Read more political criticism stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24178/political-criticism.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 22:01:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62934/rush-blame-obama-for-awol-sanford.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=221609&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331221857' border='0' />Rush Limbaugh has a novel theory about why Mark Sanford left the US: He was sick of the way the country’s being run. The South Carolina governor's disappearance, it seems, was President Obama’s fault, the Huffington Post reports. “This is almost like: I don't give a damn! Country's going to...Rush Limbaugh blames President Obama for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's South American sojourn.http://www.newser.com/story/62934/rush-blame-obama-for-awol-sanford.htmlFri, 26 Jun 2009 13:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56393/sarko-obamas-not-so-hot.htmlJohn Johnson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=200569&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331225411' border='0' />Someone sounds a little jealous the international media has found a new darling. Nicolas Sarkozy sniped today at President Obama for being inexperienced and indecisive, the Times of London reports. While praising Obama's "clever" mind, the French president complained to party members that "he was elected two months ago and...President Obama gestures at French President Nicholas Sarkozy, prior to talks in Strasbourg, France, Friday April 3, 2009.http://www.newser.com/story/56393/sarko-obamas-not-so-hot.htmlThu, 16 Apr 2009 19:26:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37392/palin-used-state-politics-to-settle-personal-scores.htmlJess Kilby<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=135740&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401003654' border='0' />Throughout Sarah Palin’s political career the Republican vice presidential nominee has played favorites, kept secrets and waged personal vendettas, according to the New York Times . A lengthy examination of the Alaska governor’s record reveals that she appointed at least five former schoolmates to state positions, threatened and fired several of...Sarah Palin has a contemplative moment at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this week.http://www.newser.com/story/37392/palin-used-state-politics-to-settle-personal-scores.htmlSun, 14 Sep 2008 06:43:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33746/hes-the-king-of-teflon-but-will-it-last.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=123583&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20111031140107' border='0' />Barack Obama has admitted that all politicians have a “reptilian side,” but the candidate’s slipperiness is so well-cloaked by his affable persona that he must be the “koala of iguanas,” Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Nothing sticks to Obama in part because he has anticipated all attacks and pre-admitted his...Obama pays cash at a Hy_Vee grocery store in Webster City, Iowa.http://www.newser.com/story/33746/hes-the-king-of-teflon-but-will-it-last.htmlWed, 30 Jul 2008 19:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19965/blogger-wins-award-vindication.htmlLaila Weir<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=77778&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021333' border='0' />The blogosphere is rejoicing in the news that “local boy” Joshua Micah Marshall garnered a George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marshall's Talking Points Memo blog is the first Internet-only operation to win the award, and many bloggers see that as validation, reports the New York Times . Marshall won for...Eighth grader Eyck Freymann updates his blog as he poses for a photograph in his home in New York, Friday Feb. 8, 2008. Freymann blogs about politics on his own Web site. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)http://www.newser.com/story/19965/blogger-wins-award-vindication.htmlMon, 25 Feb 2008 13:00:00 CST