Jan 29, 2010 By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday it risks diplomatic isolation and disruption to its energy supplies unless it helps keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Speaking in Paris, Clinton said she and others who support additional sanctions on Iran over its disputed [...]

Jan 29, 2010 By CHARLES M. BLOW President Obama’s State of the Union address soared — right over a familiar cliff. The president simply couldn’t seem to escape his professorial past, to convey his passion and convictions in the plain words of plain folks, and to breach the chasm between the People’s House and people’s [...]

Jan 29, 2010 Iran has again proved to be a master at playing for time. Six months after a new diplomatic overture from Washington and its partners, Tehran has shown no interest in resolving the dispute over its nuclear program. It is time for President Obama and other leaders to ratchet up the pressure with [...]

Jan 29, 2010 By Bradley Blakeman FOXNews.com   The president was warmly received by the Republican House Conference on Friday. He was heard and I hope he heeds what he heard as well. The president spoke to the Republican House retreat in Baltimore on Friday afternoon not because he wanted to but because he had [...]

By Ruben Navarrette Jr., Special to CNN January 29, 2010 1:36 p.m. EST Editor’s note: Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a member of the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board, a nationally syndicated columnist and a regular contributor to CNN.com. San Diego, California (CNN) — Thirty-seven words. In this week’s State of the Union address — which [...]

By Erick Erickson, Special to CNN January 29, 2010 1:45 p.m. EST Editor’s note: Erick Erickson is the editor in chief of RedState.com. (CNN) — The White House is willing to admit after the drubbing in Massachusetts last week that President Obama has lost a key connection to middle-class voters. It was refreshing to hear [...]

Jan 29, 2010 Gov’t Reports Economy Ended 2009 on Strong Note, Gaining 5.7 Percent; Experts Say Bone-Cut Inventories Explain Why By Anthony Mason (CBS)  The U.S. economy racked up its best quarter in six years when the government reported Friday it grew a strong 5.7 percent at the end of 2009. That makes two straight [...]

 Speaker’s trips ‘are more about partying than anything else’ Jan 29, 2010 By Bob Unruh   It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay [...]

Jan 29, 2010 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised an impressive $2 million in the fourth fundraising quarter, but spent $2.1 million — even more money than he brought in — much of it on campaign advertisements designed to improve his profile. With all that spending, Reid begins the new year with $8.7 million [...]

Jan 29, 2010 China on Friday protested the US decision to sell 6.4 billion dollars in weapons to Taiwan and warned of “serious” damage to relations and cooperation with Washington. China’s Vice Foreign Minister He Yafai made an urgent official demarche to the US ambassador in Beijing, Jon Huntsman, in the early hours Saturday local [...]