Immediately after the third debate between Barack Obama and John McCain at Hofstra University, CNN commentator Bill Bennett declared that Obama had failed to connect with voters. “I thought Obama was ...

President Obama has endured his share of barbs from his foes; among the most-oft-heard criticism, amplified since his first Oval Office speech, is that he’s too “professorial” to lead America as a ...

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