Barack Obama Press Conference

Obama Says He's 'Comfortable' With Including Proposed 5.6% Surtax On Millionaires In Jobs Plan (VIDEO)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

At a news conference on Thursday, President Barack Obama said he's "comfortable" with Senate Democrats including a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires ...

Obama Holds Press Conference

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

President Barack Obama is holding a White House news conference Thursday morning. It's Obama's first news conference since announcing h...

Sam Stein

Obama Opens Door On Short-Term Government Funding Measure

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans announced plans on Friday for another short-term government funding resolution, putting off concerns about a federal s...

Obama News Conference Scheduled To Address Rising Oil & Gas Prices

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The White House says President Barack Obama will address rising oil and gasoline prices at a news conference on Friday. Fuel prices have been risin...

Obama Press Conference: President Speaks Before Holiday Trip

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Buoyant in political victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday wrapped up a long, rough year in Washington by rejoicing in a rar...

Obama News Conference: What Would YOU Ask The President At His First Q&A Since May?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATED: See some of the best questions below. Ahead of President Obama's White House news conference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. ET on Friday, the Huf...

Obama To Hold First News Conference Since May

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will hold a news conference at the White House on Sept. 10. The White House said Obama would use the news c...

Network Execs "Seething Behind The Scenes" Over Obama Press Conferences

Hollywood Reporter | John Consoli | Posted 05.25.2011

But executives at the Big Four broadcast networks are seething behind the scenes that President Obama has cost them about $30 million in cumulative ad...

Obama's 100 Days Press Conference: Full Video

Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama held his third primetime news conference to mark the 100th day of his term. Here is full video of the press conference: Visit msnb...

Obama 100 Days Press Conference: FULL TRANSCRIPT

Posted 05.25.2011

The full transcript of Obama's third press conference on April 29, 2009: OBAMA: Please, be seated. Before we begin tonight, I just want to provide ev...

Fox Not Airing Obama Press Conference

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Fox became the first broadcast network to turn down a request by President Barack Obama for time, opting to show its drama "Lie to Me...

NYT Trying To Turn Obama Into Al Gore: Media Matters

Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011

How? By suggesting Obama is becoming something of a chameleon who reinvents himself depending on the political setting. The press spent most of 2000 d...

Big Questions for President Obama's Big Press Conference

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Ari Melber

Tuesday, Obama is holding the second prime time press conference of his first 100 days. Here are just a few questions for the big event.

Jason Linkins

Matthews Back To Praising Obama's Communication Skills (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

MSNBC's Chris Matthews was full of compliments after last night's Obama presser, most notably for "our breed" -- the press. The media, he said, "looke...

Obama's Press Conference Answers Three Formal Grade-Levels Higher Than Bush's First

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Nickolas

I copied each transcript into separate Word documents, deleted the intros and all reporter questions, leaving just the unscripted answers to all questions. Then I ran Word's readability tool.

Fox News Shut Out At Obama's Pressers

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

FishbowlDC points out that Fox News reporters have yet to get a question in at any of Barack Obama's recent press conferences. Obama spokesman Rober...

Obama Changes Press Conference Protocol, Rattles Reporters

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.25.2011

When President-elect Barack Obama meets the press Wednesday morning for his third news conference in as many days, it's anyone's guess which reporters...

Obama Beats Press Conference Record

Washington Times | Posted 05.25.2011

In the 22 days since winning the White House, President-elect Barack Obama has taken 22 questions from reporters and has done two sit-down television ...