Assessment of Your Performance at the End of Year One: “Change you can believe in!” Sound familiar Mr. President? During your campaign you made a large number of significant promises to the American people who subsequently elected you. Many of us who did support and vote for you did so, at least in part, because [...]
Archive for January 29th, 2010
29 Jan
Senate Republicans seem to have one answer for Democrats: No
washingtonpost.com By Dana Milbank Friday, January 29, 2010 In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama asked lawmakers to “work through our differences, to overcome the numbing weight of our politics.” On Thursday, Republicans sent their answer. The Senate took a vote on extending the federal debt ceiling — without which the [...]
29 Jan
Broad Brush Issues
Progressive Breakfast: The Incredibly Shrinking Senate Jobs Bill By Bill Scher January 29, 2010 Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Senate Jobs Bill May Be Less Than Half [...]
29 Jan
In State of the Union address, President Obama put himself on the outside looking in
By Eugene Robinson Friday, January 29, 2010 President Obama’s State of the Union address didn’t signal a political shift to the left or the right. It sounded more like a shrewd attempt to move from the inside to the outside — to position himself alongside disaffected voters, peering through the windows of the den of [...]
29 Jan
Some truths about that defici
By Scot Lehigh January 29, 2010 DEFICIT HAWKS of the world, rejoice! Long ignored, the federal budget deficit has finally arrived as an issue. President Barack Obama just took a small step forward, announcing a limited federal spending freeze, to commence in 2011, plus a commission to recommend remedies. The GOP, meanwhile, has suddenly remembered [...]
29 Jan
One Giant Leap for Corporatekind
One Giant Leap for Corporatekind The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission will open the floodgates for corporate interest, but somehow the media didn’t notice.
