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As G-8 leaders arrive, new doubts about Obama's international clout

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

As President Obama prepares to host the NATO and Group of Eight international summits this weekend, there are increasing signs that the world is brushing him aside. Published May 16, 2012 Comments

GOLDBERG: Romney's media handicap

By Jonah Goldberg

Perhaps Mitt Romney played it right when he was meek and contrite in response to The Washington Post's front-page allegations that he bullied a kid half-a-century ago in high school. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

TYRRELL: Dirty days ahead

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

I first heard it two, perhaps 2 1/2 years ago. A sage sitting in his New York City office pronounced it. Said the sage to me: "This is going to be the dirtiest presidential campaign in history." Published May 15, 2012 Comments

DECKER: Obama's inevitable shellacking

By Brett M. Decker - The Washington Times

Just about every objective indicator foreshadows a huge re-election defeat for President Obama. With every day that passes, Mr. Obama looks more like a loser. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

EDITORIAL: Obama's leaky underwear bomb

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

When word broke last week that a terrorist underwear bomb plot had been foiled, it seemed to be an impressive American victory. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

LAMBRO: Making Romney's day over employment

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

President Obama is attacking Mitt Romney's job-creation record when he headed a capital investment firm that turned failing companies and startup businesses into success stories. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

KEENE: Obama's plan to 'crucify' political opponents

By David Keene - The Washington Times

When Ronald Reagan took on Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter in 1980, I volunteered to run an independent expenditure campaign for the National Conservative Political Action Committee. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

Obama keeps up with Kardashians, Avengers, more

By Associated Press

President Obama can hold his own when it comes to pop culture: He's up on "The Avengers" superheroes, has a handle on the Kardashians and says he catches up with TV hits during long flights on Air Force One. But the president punted to wife Michelle when he was asked about the erotic fiction book "Fifty Shades of Grey." Published May 15, 2012 Comments

MURKOWSKI AND VITTER: Obama's mulligan on Keystone XL

By Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. David Vitter

TransCanada's decision to reapply for a federal permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the U.S.-Canadian border offers President Obama something that rarely comes around - a second chance to do the right thing. Published May 15, 2012 Comments

Current third-party candidates not on voters' menu

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

There's a substantial appetite among American voters for an option other than the two major parties in this year's elections — but there's little taste for any of the third-party or independent candidates currently competing, according to the latest poll by The Washington Times/JZ Analytics. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

EDITORIAL: No gaiety for Obama

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Barack Obama has been dubbed the "first gay president." All the hype surrounding Mr. Obama's position in favor of same-sex "marriage" may help guarantee he will be the last one for awhile. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

Obama ad paints Romney as a job killer

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

President Obama's campaign is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multipronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

updatedObama urges graduates to persevere through bad economy, life's challenges

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

President Obama, whose re-election is counting on support from women and young voters, encouraged graduating students from a women's college in New York to aim high and persevere through life's many challenges, imploring them to demand a seat at the table and work hard to attain it. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

Obama seeks to undercut Romney's record on jobs

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

President Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern for the working class in a new, multi-pronged effort that seeks to undermine the central rationale for his Republican rival's candidacy: his business credentials. Published May 14, 2012 Comments

ZOGBY: President Obama's weekly report card (May 7-13)

By John Zogby - Special to The Washington Times

Pollster John Zogby grades the president's week and how the week's events affect his re-election chances. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

CURL: Team Obama panics, and it's only May

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

It's mushroom cloud after mushroom cloud for President Obama. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

Poll shows Obama's chief edge is enthusiasm factor

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama are statistically tied with 43.6 percent and 43.2 percent support, respectively, among likely voters surveyed in the first head-to-head matchup conducted for The Washington Times/JZ Analytics poll, which nonetheless found more enthusiasm for the president's campaign than for the GOP's challenger. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

Gay marriage gives Romney chance to fire up base

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

While many Republicans consider the sudden emergence of gay marriage as an issue in the 2012 presidential campaign an unhelpful distraction, social conservatives Sunday insisted the Obama administration has given presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity. Published May 13, 2012 Comments

North Carolina a political headache for Democrats

By Mitch Weiss - Associated Press

Once a bright spot for President Barack Obama, North Carolina is now more like a political migraine less than four months before Democrats open the party's national convention in Charlotte. Published May 12, 2012 Comments

KNIGHT: Obama's wicked marriage proposal

By Robert Knight - The Washington Times

After having done everything in his power to undermine marriage, President Obama has come out of the closet, so to speak, with his announcement that he's now for brideless or groomless "marriage." But he didn't come out alone. Published May 11, 2012 Comments

As G-8 leaders arrive, new doubts about Obama’s international clout

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Army chief says budget cuts would hollow military

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EDITORIAL: Obama’s leaky underwear bomb

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