Steve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer President Obama’s bid for a second term is riding, in part, on a Southern state with a Republican governor far more popular with voters than the president. Virginia voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008 — the first time the Old Dominion went for a Democratic presidential candidate in 44 years — only to reverse itself a year later when it elected Republican Bob McDonnell governor.

Timothy P. Carney Senior Political Columnist As President Bush’s Great Wall Street Bailout steamrolled its way through Congress in late 2008, candidate Obama assailed economic policies based on the notion that government can “give more and more to those with the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down.” Yet throughout the Obama administration, we’ve see bailouts become even more entrenched. A recent credit ratings update on big banks and an inspector general report on Freddie Mac show that Too Big to Fail is…

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ERICA WERNER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading to Denver to pitch his jobs plan in the city where he accepted the Democratic nomination. But as he’s acknowledged at fundraisers up and down the West Coast, this election isn’t like 2008. Obama told a star-studded Hollywood fundraiser Monday night that this time around people are weary, and the energy of 2008 — when he was an exciting new face — is going to have to be generated…

New indictment argues Obama can and should be removed from office

WASHINGTON — His approval numbers may be sagging, but President Obama is doing all he can to make sure his campaign bank account is stocked with cash before a key deadline. Obama continued an all-out fund-raising blitz last night on the West Coast, where he is expected to haul in…

The Obama administration has decided not to ask a federal appeals court in Atlanta for further review of a ruling striking down the centerpiece of President Obama’s health-care overhaul.The decision makes it more likely that the Supreme Court will hear a case on the issue in its term…

Amid those dark political clouds overhead right now, President Barack Obama still can console himself with this silver lining: The electoral map remains stacked in favor of him and his Democrats.

CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez accused Venezuela’s opposition Monday of using his cancer diagnosis as part of a campaign to portray him as incapable of governing to read more

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A roster of Hollywood stars and executives have turned out for President Barack Obama at a Los Angeles fundraiser. read more

Poor President Obama. His leftist backers have momentarily fallen out of love with him for not destroying the country fast enough. Obama must ask himself, “What would Hugo Chavez do?” Obama decided to embark on a…

Earlier this year, President Obama issued Executive Order 13,563, requiring all Executive branch federal agencies to establish procedures for a retrospective review all of their existing regulations. Initially,…

Possibly the biggest argument against big government is that if it weren't so big we'd wait until election years to hold election-year arguments over what to do about big government. President Barack…

When President Obama once again addresses public school students this week, he will likely hit all the poll-tested phrases (“The future of America depends on you”) and other warmed-over pablum…

Dispute over Obama’s background moving well into 2012 campaign

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The Washington Post puffed up the rookie performance of liberal Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan on the front page Monday. The headline was “Kagan made her mark in a bold rookie term.” But inside the paper was the more obvious conclusion, in the headline: “Kagan soothed liberal fears by shoring up the court’s left flank.” Reporter Robert Barnes is one of many liberal reporters who like pretending that Kagan was somehow an ideological mystery during the confirmation process, despite being picked to be Barack Obama’s solicitor general before the high court. While Kagan’s writings as an academic did not suggest a strong legal philosophy, her opinions and dissents from the bench have shown a conversational, confident writer, at times as sarcastic and cutting as a veteran

President Barack Obama, setting aside plans to stay out of the 2012 campaign until his GOP opponent emerges, has sharpened his line of attack against Republicans during a West Coast swing and injected himself into the GOP presidential-nomination fight.

Let's get ready to rumble.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promises to “keep pounding away” at Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs plan. read more