During the first part of NBC's "Inside the Obama White House," Brian Williams asked Obama if he watches cable news debates about him. (TVNewser caught the exchange).

There's a perception among some Democrats that painting Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich as the face of the GOP is a good idea. But the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne, no fan of either, writes today that boosting the conservative talkers

It's long been a complaint among White House reporters that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is chronically late to his own press briefings (ABC's Jake Tapper even called Robert Gibbs out on it during a briefing).

The State newspaper provides a glimpse of what was going on behind-the-scenes as Mark Sanford was off in Argentina, based on records released yesterday which include e-mails from several news organizations.

On Fox & Friends today, Glenn Beck called Obama "a racist" during a discussion of how the president handled the arrest of Henry Louis Gates. "This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated...