‘Aloof,’ ‘cocky,’ ‘stingy’: Team Obama meets the press

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From Politico‘s story today on the increasingly distant relationship between President Obama and the national press: Conservatives assume a cozy relationship between this White House and the reporters who cover it. Wrong. Many reporters find Obama himself strangely fearful of talking with them and often aloof and cocky when he does. They find his staff… Read more »

The Affordable Care Act’s big giveaway to stingy red states

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Over the coming weeks and months, there’s going to be a new event in the Republican Party’s ongoing “No, I’m the most anti-Obamacare!” contest: refusing to participate in the law’s proposed Medicaid expansion. So far, the governors of Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana have already promised to do exactly that. Ignore them. The deal the federal… Read more »