and liberals has been over the role and size of the welfare state: liberals think that the government should play a large role...

The president of the United States offered Americans a progressive vision of the future today based on the moral principles that have historically made our nation strong: reward for hard work, commitment to national service, and a strong national government that seeks not to overwhelm citizens but r...

Brilliantly crafted. A few random thoughts...The applause lines seem to have been designed to make both sides rise to their feet. Hell, if Repubs stayed on their asses on points like education, security, health care, how would THAT look back......

They also want Obama to give up trying to work with these fenderheads. NYT/CBS Poll:The aura of good will surrounding Mr. Obama at this stage of his presidency is similar to the one that benefited Ronald Reagan as he led......

Obama didn't build the greatest online political network. Howard Dean did. Obama just copied it exactly; I might add, not as well. Obama's web team was subpar compared to the Dean team. But they had the benefit of a better candidate who inspired the populace. In Obama they had a well spoken Dean. Fu...