Senator McConnell speculates that Obama#39;s SOTU will be a quot;campaignquot; speech.

'I refuse to take 'no' for an answer,' the president said

President Obama will appoint former Ohio Atty. Gen. Richard Cordray on Wednesday to be the first director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, making a controversial decision to install Cordray while the Senate is in brief recess to avoid Republican opposition, according to a White House official.

When Senate Republicans filibustered President Obama's nominee to a key consumer watchdog post this month, it was the first time in history the Senate blocked an appointment in an effort to effectively shut down an agency.

Ask Osama bin Laden has become President Obama's catchphrase and policy when it comes to the fight against al-Qaeda, but the successful results of America's drone program only provide one answer--and perhaps it's not the only one we want.  The Washington Post's Greg Miller has a piece shedding light on those other sticky and morally ambiguous facets of Obama's expanding, clandestine (and ...