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Obama should be like Bush
The Reaction — ... It won't be enough for Obama just to "think big," as Cohn puts it elsewhere, assessing a point made recently by Fareed Zakaria, one with which I also agree. Obama will have to have the will and determination to translate his big thinking into action. And, in this respect, being like Bush wouldn't be such a bad thing.

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Foot on the gas
Political Animal — ... taking big risks with the economy and with his legacy. My advice to the Obama people is to figure out how much help they think the economy needs, then add 50 percent. It's much better, in a depressed economy, to err on the side of too much stimulus than on the side of too little. In short, Mr. Obama's chances of leading a new New Deal depend largely on whether his short-run economic plans are sufficiently bold. Progressives can only hope that he has the necessary audacity. Likewise, Fareed Zakaria believes Obama would benefit from being as ambitious as possible. For the last ...

Obama Should Be Like Bush
The Moderate Voice — ... It won’t be enough for Obama just to “think big,” as Cohn puts it elsewhere, assessing a point made recently by Fareed Zakaria, one with which I also agree. Obama will have to have the will and determination to translate his big thinking into action. And, in this respect, being like Bush wouldn’t be such a bad thing. ...