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...first six minutes started in on the State of the Union address President Obama had delivered the Wednesday before. "It was fantastic, so let me start with something nice," Beck said, then paused, staring blankly at the audience. "O.K., give me a minute, I'll think of something." The crowd roared. Likening Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to "Ren and Stimpy, or Beavis and Butt-head" simply wasn't enough. Pelosi's plastic surgery, he says, must be getting to the point where "it must hurt when she blinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Live on Tape with Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly! | 1/31/2010 | See Source »

...want to start looking deep into the 21st century and say to ourselves, There's no reason why other countries can build high-speed rail lines and we can't," Obama told a crowd in a University of Tampa arena. "Right here in Tampa, we're building the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can High-Speed Rail Succeed in America? | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

Stand-up comics call it a "tough crowd," but then tough crowds are part of their business. It's a whole other matter to be met with cold stares when you are the President of the United States, talking in prime time before a joint session of Congress, when your party controls both chambers by historic margins. (Read "Obama's State of the Union Address: Five Ways to Judge Its Success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of the Union: A Feisty Obama, a Frosty GOP | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...While the Democrats at times seemed to be considering the exits, the Republicans in the crowd handled the event with a renewed sense of confidence. A few minutes before Obama arrived, Republican Representative Mike Pence, standing in Statuary Hall, explained that he had turned down a chance to run for the Senate so he could help lead Republicans back to power in the House. "This is a genuine, authentic, American movement," he said of the political winds that had won Republicans statewide races in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of the Union: A Feisty Obama, a Frosty GOP | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...polling day, voters may stay home in fear, CaFFE's Thenakoon warns. That's a big risk for the opposition, as Fonseka supporters say that the higher the voter turnout, the better his chance of ousting Rajapaksa. "They want to keep us away from the booths," Fonseka told the crowd at his final election rally on Jan. 23. "We should not get scared, we should go and vote." (See pictures of life in the territories previously controlled by the Tamil Tigers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lanka's Crucial Vote: The President vs. the General | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

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