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Clinton: Whoops, I Thought Health Care Would Be Popular

Long Timeline and GOP Opposition Have Stifled Support

(Newser) - Bill Clinton thought that once it was signed into law, Barack Obama's health care reform bill would become amazingly popular. But the polls are in, and now Clinton admits he miscalculated, the Hill reports. "First of all, the benefits of the bill are spread out of three or four...

Brown: Sorry for That Lewinsky Crack...

Meg Whitman's attack ad starts brouhaha

(Newser) - Jerry Brown apologized to Bill Clinton for a snarky jab related to Monica Lewinsky, but it remains to be seen if the popular former president will endorse Brown in his race for California governor against Meg Whitman. It all started after Whitman ran an ad accusing Brown of lying—by...

Why This Conservative Misses Bill Clinton
 Why This Conservative 
 Misses Bill Clinton 
jonah goldberg
Sep 3, 2010 5:35 PM CDT

Why This Conservative Misses Bill Clinton

He could sell , unlike Obama

(Newser) - Jonah Goldberg is tired of having a president who can articulate his views like a lawyer but doesn't have the faintest idea how to persuade others to agree with him. "I miss having a Democrat who could sell," Goldberg writes for the New York Post . And the conservative...

GOP Itching to Investigate Obama
GOP Itching to Investigate Obama
Aug 27, 2010 7:07 AM CDT

GOP Itching to Investigate Obama

Republicans to launch gaggle of probes if they take House

(Newser) - Republicans are already preparing to launch a host of congressional investigations against the White House if they prevail in November, handing out subpoenas at a rate not seen since the Clinton administration, Republican staffers tell Politico . A group of would-be committee chairmen, led by Darrell Issa and Lamar Smith, are...

Bill Clinton Is Back as a Political Force

He may be more influential than Obama this fall

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's political stock dropped while he was on the campaign trail with Hillary in 2008, but he's clearly resurrected it, writes Joshua Green in the Boston Globe . In fact, with President Obama's approval rating on the downswing, Clinton "has emerged as the surrogate of choice for embattled Democrats....

Chelsea's Wedding: Yes, Bill Cried

 Chelsea's 
 Wedding: 
 Yes, Bill Cried 
details from the big day
Aug 2, 2010 7:26 AM CDT

Chelsea's Wedding: Yes, Bill Cried

The bride wore Vera Wang, and more tidbits

(Newser) - “There wasn't a dry eye in the house” as Chelsea Clinton danced with her father at her wedding Saturday. The father-daughter moment came after Chelsea and new husband Marc Mezvinsky’s first dance, to “The Way You Look Tonight.” As the proud pop cut in, “Bill's...

Chelsea's Married!
 Chelsea's Married! 
UPDATED
Aug 1, 2010 5:59 AM CDT

Chelsea's Married!

And here are the pics to prove it

(Newser) - It was high society inside and high security outside as Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend at an elegant estate in a Hudson River village where several prominent guests were spotted beforehand, but the husband-and-wife-to-be stayed out of sight. The ceremony was conducted by a rabbi and a reverend as...

Chelsea's Married!
 Chelsea's Married! 
Jul 31, 2010 9:10 PM CDT

Chelsea's Married!

Bill and Hillary 'watched with great pride'

(Newser) - Rhinebeck can get back to normal. Chelsea Clinton wed longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate tonight. (Still no actual wedding photos, though. To see others, click here .) Hundreds of guests gathered near the end of a near-perfect summer day of warm temperatures,...

Rhinebeck Abuzz as Chelsea's Big Day Dawns

Upstate NY town awash in glow of first daughter's nuptials

(Newser) - It's probably just a coincidence, what with the kids probably just eloping and all, but Bill and Hillary Clinton were hanging out in Rhinebeck yesterday as wedding fever officially took over the small upstate New York town. Chelsea was nowhere in sight, but Bubba was spotted strolling through town on...

Chelsea to Take on Top Role at Clinton Foundation

Bride-to-be expected to take over family business

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton is marrying into the Mezvinsky clan this weekend, but her future will be all about preserving the Clinton legacy, insiders tell the Telegraph . Chelsea—who recently acquired a master's degree in public health from Columbia University—is being groomed to take on a major role at the Clinton...

