Obama’s long, forceful, and scolding speech to Congress fulfilled or exceeded most observers' expectations. Without breaking radically new policy ground, Obama delivered concessions to Republicans and ...

The struggle over health care reform intensified Thursday as President Obama sought to build on what administration officials hoped was new momentum generated by his prime-time address to Congress.

Talk About Medicare says Paul Krugman in his New York Times blog. Krugman recommends reminding the public that Medicare was once seen as controversial and pointing out that "the people who tried to ...

A national poll indicates most Americans think President Obama will give a good speech Tuesday night in his address to a joint session of Congress, but expectations are not as high as they were for ...

I’ve been traveling and away from email and, indeed, the internet for much of the past two weeks and so just now read President Barack Obama’s March 19 Nowruz speech to the Iranian people. It is a ...

The volatile region is increasingly less optimistic about U.S. role. May 19, 2011— -- When President Obama speaks today on the so-called Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa, many ...