So far the only people Obama seems willing to make mad are the activist base of the Democratic party who helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
Posts Tagged ‘Emanuel’
Michael Brenner: Obama and Health Care Reform: A Feckless Approach
July 18th, 2009 |
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Obama seems totally ignorant of the elementary truth that for a president to get what he wants from Congress, he has to wade in and twist arms.
Blagojevich Gets Radio Host Gig As Campaign Office Closes (And Emanuel Letter Pops Up)
July 18th, 2009 |
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What’s the old adage, when one door closes another opens? That might well be true for Rod Blagojevich.
Just as the campaign office of the disgraced former governor– the one that federal investigators bugged– is about to go back on the marke…
GOP Scoffed At CBO Score For Iraq That Was Twice The Cost Of Health Care
July 17th, 2009 |
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Testimony from Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf that preliminary versions of health care legislation lack effective cost-containing mechanisms has roiled the nation’s capital.
Democrats have had trouble swallowing the…
Obama Punting On Fannie, Freddie Could Prove Costly
July 15th, 2009 |
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Facing an array of more immediate financial problems, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has pushed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac towards the bottom of his to-do list, even as they continue to amass billions of dollars in losses on the governmen…
Grueling Schedules Taking Their Toll On West Wing Staffers
July 13th, 2009 |
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The White House mess — the military-inspired term for the West Wing cafeteria — opens at 7 a.m. each day. And each day, there is a long line of hungry staffers who have already been at the office for well over an hour.
More on…
Andy Worthington: Will Eric Holder Be The Anti-Torture Hero?
July 12th, 2009 |
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In an important article for Newsweek, “Independent’s Day,” Daniel Klaidman manages not only to present a convincingly intimate and sympathetic first-hand portrait of Eric Holder,…
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [85] — Roll Up! See The Show!
July 11th, 2009 |
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“Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…” All week long, this line has been running through my head. It’s from an Emerson,…
Bill Mann: Obama’s Favorite TV Series Returns This Weekend
July 11th, 2009 |
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President Obama obviously doesn’t have enough time to watch TV regularly. But when he does, he’s said in several recent interviews, he tries to catch HBO’s Entourage.