Israeli PM: US Easy to Manipulate
 Israeli PM: US Easy 
 to Manipulate 
Caught on tape
Jul 19, 2010 11:10 AM CDT

Israeli PM: US Easy to Manipulate

Netanyahu talks about undermining Oslo accords in old video

(Newser) - A tape has surfaced in which Benjamin Netanyahu, current prime minister of Israel, brags about how easy the US is to manipulate. In the video, which was shot in 2001, the then-out-of-office Netanyahu speaks bluntly with a group of West Bank settlers about how he had undermined the Palestinian peace...

Welcome to the Clintons' $11M Mansion

They've got stables, so that's exciting

(Newser) - Wondering what it’s like to be the Clintons? Click through the gallery for a partial tour of the $10.9 million mansion in New York state they’re said to be buying . Gawker points to the real estate listing , which has even more photos of the 7,000-square-foot house....

US Has Delivered Zero on $1B Aid Pledged to Haiti
 US Has Delivered Zero 
 on $1B Aid Pledged to Haiti 
thanks to congress
Jul 15, 2010 7:46 AM CDT

US Has Delivered Zero on $1B Aid Pledged to Haiti

And most of the rest of the world has done no better.

(Newser) - Remember all that money the nations of the world generously pledged to help with Haiti’s earthquake relief efforts? It hasn’t materialized, CNN reports. Less than 2% of the $5.3 billion promised at an aid conference in March has actually been delivered to the UN, with only Brazil,...

Clintons Near Deal on $11M Country Mansion

They're expected to sign deal soon in Bedford Hills

(Newser) - It looks like Bill and Hillary are moving to the country. The Clintons are expected to seal a deal within weeks to buy an $11 million mansion in Westchester County's Bedford Hills, reports the New York Post . (Click through to see photos.) For that money, they get 20 acres,...

Upstate NY Town Has Chelsea Fever
 Upstate NY 
 Town Has 
 Chelsea Fever 

WEDDING LOCATION REVEALED
Jul 4, 2010 10:32 AM CDT

Upstate NY Town Has Chelsea Fever

Guess who's getting married in Rhinebeck?

(Newser) - The small Upstate New York town of Rhinebeck is abuzz with all things Clinton these days—former first daughter Chelsea Clinton will reportedly wed her fiance Marc Mezvinsky at John Jacob Astor's former estate at the end of the month, reports the New York Daily News. "There's this insane...

Obama 15th-Best President, Scholars Say

George W. Bush, meanwhile, finishes not quite last

(Newser) - Two years in, Barack Obama looks like a pretty good president to the nation’s top presidential scholars. The 44th president came in 15th on the all-time list, two spots behind Bill Clinton and three ahead of Ronald Reagan, in a Siena College Research Institute Poll, the New York Daily ...

Barack Obama Is a Woman
 Barack Obama Is a Woman 
Kathleen Parker
Jun 30, 2010 8:41 AM CDT

Barack Obama Is a Woman

He's paying the price for his talk-it-out mentality

(Newser) - If Bill Clinton was our first black president, “then Barack Obama may be our first woman president,” writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post . He's not exactly girlie, but he's “suffering from a rhetorical-testosterone deficit.” Much as Toni Morrison wrote that Clinton “displays almost every...

Clinton, Obama Back Rival Colorado Candidates

Ex-president endorses underdog Andrew Romanoff

(Newser) - The Clinton-Obama faultline that split Democrats in 2008 appears to have reopened in Colorado. Bill Clinton has bucked the Obama administration and given his support to Andrew Romanoff in the state's Democratic primary for the US Senate, the Denver Post reports. Romanoff—who endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2008—is running...

Give 'Brilliant' Obama Some Credit: Bill Clinton

President has done a lot to benefit the country: ex-president

(Newser) - The American public doesn't appreciate what President Obama has done for the country, Bill Clinton says. Though the two have had a somewhat frosty relationship since the campaign, Politico notes, Clinton said yesterday: “I think he's done a better job than he's given credit for. I feel very strongly...

Who Will Replace Larry King?
 Who Will Replace Larry King? 
David Carr
Jun 21, 2010 4:52 PM CDT

Who Will Replace Larry King?

It's clear the legend can't hack it anymore

(Newser) - If you needed proof that it’s time for Larry King to retire—beyond the plummeting ratings —you got it during his painful interview with Lady Gaga. The interaction was a total dud, despite Gaga’s obvious willingness to have fun. “If he can no longer hit a...

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