Published on AfterDowningStreet.org (http://www.afterdowningstreet.org) By Chip Created 2008-11-15 06:38 In The Public Interest: Restoring the Constitution [1] by Ralph Nader | In the Public Interest [2] Barack Obama is receiving lots of advice from many people these days about the collapse of Wall Street, the sinking economy and the quagmire wars he will inherit from the [...]
Archive for November 15th, 2008
15 Nov
President-Elect Obama Delivers The Weekly Democratic Radio Address As Youtube Video
By Christopher Hass – Nov 15th, 2008 at 11:11 am EST Comments | Mail to a Friend | Report Objectionable Content President-elect Barack Obama delivered the Weekly Democratic Radio Address this morning, his second since the election. In addition, the radio address was also simultaneously released as a YouTube video on Change.gov. This marks the first [...]
15 Nov
Detroit on the brink
GLOBE EDITORIAL November 15, 2008 A COLLAPSE of the long-troubled American auto industry would be a disaster, especially now, amid the turmoil besetting so many other sectors of the economy. But there is no easy way for the federal government to prevent that without enabling the bad habits that brought the industry to the precipice. [...]
15 Nov
Leahy First Democratic Senator to Go On Record Against Lieberman
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 12:19 PM on November 14, 2008. “I’m one who does not feel that somebody should be rewarded with a major chairmanship after doing what he did.” Since the election, Senate Democrats have been reluctant to punish Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) for the ad hominem attacks he levied at [...]
15 Nov
R.I.P.: The Financial Experts, 1929-2008
By Sasan Fayazmanesh, CounterPunch. Posted November 15, 2008. What’s the likely fallout of our economic crisis? Nobody knows for sure — but the economists won’t admit it. A recent invitation to speak on the “cause or causes of the current financial crisis” made me reflect on another topic: “the cause or causes of the Great [...]
15 Nov
Larry Summers Out as Obama’s Treasury Pick?
Posted by Matt Stoller, Open Left at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2008. Victoria McGrane and Lisa Lerer from the Politico are reporting that Larry Summers is on the outs with Obama’s transition team. Victoria McGrane and Lisa Lerer from the Politico are reporting that Larry Summers is on the outs with the transition team. [...]
15 Nov
Our Economy May Be in a Death Spiral — Will Washington Stop the Bleeding?
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted November 15, 2008. The Bush-Paulson plan isn’t doing anything to address the underlying problems threatening America’s economic future. In September, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson sold his $700 billion bailout to Congress on the premise that banks were hoarding money to prop up their balance sheets and that this was bringing [...]
15 Nov
A New Progressive Direction
Center for American Progress The Progress Report November 12, 2008 by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Satyam Khanna, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, and Matt Duss NATIONAL SECURITY A New Progressive Direction Editor’s Note: This is the first in our three-part series on “Change for America: A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President.” [...]
