Bill Burton

Obama Golfs With Melody Barnes: Domestic Policy Adviser Is First Woman To Golf With President Obama

Washington Post | Michael D. Shear | Posted 10.25.2009 | Sports

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President Obama headed for the links again Sunday, but this time a woman joined him on the green. Melody Barnes, the president's chief domestic polic...

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New White House Line Against Fox: It's War

Ari Melber | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Glen Beck, Dan Pfeifer, Robert Gibbs, Anita Dunn, Major Garrett, Bill Burton, Obama, Fox News, Media Bias, Jen Psaki, Media News
Ari Melber

In the most significant exchange on CNN, Communications Director Anita Dunn stressed that Obama now personally views Fox as a partisan opponent, rather than a journalistic organization.

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Sam Stein

Snowe Says No Public Option, White House Says "That's Democracy"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

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The Senate Finance Committee will not include a public option in its health care bill, one of the key Republican negotiators said on Friday -- to whi...

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Bill Burton Defends Obama Reaction To Honduran Presidential Coup On "O'Reilly Factor" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton faced an outraged Juan Williams, sitting in for Bill O'Reilly, on "The O'Reilly Factor" tonight. Willia...

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White House Gave Reporters A Sex Line Instead Of Conference Call Line: Fox News

foxnews.com | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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Journalists seeking to talk a little foreign policy with high-profile Obama administration officials live from the G20 meetings in London this week we...

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Harry Reid Promises Republicans He'll Never Call Their Bluff

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Ari Melber

After watching this absurdity playing out in the stimulus debate, people are calling on Sen. Reid to make the Republicans follow through and actually filibuster legislation and show this spectacle to the public.

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Sam Stein

Bill Burton Heading To Obama White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Bill Burton, Barack Obama's national press secretary during the presidential campaign, will serve as a deputy press secretary in the Obama White House...

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50 Most Fascinating People of 2008

Mike Smith | Posted 02.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, David Calhoun, Craig Newmark, Obama, Bill Burton, Arianna Huffington, President Obama, Google, Dana Delaney, Barack Obama Campaign, Tim Kaine, Social Networking, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Samir Randolph, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Jen Arnold, Madeleine Albright, Brian O'shaugnessy, Reid Hoffman, David Axelrod, Craigslist, Mark Warner, New York Times, Washington Post, Jen Pilat, Richard Schiff, Media News
Mike Smith

Working with Craig Newmark of craigslist changed my life. In terms of his approach to "doing well by doing good" and creating social responsibility ties -- I was inspired.

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Obama's Secret Email Network Revealed

Ari Melber | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

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Ari Melber

Obama's team wants everyone to know -- this massive list of energized activists is the biggest stick Obama will carry in Washington.

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Jason Linkins

Bill O'Reilly Wants To Arrest Everyone, Starting With Obama Flacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Bill Burton, Megyn Kelly, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Gads, Bill O'Reilly...always with the suggestion of extrajudicial seizure! OK. Here's the story so far: this past Monday, Obama spokesman Bill Burto...

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Obama Campaign Takes the Fight to FOX

ZP Heller | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, Economy, Bill Burton, Fox News, George Will, Free Market Fundamentalis, Media, John McCain, Megyn Kelly, Media News
ZP Heller

FOX isn't merely rearranging the deck chairs on the GOP's Titanic anymore. They're violently throwing those chairs at everyone trying to make their way to a lifeboat.

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Obama Continues Fox News Pushback

Josh Orton | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

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Josh Orton

We've come a long way. Back in 2007, when Obama dropped out of the Fox News debate, the only reason given was that CNN seemed a more "appropriate venue."

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Sam Stein

Final Presidential Debate: Obama Says He's Ready For Ayers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Honoring the pre-debate tradition, Barack Obama's campaign is out with a memo on Wednesday raising the expectations for John McCain to ungodly heights...

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Jason Linkins

Bill Burton: Media Coverage Of Election A Cross Between 'McCain Infomercial' And 'Episode Of The X-Files'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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So, this morning, while many are figuring out how John McCain's new mortgage plan will help spur America to the point where every single risk taken wi...

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Wrong...Wrong...Wrong: Obama Lets Muslim Advisor Resign

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Obama should convince the American public that he's not setting up a zero sum game between Muslims on one side and Christians and Jews on the other.

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Obama Spokesman Bill Burton Compares Rove To A Funeral Director

NY Times | JIM RUTENBERG and JACQUES STEINBERG | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Late Thursday night, Karl Rove, the architect of the last two Republican presidential victories, was on his new television perch at Fox News, offering...

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