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Barack Obama and Congress Democrats are planning to delay some campaign promises to focus on the economy. >
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The Sunday Word: Closing Guantanamo Will Have To Wait
The Caucus —
... , Mr. Obama also said: “I want to be realistic here, not everything that we talked about during the campaign are we going to be able to do on the pace that we had hoped.” The Times’s Peter Baker has more details about what campaign promises the incoming Obama administration is likely to put on the back burner : Although Mr. Obama has not publicly identified which priorities will have to wait, advisers and allies have signaled that they may put off renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, overhauling immigration laws, restricting carbon emissions, ...
Promises, Promises
Ace of Spades HQ —
Promises, Promises How far can he push the Obamatons? Although Mr. Obama has not publicly identified which priorities will have to wait, advisers and allies have signaled that they may put off renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, overhauling immigration laws, restricting carbon emissions, raising taxes on the wealthy and allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Other signature promises may be addressed in piecemeal fashion in the opening weeks of the Obama administration but then put on a long track toward more comprehensive resolutions. ...
'Molon labe': Folks on the fringe right are fearfully fingering their triggers
Crooks and Liars —
... The fear being whipped up by the NRA and the gun fanatics has no known basis in reality. In the list of thirteen priorities for action in Obama's first year and beyond (see the New York Times on this), jobs and the economy completely predominate. Gun control not only is not on the list, there hasn't even been a whisper of it from the Obama team this year. ...
'Molon labe': Folks on the fringe right are fearfully fingering their triggers
Orcinus —
... The fear being whipped up by the NRA and the gun fanatics has no known basis in reality. In the list of thirteen priorities for action in Obama's first year and beyond (see the New York Times on this), jobs and the economy completely predominate. Gun control not only is not on the list, there hasn't even been a whisper of it from the Obama team this year. ...
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