In recent days, Democratic strategists have all but begged President Obama to take control of a deepening public relations disaster that threatens to derail his second-term agenda, Politico reports. On Wednesday evening, Obama did just that. The White House released...

“But the one advice I give to Republicans is stop calling it a huge scandal,” writes Charles Krauthammer. “Stop saying it’s a Watergate. Stop saying it’s Iran Contra. Let the facts speak for themselves. Have a special...

A new Pew Research survey finds President Obama continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard. Obama’s job approval is back in positive territory at 51% … By comparison, just 22% approve of the job...

This morning’s must read is an op-ed  from Marco Rubio titled “What Boston means.”  Rubio employs some pretty strong language against President Obama, charging that “he is failing to explain to the American people the consequences of this conflict,...

President Obama “is warning liberal supporters that their push to make changes in a comprehensive immigration bill could jeopardize the strategy of Senate leaders, who are aiming to win up to 70 votes for the measure,” the Washington...

John Cassidy lays out President Obama’s two possible strategies as he continues to pursue his second-term legislative agenda, which includes a stalled gun control bill, immigration reform, climate change, and the budget. “The first strategy would involve continuing...

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday that Senator Marco Rubio’s plan for a 10- to 13-year path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is “consistent” with President Obama’s principles, suggesting he would sign off on it,...

The Associated Press explains why even experts on the federal budget might find it difficult to determine the cost of provisions of President Obama’s health care reform law in the president’s latest budget proposal. “It turns out that the...

President Obama’s budget proposal “revived his longstanding attack on oil industry tax breaks and formally launched a plan to pay for alternative vehicle research with drilling dollars,” according to the Houston Chronicle. “Obama’s budget would save $39 billion...

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz estimates  that “racial animus in the United States appears to have cost Obama roughly four percentage points of the national popular vote in both 2008 and 2012.” Bouie wonders what this might mean for 2016: If this is...