POTUS Notes

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• Anita Dunn: MSNBC ‘different’ from Fox News

  The woman who launched the first broadside against Fox News says MSNBC is not discredited, in her opinion, by its share of opinion programming. Published November 13 2009 · Comment

• New Dem talking point on Obama approval doesn’t wash

  Tim Kaine and David Plouffe said Wednesday that President Obama's approval rating is higher than the vote percentage he got in most states during the 2008 election. But the numbers don't necessarily bear that out. Published November 4 2009 · Comment

• NY23 a “battle for the Republican Party’s soul”

  "Tea party" activist who drew national attention over the summer says the Republican Party needs to heed the wishes of the grassroots. Democrats say all this is good for them. Published November 3 2009 · Comment

• Gibbs says health care process “open”

  White House press secretary knocks critics of the process to craft a health care bill. Published October 26 2009 · Comment

• Obama’s sixth Afghan review meeting a smaller affair

  President Obama is meeting with a smaller war council on Monday for a sixth deep dive on Afghanistan strategy. Published October 26 2009 · Comment

• The real reason team Obama uses video so much (it’s not transparency)

  A video of President Obama's communications adviser gives insight into why the White House really likes using videotaped messages so much. Published October 20 2009 · Comment

• H.W. Bush looks to dampen Obama protests

  The 41st president welcomes President Obama to College Station, where protests await. Published October 16 2009 · Comment

• A loud silence amid the noise

  As modern day "news" swirled around President Obama and the story of a boy and a balloon, one young woman stood apart, trying to hear something worthwhile. Published October 16 2009 · Comment

• Nobel adds to Obama’s heavy load of high expectations

  Hendrik Hertzberg says Obama's Nobel just makes things worse for a president slumping under the pressure of high expectations. Published October 12 2009 · Comment

• McCain adviser Salter calls Nobel for Obama “morally indefensible”

  Salter says he is not criticizing President Obama or the White House, but that they should have refused the prize and that the Nobel committee should have given the award to someone like slain Iranian protester Neda Salanti. Published October 9 2009 · Comment

• Latest on Iran sanctions

  Top Obama officials did their best Tuesday to say little on the subject beyond, 'We're working on it.' Published October 7 2009 · Comment

• Who’s coming to White House Afghan review today

  Here's the list. Published October 7 2009 · Comment

• Rahm: Afghanistan troop levels ‘one of biggest decisions’ Obama will make

  Rahm Emanuel says the strategy President Obama decided on earlier this year for Afghanistan was dependent on a government that is viewed as legitimate by its people, adding fuel to the rumors that the White House is going to go a different direction. Published September 23 2009 · Comment

• A shoving match and a mysterious commotion

  On the sidelines of two of President Obama's events here at the U.N. in New York, there were some unusual happenings. Published September 22 2009 · Comment

• Inside the room for Obama’s Middle East peace talks

  A look inside the room when President Obama met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Published September 22 2009 · Comment