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Obama flunks Negotiation 101

Monday, March 7, 2011

This is all you need to read to understand why the Republicans have been running the country for the past two years. Obama on the budget issue: “My administration has already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway. And I’m prepared to do more,” said Obama. Yep. Start by “meeting them half way” […]

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Obama does good

Thursday, January 13, 2011

In a brief post yesterday, written as I was watching the memorial event for the Arizona victims, I noted my irritation at the, probably unintentional (and therefore even more objectionable) exclusionist religiosity of some of the speakers, notably Eric Holder. Obama’s speech had none of that, and I think, overall, it was masterful. There will […]

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Obama and Liberals

Monday, December 20, 2010

The Washington Post reports on how the White House has kept in touch with its base: Much of the White House’s interaction with liberal groups has taken place at a weekly meeting at a downtown Washington hotel. The “common purpose” gatherings are closed-door sessions between top Obama aides and officials from dozens of left-leaning interest […]

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Gentleman’s C

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Now that we are approaching the conclusion of what is perhaps the greatest political surrender in American history, it’s time to look back and ask ourselves. How did CTBlue do? Did his predictions here and here come to pass? Well, as you can see above, I get a passing grade. I got a lot of […]

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Mean spirited, bad policy and bad politics. What could go wrong?

Monday, November 29, 2010

Some time ago Tom Tomorrow released a cartoon in which he speculated that Bush and Cheney, et. al., were actually aging 60s radicals who had plotted for years to get elected as right wing Republicans and screw everthing up, guaranteeing that the Democrats could take over and fulfill their radical agenda. The only problem, in […]

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Spreading Memes

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Paul Krugman comments on the fact that Obama has bought in to a right wing meme intended to discredit FDR. The argument they make is that FDR delayed taking action to deal with the Depression for six months, in order to build political support for the actions he eventually did take. There’s no truth to […]

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The next bailout foretold

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Looks like we may have another bailout coming: Widespread problems in how U.S. lenders documented foreclosures could spark a wave of legal challenges resulting in massive losses to banks and serious new troubles for the housing market, a federal watchdog warned on Tuesday. … In the worst-case scenario, the panel said banks may be unable […]

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Obama to Democratic candidate: Drop Dead

Monday, October 25, 2010

Boy, this Democrat, a slimy worm named Frank Caprio, who’s running for governor of Rhode Island sure is a whiner, like all the rest of us Democrats that complain about Obama’s principle free, corporate based, tone deaf administration. This pitiful excuse of a man is complaining just because Obama won’t endorse him. What? He thinks […]

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Time for some leadership

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Obama should fire Alan Simpson. It is rather incredible that he would have put someone on his deficit commission (a/k/a Catfood Commission) who had such a patently reactionary agenda, but it really is part of a pattern. The irritating thing about this “bi-partisan”, Pete Peterson dominated commission is that it is solely a creature of […]

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Saying the right thing

Sunday, August 15, 2010

I haven’t hesitated to criticize Obama, so it’s only fair that I take note when he does something right. It was good to hear about his statements about the New York Muslim Cultural Center. Being sort of out of circulation, I heard about them somewhat belatedly, and by the time I find an internet connection […]

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