Tag: Barack Obama

Obama Says He Would Have Beaten Trump

Michael Warren · December 27, 2016 9:30 am

Only 18 percent said former President Barack Obama experienced a harsher press than President Trump. (AP Photo)

Trump on whether Obama could have won in 2016: ‘No way!’

Sarah Bedford · December 26, 2016 10:46 pm

If Americans did believe in Obama's vision and not just in his person, the 2016 election wouldn't have been close. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Obama would have won, because he’s a lot more popular than the Dems’ agenda

David Freddoso · December 26, 2016 10:39 pm

The president spent part of Christmas Day thanking the troops for their serve. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Obama: Being commander in chief ‘the privilege of my life’

Sarah Bedford · December 26, 2016 2:45 pm

President Barack Obama talks to former President George W. Bush as former Vice President Dick Cheney, right, looks on, after Obama delivered his inaugural address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.(AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

Washington Secrets

Divider in chief: Obama leaves nation more divided than Bush

Paul Bedard · December 26, 2016 2:45 pm

The president suggests that were he the 2016 candidate, he would have "articulated" a winning message. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: I would have won this thing

Kelly Cohen · December 26, 2016 2:41 pm

President Obama's grants of clemency are, in a way, acts of desperation by a president concerned that his successor, who emphasizes law and order, will abjure reform. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Real reform is better than clemency at Christmas

Washington Examiner · December 25, 2016 11:15 pm

A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister said Sunday that they have —œironclad information—? that the Obama administration had a large role in pushing the United Nation’s resolution on Israeli settlements. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Netanyahu aide: Obama administration pushed UN resolution

Kelly Cohen · December 25, 2016 8:51 pm

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest expressed annoyance that President Obama doesn't get enough credit for being the "most transparent" president in history. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Earnest to press: Give Obama credit for being ‘transparent’

Kelly Cohen · December 25, 2016 6:06 pm

David Gregory: Obama has an ‘elitist’ view of the media

Kelly Cohen · December 25, 2016 5:29 pm

"The president — the kindest thing I can say — is he has a lackadaisical attitude about" terrorism, said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

National Security

Giuliani slams ‘lackadaisical’ Obama on terror

Kelly Cohen · December 25, 2016 4:05 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he indicated to Secretary of State John Kerry that he is not acting as a friend to Israel. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA pool via AP)

National Security

Netanyahu tells Kerry he is not being a friend to Israel

Daniel Chaitin · December 25, 2016 3:39 pm