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Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama's leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
The survey also shows grave and growing concerns about the Gulf oil spill, with overwhelming majorities of adults favoring stronger regulation of the oil industry and believing that the spill will affect the nation's economy and environment.
Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just one-third think the economy will get better over the next year, a 7-point drop from a month ago and the low point of Mr. Obama's tenure.
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Watch the GOP Presiential hopefuls – when they start to pile on, then you know that game is on for 2012
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Al Gore Involved in Sex Scandal Says National Enquirer
From the National Enquirer
Well, they were right about John Edwards, Rielle Hunter and their baby.In a bombshell new development in the AL GORE sex scandal — broken EXCLUSIVELY earlier today by The ENQUIRER — the Oregon District Attorney says there’s “the possibility of a criminal prosecution.”
In a statement just released by Multnomah County (OR.) D.A. Michael D. Schrunk, the official reveals that “our office was notified by the Portland Police Bureau that further investigation of this matter had been conducted by it in 2009 and we were provided with the reports from that further investigation.”
Schrunk goes on to add: “If the complainant and the Portland Police Bureau wish to pursue the possibility of a criminal prosecution, additional investigation by the Bureau will be necessary and will be discussed with the Portland Police Bureau.”
And, Al Gore and his wife of 42 years, Tipper, recently announced they were divorcing.
So, who knows?
But, if I were Gore I think I might want to get in front of this story, unlike John Edwards.
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Day By Day June 23, 2010 – Bling It
Day By Day by Chris MuirSpeaking about dress and appropriateness – what about General McChrystal meeting with President Obama today? Will he have a photo op in his dress uniform after he is fired?Personnel issues are always difficult and how do you dismiss someone who is running your frakking war in Afghanistan. I think there is more to it than changing the locks on the headquarters door.
The Obama Administration perception of being a bunch of clowns in the White House may well be sustained if this Hope and Change moment goes very badly.
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- If Obama had any class, he would allow McChrystal to resign before meeting with him. But he won't and will take him to woodshed instead #
- RT @chucktodd: Senior admin aides: McCrystal has not offered his resignation but has informed superiors he is prepared to do so.|Be prepared #
- Obama: I want to talk to McChrystal before I fire his ass – are you frakking kidding me? Plus Ca Change #tcot #
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- RT @cnnbrk: Gen. Stanley McChrystal has submitted his resignation, Time magazine's Joe Klein told CNN. http://on.cnn.com/8YXzqk #
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- The real question is not whether McChrystal should be fired but when Americans will decide they are done with Obama and fire him #tcot #
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- No doubt: McChrystal will be fired and Obama will be left with Holbrooke and Biden – lack of leadership continues in losing Afghan War #tcot #
- RT @jaketapper: .@ABCPentagon reports that McChrystal press aide Duncan Boothby has resigned in the wake of the Rolling Stone article. #tcot #
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In a phone interview this afternoon, Senator John McCain expanded on his statement from this morning on General Stanley McChrystal and the general's comments to Rolling Stone:
"If the president fires McChrystal, we need a new ambassador and we need an entire new team over there. But most importantly, we need the president to say what Secretary Clinton and Secretary Gates have both said but what the president refuses to say: Our withdrawal in the middle of 2011 will be conditions based. It's got to be conditions based and he's got to say it."
But McCain says that Obama is worried about the political repercussions of that kind of all-in statement.
"He won't say this because he's captive of his far-left base."
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The worsening budget impasse over Medicare reimbursements is straining not just doctors but also House-Senate relations — with taxpayers facing millions of dollars in added costs for reprocessing claims.
Having waited for weeks in hopes of a stay, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, is now enforcing a 21 percent cut in physician payments, and an estimated 50 million claims, held back since June 1, will be the first affected.
Never before has Congress allowed such a deep Medicare cut to go into effect at this scale, and complicating matters further is a public rift between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) over the best course forward.
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The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was summoned to Washington for a White House meeting after apologizing Tuesday for flippant and dismissive remarks about top Obama administration officials involved in Afghanistan policy.
The remarks in an article in this week's in Rolling Stone magazine are certain to increase tension between the White House and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.
The profile of McChrystal, , titled the "Runaway General," also raises fresh questions about the judgment and leadership style of the commander Obama appointed last year in an effort to turn around a worsening conflict.
McChrystal and some of his senior advisors are quoted criticizing top administration officials, at times in starkly derisive terms. An anonymous McChrystal aide is quoted calling national security adviser James Jones a "clown," who remains "stuck in 1985."
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Will Afghanistan will go down in history as the War Obama lost?
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