<![CDATA[Sheryl Stolberg - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/16000.xmlAuthor <![CDATA[Deadline Near, Health Signups Show Disparity]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — The online insurance marketplace in Oregon is such a technological mess that residents have been signing up for health coverage by hand. In Texas, political opposition to President Obama’s health law is so strong that some residents believe, erroneously, that the program is banned in their state.

But in Connecticut, a smoothly functioning website, run by competent managers, has successfully enrolled so many patients that officials are offering to sell their expertise to states like Maryland, which is struggling to sign people up for coverage.

]]> <![CDATA[Reaping Profit, After Assisting on Obamacare]]> Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — Washington’s health care revolving door is spinning fast as the new online health insurance marketplaces, a central provision of President Obama’s health care law, are set to open Oct. 1. Those who had a hand in the law’s passage are now finding lucrative work in the private sector, as businesses try to understand the complex measure, reshape it by pressing for regulatory changes — or profit from it.

]]> <![CDATA[For Perry, Life Broadened & Narrowed by Military]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 Rick Perry arrived on the campus of Texas A&M University in the tumultuous fall of 1968, cut his hair short, regulation military style, and donned a uniform. College students across America were rising up against the Vietnam War, but Mr. Perry, a member of the Corps of Cadets here, would not be among them.

In the 1970s, Rick Perry trained as an Air Force pilot in a T-38 supersonic jet. The plane he eventually ended up flying on missions for the service was of a much less sleek and speedy nature.

]]> <![CDATA[When It Comes to Scandal, Girls Won't Be Boys]]> Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — There was a collective rolling of the eyes and a distinct sense of “Here we go again” among the women of the House of Representatives last week when yet another male politician, Representative Anthony D. Weiner, confessed his “terrible mistakes” and declared himself “deeply sorry for the pain” he had caused in sexual escapades so adolescent as to almost seem laughable.

]]> <![CDATA[Samantha Power's Clout Shows in Libya Policy]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Samantha Power took the podium at Columbia University on Monday night sounding hoarse and looking uncomfortable. In two hours, President Obama would address the nation on Libya and Ms. Power, the fiery human rights crusader who now advises Mr. Obama on foreign policy, did not want to get out in front of the boss.

“I’m not going to talk much about Libya,” she began, though when it came time for questions she could not help herself.

]]> <![CDATA[Obama Finds His Glow Has Dimmed]]> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 SEOUL, South Korea — Foreign leaders could not seem to get enough of President Obama when he arrived on the world stage two years ago. They brought copies of his memoir to global conferences seeking his autograph. They angled for handshakes and “bilats” — or bilaterals, diplomatic jargon for one-on-one meetings. They maneuvered to get next to him in photo opportunities.

Now the glow has worn off. So when the Group of 20 conference wrapped up here on Friday — amid disputes over currency and global trade imbalances between the United States and its allies — the heads of state who had gathered here did not seem shy about putting Mr. Obama on the...]]> <![CDATA[After Election, Will Obama Start to Compromise?]]> Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — Now that President Obama has put the drama of Rahm Emanuel’s departure as chief of staff behind him, his White House is preparing for a very different relationship with Congress after the midterm elections, when Republicans are expected to gain strength and more top advisers are likely to call it quits.

President Obama's former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is running for mayor of Chicago. Other advisers are also likely to leave.

 

]]> <![CDATA[White House and Allies Set to Build Up Health Law]]> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — President Obama and his allies, concerned about deep skepticism over his landmark health care overhaul, are orchestrating an elaborate campaign to sell the public on the law, including a new tax-exempt group that will spend millions of dollars on advertising to beat back attacks on the measure and Democrats who voted for it.

Americans will see the first evidence of the public relations offensive on Tuesday, when Mr. Obama travels to Wheaton, Md., to conduct a nationally televised question-and-answer session with older citizens to trumpet one of the law’s most popular features: $250 rebate checks to help Medicare beneficiaries pay for prescription...]]> <![CDATA[Obama Vows to Keep Up Fight on Health Bill]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[A President Who Loves Deadlines]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0600 WASHINGTON — Barack Obama had been in office just two days when he established himself as the Deadline President.

On that day, Jan. 22, Mr. Obama affixed his curlicue signature to an executive order requiring him to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, within one year — a hard and fast date, set down in black and white for every American to see. In the 11 months since, the president has employed deadlines and timetables on issues ranging from health care to Iran — and watched many of them slip away.

Now, as his first year in office draws to a close, the man who campaigned on the “fierce urgency of now” is confronting a painful...]]> <![CDATA[Turning Campaign Rhetoric into Reality]]> Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Bush Will Seek to Drop a Drilling Ban]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Bush Speech Criticized as Attack on Obama]]> Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500