Obama's big change:

He moves America to the Right
By: Byron York
October 27, 2009

As promised, Barack Obama is bringing change to America. He's making it more Republican.

It's no surprise that opinion moves back and forth. What is surprising is that it is starting so quickly. Not very long ago, we heard pundits tell us that our politics had changed, that we were entering an age of Obama, that the sun had set on the Republicans' cherished notion of America as a center-right country.

It turns out America is a center-right country after all. It was just tired of George Bush and the GOP leadership.

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Axelrod: 'Politics' sank Obama's Olympics effort

No, no, Mr. Axelrod, you've got it wrong... it had to be race! The IOC must be racist! At least that's your charge against others who disagree with the President.

By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
Washington Examiner

Top White House adviser David Axelrod says "politics" played a key role in the International Olympic Committee's decision to reject President Obama's appeal in support of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics.

In an interview moments ago on CNN, Axelrod said, "I don't view this as a repudiation of the president or the first lady. I think that there are politics everywhere, and there were politics inside that room." Axelrod said that a former head of the IOC was leading Madrid's effort for the games, and others involved in other Olympic bids also had connections with the IOC. "As with any process like this, there are all kinds of crosscurrents in the room, there are relationships," Axelrod said.

Asked for details, Axelrod said, "I'm not suggesting anything nefarious…I'm not suggesting anything untoward happened. There are politics around every process, and there were here as well…There were relationships that paid off for some of the other cities."

Axelrod defended Obama's decision to fly to Copenhagen to make the appeal for Chicago. "It was well worth the effort," Axelrod said. "Obviously it was disappointing. The president made, I think, a very strong appeal, and it didn't work out."

Senate blocks move to bring McChrystal to Hill

The title should read: Dems block potential embarrasement for the President.

By: Susan Ferrechio
Chief Congressional Correspondent
Washington Examiner

The Senate defeated on a party-line vote a move by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz to set a Nov. 15 deadline for the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and other military brass to testify before the Senate about the need for additional troops and resources to fight the war.

McCain's provision, an effort to put pressure on Obama to quickly decide on a troop increase, failed 40-59, and came after the Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., by a 60-39 vote, to postpone such a hearing until Obama has finished a planned review of the Afghanistan war strategy.

"This is an issue that the U.S. Senate should have a role in at least being informed," McCain argued before the Senate Thursday afternoon. "So, I guess we will be restricted to interviews with Gen. McChrystal on 60 minutes."

Levin said Obama should be allowed the time to decide whether the strategy needs to be altered in Afghanistan before McChrystal goes public with his request, though it has already been widely circulated.

"It would be "totally inappropriate, in the middle of a deliberative process, to pit our commander in the field against our commander in chief," Levin said.