Those who are obsessed with Sarah Palin will have plenty of new opportunities to love/hate the former Alaska Governor as she has just signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel. FNC has confirmed that while Ms. Palin will not have her own regular show, she will appear on the network’s programming on a regular basis as part of a multi-year deal and will host an occasional series that will run on the network from time to time. (source)

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The results of the presidential interview with Fox News Channel's Major Garrett are starting to leak out. The first detail: President Barack Obama says he's worried that spending too much money could throw the economy into a double-dip recession. (source It's unknown exactly what question prompted Mr. Obama to go beyond his usual promises and platitudes and actually give an answer, but it's an encouraging sign that the entire interview might be more informative than the president's usual rambling responses to softball questions.

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Last month White House communications director Anita Dunn tried to marginalize the Fox News Channel by claiming it was "not really a news station" and other Obama administration officials echoed the statement. Two months ago President Obama appeared on five of the six Sunday morning talk shows. The one he missed? Fox News Sunday. Late last week Ms. Dunn left her post as White House communications director and today Fox News White House Correspondent Major Garrett will interview the president in Beijing.

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Further proof that President Obama's #1 priority is politics, he will be returning to New Jersey next weekend for two more campaign events on behalf of Governor Jon Corzine's (D) bid for re-election. Still no decision on troop levels in Afghanistan, the Taliban and Al-Qaida are growing more emboldened, the latest health care reform bill in the House has exceeded $1 trillion in costs, the unemployment rate is still dangerously close to 10% and what is our president doing? He’s stumping for a very unpopular incumbent in the desperate hope of keeping his own party members in line. (source)

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Still no announcement on when (or if) President Obama will heed his general's recommendation and send more US troops to Afghanistan but his war against a media outlet is still going strong. Joining the fight in the war of words between the Obama administration and Fox News Channel is ABC's Jake Tapper and the perpetually inept White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. The latest battle occurred during Mr. Gibb's daily briefing on Tuesday:

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