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Correspondents' Dinner: Obama targets Romney, GOP at 'nerd prom' Orlando Sentinel Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- All’s fair in love and war -- and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. With Washington and media elite in attendance, along with a sprinkling of celebrities, President Obama wasted no time in taking aim at political rivals during his speech, making sure to save some barbs for himself. White House Correspondents’ dinner moves ever closer to becoming a circus National Post Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:09 PM PDT Sheldon Alberts: 'I have the nuclear codes. What am I doing telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian?' Obama said in a fake 'hot-mike' moment before he took the stage Saturday. 'Why is she famous, anyway?' President Obama And Jimmy Kimmel At The 2012 White House Correspondents Dinner The Inquisitr Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:08 PM PDT President Obama and Jimmy Kimmel both received a great deal of laughter as the two cracked jokes with those in attendance at the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Kimmel, the official comedian of the evening, received plenty of laughs as he poked fun at the Barack Obama with his opening line: “Remember when the country [...] President Obama And Jimmy Kimmel At The 2012 White House ... “Words Like Loaded Pistols”: The not-so-lost art of rhetoric Salon.com Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:05 PM PDT When people use the term "rhetoric" these days, they usually mean empty language -- be it high-flown or spoken in high dudgeon. A few may think of rhetoric as a deadly classical discipline devoted to the exhaustive parsing and labeling of figures of speech: zeugma, anyone? Yet as Sam Leith points out in his delightful and illuminating "Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama ... Obama, Clintons deepen political and policy ties Associated Press via Yahoo! News Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:04 PM PDT Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has evolved into a genuine political and policy partnership. Both sides have a strong incentive in making the alliance work, especially in an election year. Karl Rove’s Obama-Is-Too-Cool Ad Hartford Courant Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:03 PM PDT From the guy who gave us George Bush. This ad will make more people vote for Obama. GOP says Obama playing politics with bin Laden anniversary KETK 56 Tyler Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:03 PM PDT Days before the one-year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, top surrogates for President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took to the national stage to argue the politics of the attack YouTube Video:  No YouTube read more Democrats, Republicans agree on protecting college students from high interest loans New Haven Register Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON â€" In the political campaigns still taking shape, President Barack Obama, Republican challenger Mitt Romney and lawmakers of both parties say they want to protect college students from a sharp increase in interest rates on federally subsidized loans. Jokes at White House Correspondent's Dinner poke fun at Obama, Secret Service prostitution scandal, Hillary Rodham ... New Haven Register Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON â€" This year’s primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secret Service and Donald Trump were targets for President Barack Obama’s scattershot humor at Saturday night’s celebrity studded White House Correspondents Dinner. Obama looks to strike balance in advancing human rights in China New Haven Register Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:58 PM PDT WASHINGTON â€" A top White House aide on Sunday said President Barack Obama wants to strike an “appropriate balance” between advancing human rights and maintaining U.S. relations with China, the first public comments by the administration on its potential involvement in harboring a Chinese activist on the eve of diplomatic talks between the two world powers.

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