Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this November.

Historically, people have prayed to God for peace, love, and guidance. But the prayer issued last week by religious right mainstay Janet Porter enters a new territory which can only be described as coming from the mind of the late Rod Serling while writing an episode of The Twilight Zone . Porter, who has done many bizarre things such as claiming that anyone voting for Obama is going to hell and writing a fictional account of Christians forced into “re-education camps” had Hilary Clinton won the 2008 presidential election, actually prayed for the “Christian takeover” of the media

March 9 – Greek Prime Minister Papandreou says he received a positive response from U.S. President Obama to calls for a global campaign to rein in Greece’s financial crisis. Jon Decker reports

Michelle Obama’s white chiffon inauguration dress, designed by Jason Wu, has been inducted to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. (Nightly News)

March 9 (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Barack Obama has a “standing offer” to join CBS for its telecast of college basketball’s men’s tournament, network executive Sean McManus said.

THE DEPROLIFERATOR — The Obama administration is trying to decide on its nuclear “posture.” What stance will nuclear weapons assume in U.S.

Today, FireDogLake launches its Students Not Banks campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation .