Republican adversary in the 2012 election

                                                                                                                     

President Obama's aide have exhausted weeks criticizing Mitt Romney, expecting him to be their Republican adversary in the 2012 election

Vice President Biden in the midst of a trip to Iraq, Turkey and Greece  took a poke at Gingrich yesterday, suggesting that the hot GOP presidential contender tends to overstate his importance.

"I don't want to sound like Newt Gingrich," Biden said about his meetings with Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "I don't want to sound like I'm inflating my importance or relationship with him." He said he had faced so many difficulty in his Prime Ministerpolitics life.

Obama pardons pair of gobblers for Thanksgiving

WASHINGTON (AP) – With a wave of his hand, President Obama on Wednesday gave two plump turkeys a Thanksgiving reprieve, noting that without his intervention, "they'd end up next to the mashed potatoes and stuffing."

The official national Thanksgiving turkey is a 19-week-old, 45-pound bird named Liberty. Its alternate, also spared, is a turkey of the same age and size named Peace.

Liberty sat calmly as Obama, accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, offered a blessing, his hand over the turkey's head. Obama said Liberty had the distinction of being . Obamas pay Thanksgiving visit to food bank
  

Obama jokingly cast his pardon as yet another of his "We Can't Wait" initiatives. "Recently, I've been taking a series of executive actions that don't require congressional approval," the president said. "Well, here's another one. We can't wait to pardon these turkeys."

In a more sober tone, Obama called on Americans to remember the meaning of Thanksgiving and to be mindful of those who have less.