The Obama Review as of November 7, 2010

OBAMA
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Obama to use teleprompter for Hindi speech - Indo-Asian News Service – 11.6.10
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Obama-to-use-teleprompter-for-Hindi-speech/H1-Article1-622605.aspx
….This will be the first time a teleprompter will be used in the nearly 100-feet high dome-shaped
hall that has portraits of eminent national leaders adorning its walls.
Indian politicians are known for making impromptu long speeches and perhaps that is why some
parliament officials, who did not wish to be named, sounded rather surprised with the idea of a
teleprompter for Obama.
"We thought Obama is a trained orator and skilled in the art of mass address with his
continuous eye contact," an official, who did not wish to be identified because of security restrictions,
said.
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OBAMA TELLS 60 MINS: IT'S NOT POLICIES THAT WERE REJECTED, IT WAS FAILED COMMUNICATION
SKILLS... 11.5.10
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Obama visit criticised for 'over-the-top' spending – India Press Trust – 11.4.10
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/obama-visit-critised-for-overthetop-spending/134409-2.html
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Barack Obama's world turned upside down – Telegraph UK – 10.30.10
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8098632/US-midterm-elections-Barack-Obamas-world-turned-
upside-down-as-Democrats-face-electoral-disaster.html
US midterm elections - Barack Obama's world turned upside down as Democrats face electoral disaster
By abandoning his own rhetoric of bipartisanship, President Obama divided America and set the course
for a heavy Democratic defeat in Tuesday's midterm elections, argues Toby Harnden.
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The Obama Antidote
Canada Free Press
http://www.canadafreepress.com/
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Sunday Magazine
Give Obama a Pat on the Back—of Butter—He’s Toast
By Kelly O'Connell Full Story
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Obama has utterly failed. He launched an entire presidency upon a tissue of lies, excuses, ignorance and
a prickly cult of self-worship. But this proved so unstable it gave way beneath him mere weeks into his
tenure. Now he free-falls into oblivion. Future historians might craft “theories”—obscuring his
incompetence, blaming it onto outside forces or resolute foes. But those who witnessed his malfeasance
know better.
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Obama Approval Rating Hits New Low of 39% -Gallup Poll – 10.22.10
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Barack-Obama-Gallup-Poll/2010/10/22/id/374603
……For the first time, more Americans now view the president unfavorably than favorably, 50 percent to 47 percent,
which is the lowest of his presidency.
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Citing health care law, Boeing pares employee plan –AP -10.18.10
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101018/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_costs_boeing
WASHINGTON – Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care
law could have a potential downside for their workers.
 In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul as part of the reason it is
asking some 90,000 nonunion workers to pay significantly more for their health plan next year. A copy of
the letter was obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
"The newly enacted health care reform legislation, while intended to expand access to care for
millions of uninsured Americans, is also adding cost pressure as requirements of the new law are
phased in over the next several years," wrote Rick Stephens, Boeing's senior vice president for human
resources……
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Concerns grow about election fraud, voter intimidation –McClatchey-10.28.10
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/28/102804/concerns-grow-about-election-fraud.html
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Illegal Aliens Canvass for Votes in Wash. State –AP 10.22.10
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/22/illegal-aliens-canvass-votes-wash-state/
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DEMOCRATS
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Cantor- Dems Don't Get It If They Keep Pelosi Around 11-7-10
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Democrats find common ground - It's the White House's fault – POLITICO – 11.4.10
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44673.html#ixzz14LFBeSMQ
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Democrats lose centuries of seniority in House – Wash Times - 11.3.10
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/3/democrats-lose-centuries-seniority-house/
…… While the losses of 16 freshmen "Obama babies" — those elected during the president's 2008
sweep — were expected, the number of long-serving Democrats who lost re-election this week is
staggering, and suggests a widespread dissatisfaction with Washington.
All told, with about a dozen races still uncalled, Democrats have already shed 376 years of
congressional experience, and that could go as high as 430 years if five other Democrats lose races in
which returns show they are trailing………….
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Senate Dems warn GOP not to block legislation – The Hill – 11.3.10
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/127557-senate-dems-warn-gop-not-to-obstruct-legislation
……Pointedly, however, Reid signaled Democrats would likely vote against a wholesale extension of the
2001 and 2003 tax cuts signed by President George W. Bush, which expire at the end of the year.
