“I liked what he said...I talked too in my book about the fallen nature of man and why war is necessary at times."

video It's hard to imagine worse timing. President Obama flew to Norway today (according to Mark Knoller he is only the second president to do so) to accept his Nobel Peace Prize, nine days after announcing to the nation that he was sending 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. Has there ever been a more reluctant Nobel Prize recipient? And yet by most accounts Obama managed to pull it off. (more...)

video White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is pretty good with a comeback, so cracking wise with him is always a dicey proposition. At today's White House Press Briefing, there was a pricelessly awkward moment when, after Christina Bellantoni asked  Gibbs what the President is going to do with his Nobel Prize winnings, a reporter from CongressDaily made a comment worthy of those "Would you please pass the jelly?" commercials. (more...)

video No matter what, Hillary Clinton always seems to be answering questions regarding the powerful men around her. Not to get to MoDo on the subject, but it must get tiring. Then again, she's not the Secretary of State for nothing. Despite plenty of humorous (and not so humorous!) speculation about both of the Clinton's response to President Obama's surprise Nobel Peace Prize win last Friday, Sec. of State Clinton was nothing if not diplomatic in her response to Ann Curry regarding whether she thinks Obama "deserved" to win and join the ranks of "Martin Luther King, Mother Theresa, and Nelson Mandela." (Not to put too fine a point on it!) (more...)

There is something a good portion of liberals and conservatives can agree on: Obama does a lot of talking but not quite enough following through. At the Human Rights Campaign 13th Annual Dinner, Obama reiterated his campaign promise to abolish "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."  The reaction by some seemed to suggest that people thought Obama was repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which is not the case, it's just more talk. (more...)

Today's announcement of President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize created quite a stir in the world of opinion journalism. The left seemed eager to agree with the seeming absurdity of getting nominated for such an honor only 12 days in office, but the right have been downright giddy -- some went so far as to claim that this is "way worse than not getting the Olympics!" Huh?! Following is a run-down of real right-wing reaction to this morning's news. (more...)

Updated Was anyone not surprised to wake up this morning to news that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize? "In a stunning surprise" was how the Times phrased it. Stunning indeed. Also, why? It may seem like lifetimes but Obama has only been president for nine months! Also, the nominations for the prize closed ELEVEN DAYS after Obama was inaugurated. What exactly has he done to deserve a Nobel Peace prize? No doubt a certain quarter of the right wing will be spending the day pointing out everything he hasn't done. Even the Times seemed to edge toward that thinking: (more...)

Now that Pres. Barack Obama got his Nobel Peace Prize victory out of the way, it was time to bomb the Moon. As predicted on Office Hours yesterday, the entire event, taking place this morning at 7:30amET, was mostly hype, at least in terms of usable video. Still, every cable and broadcast news morning show took it live, with team reporting. Here's a look at how each show dealt with the anti-climactic Moon bombing: (more...)