washingtonpost.com By Fareed Zakaria Monday, February 22, 2010 Sarah Palin has a suggestion for how Barack Obama can save his presidency. “Say he decided to declare war on Iran,” she said on Fox News this month. “I think people would perhaps shift their thinking a little bit and decide, well, maybe he’s tougher than we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
9 Feb
Today’s Broad Brush Issues
Will Republicans Show Up? By Bill Scher February 9, 2010 – 8:54am ET 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. Republicans Put Conditions On Attending Health Care Summit Republican [...]
4 Feb
Obama’s new realities
By Joan Vennochi February 4, 2010 NASHUA, N.H. WHO HAS more clout: Senator-elect Scott Brown or loyal supporters who still cheer wildly when President Obama talks about health care reform? Obama hit the New Hampshire campaign trail and promised that he wouldn’t “walk away’’ from health care. But is that a real promise to lead [...]
22 Jan
Obama Adopts Volcker’s Solution: If Banks Want Govt. Guarantees, They Have to Close Their Casino Operations
By Zach Carter, AlterNet. Posted January 21, 2010. Obama’s endorsement of Volcker’s plan is truly an extraordinary step forward for economic policy, but there’s a long way to go. The news that President Barack Obama is finally listening to Paul Volcker is welcome, but the specifics of Obama’s big bank crackdown are not as positive [...]
19 Jan
In Obama’s first year, successes outweigh missteps
washingtonpost.com President Obama speaks about U.S. relief efforts after last week’s earthquake in Haiti. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/associated Press) By Fred Hiatt Tuesday, January 19, 2010 On Wednesday one year will have passed since President Obama’s inauguration. Much of the tidal wave of assessments has been negative: Falling poll numbers. Unfulfilled promises. Disappointed supporters, disillusioned independents, [...]
15 Jan
Rating Obama’s promises at the 1-year mark: promises kept and promises broken…
Politifact.com By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan Published on Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 7:29 p.m. One year into his presidency, Barack Obama still has a long to-do list. President Barack Obama, the candidate who promised change, has made substantial progress in his first year in office, but some of his proposals have stalled as [...]
2 Jan
The American Prospect Obama was right to take on a wide range of tough problems, and no one should be shocked at the obstacles in his path. PAUL STARR | December 24, 2009 (White House/Pete Souza) As Barack Obama ends his first year in office, there is much talk about disillusionment with the president among [...]
21 Dec
Stunning Statistics About the War in Afghanistan Every American Should Know
By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. Posted December 21, 2009. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. actually has 189,000 personnel on the ground in Afghanistan right now — and that number is quickly rising. A hearing in Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Contract Oversight subcommittee on contracting in Afghanistan has highlighted some important statistics that provide a window into [...]
21 Dec
Matt Taibbi, Bill Moyers and Robert Kuttner: Why Can’t Democrats Do Anything Right?
By Bill Moyers and Matt Taibbi and Robert Kuttner, Bill Moyers Journal. Posted December 21, 2009. Could a crushing defeat on health reform teach Democrats to stop prioritizing corporate interests? BILL MOYERS: Something’s not right here. One year after the great collapse of our financial system, Wall Street is back on top while our politicians [...]
5 Dec
Obama’s War Speech Woke the Sleeping Giant — Anger Over Afghan Surge Fuels Country-Wide Protests
By Jodie Evans, AlterNet. Posted December 4, 2009. The president’s announcement of a troop surge in Afghanistan this week prompted protests in over 80 communities across the country. CODEPINK issued an alert on Thursday, December 3, about the President’s West Point speech on Afghanistan and his failure to respond to the many voices calling for [...]
1 Dec
Krugman says Bush was first president to lead country into war and cut taxes
The Truth-O-Meter Says: “If you want to talk firsts for Bush, this was the first time in American history that a president took us into a war and cut taxes.” Paul Krugman on Sunday, November 29th, 2009 in ABC’s ‘This Week with George Stephanopoulos’ With President Barack Obama scheduled to make a speech on Dec. [...]