Democrats would agree to extending the cuts for middle-class families, Reid said, but allowing them for
wealthy Americans “is not going to happen” because it would cost $ 4 trillion.
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Requiem for the Pelosi Democrats - WSJ – 10.30.10
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303284604575582320752384384.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
….Veteran Democratic Rep. Brian Baird says that job creation should have been priority 'number one,
two and three.'
It took Democrats in the House of Representatives 40 years to become out-of-touch enough to get
thrown out of office in 1994. It took 12 years for the Republicans who replaced them to abandon their
principles and be repudiated in 2006. Now it appears that the current Democratic majority has lost voter
confidence in only four years……..
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Dems split over handing Obama '12 nomination - 10.30.10 AP
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=213&sid=2099680
……WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic voters are closely divided over whether President Barack Obama
should be challenged within the party for a second term in 2012, an Associated Press-Knowledge
Networks Poll finds.
That glum assessment carries over into the nation at large, which is similarly divided over whether
Obama should be a one-term president.
 A real Democratic challenge to Obama seems unlikely at this stage and his re-election bid is a long
way off. But the findings underscore how disenchanted his party has grown heading into the
congressional elections Tuesday………
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Debt Has Increased $ 5 Trillion Since Speaker Pelosi Vowed, 'No New Deficit Spending'... 10-25-10
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CLINTON PLAYS TO HIGH SCHOOL GYM: TWO-THIRDS EMPTY -10-25-10
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Blue Dog Panic 2010
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1010/Dems_hippie_ad_Does_not_support_Pelosivoted_with_GOP_65_of_the_time.html?sh
owall
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NYC ELECTION BOARD SCREWUP- NO BALLOTS FOR SOLDIERS OVERSEAS! 10-11-10 NY Daily
News
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ECONOMY
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OCTOBER UNEMPLOYMENT 9.6%... ADDED 151,000 JOBS 11.5.10
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BROKE UK SLASHES 500,000 GOV'T JOBS – BBC -10.20.10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579979
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Backlash against Fed’s $ 600bn easing FINANCIAL TIMES – 11.4.10
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The US Federal Reserve’s decision to pump an extra $600bn into the economy has galvanized
emerging market central banks into preparing defensive measures and sparked criticism from leading
global economies.
The Fed’s initiative, in response to rising concern about the weakness of the US economy, has fuelled
fears of a sharp drop in the dollar and a fresh flood of capital inflows into emerging markets.
…..China, Brazil and Germany on Thursday criticised the Fed’s action a day earlier, and a string of east
Asian central banks said they were preparing measures to defend their economies against large capital
inflows.
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REPUBLICANS
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Fla's first black GOP rep says effort to paint Tea Party as racist failed... –The Hill -11.6.10
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/128025-west-says-racism-allegations-against-tea-party-by-liberals-didnt-work
…..“And the number one thing that you always try to do to silence an opponent in the United States of
America is to call someone a racist.”
West said that attempts to tarnish the Tea Party did not foil his campaign. “And we see that that did not
work whatsoever,” he said.
“Well, I think the most important thing with our race is that we ran on honor, integrity and character,”
said West.
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New House Judiciary Chairman to Obama: Prepare for Investigations -11.4.10
http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=7797170
Veteran Congressman will head influential House Judiciary
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GOP likely to urge Obama officials not to shred documents – The Hill – 11.3.10
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/127457-gop-likely-to-urge-obama-officials-not-to-shred-documents
…. Armed with the House majority, Republicans next year will enjoy subpoena power — something they
have not had in four years.
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MEDIA
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Soros Donates $ 1 Million to Media Matters (liberal activist group) NY Times -10.20.10
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/soros-donates-1-million-to-media-matters/
….Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and
others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $ 1 million donation from
the philanthropist George Soros.
In a statement obtained by The Caucus, the organization says it plans to use the money to intensify its
efforts to hold the Fox host Glenn Beck and others on the cable news channel accountable for their
reporting……..
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MSNBC Suspends Olbermann Over Political Donations to Dems... 11.5.10
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DRUDGE
CABLE NEWS RACE
TUES. OCT. 26, 2010
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FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,734,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,720,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,296,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,284,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 2,244,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,154,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,190,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,087,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 1,048,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 724,000
CNNHN GRACE 670,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 628,000
CNN COOPER 591,000
CNN KING 560,000
CNNHN BEHAR 339,000
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Juan Williams: My Words Were 'Not A Bigoted Statement' NPR - 10.21.10
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