President Barack Obama, his oratorical skills already the stuff of political legend, has spent much of his young presidency demonstrating the limits of the power of presidential speechmaking to rivet the American public or to bend Congress... (Continue reading)
President Obama returned to the White House from his summer break on Sunday determined to jump-start his struggling presidency by reasserting command of the health care debate and recalibrating expectations that some advisers believe got away from him. With his honeymoon... (Continue reading)