First thoughts: In Obama we trust?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 6/25/2009 — From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** In Obama we trust? Maybe now we understand why the RNC was so fired up about last night’s town hall. President Obama, while peppered with tough questions about the issue, got an ...

Trust Us, We Know What We're Doing
eschatonblog.com 4/6/2009 — I think the main issue with beat sweeteners is that they're part of a whole host of journalistic practices which aren't especially pretty... and more than that, they're practices that the public is largely ignorant of. There's a lack of transparency ...

Whom do you trust?
hotair.com 7/10/2009 — Read this post »

Trust No One
justoneminute.typepad.com 5/15/2009 — The Times is tough on Nancy Pelosi's explanation that everyone else is lying about the CIA enhanced interrogation briefings. They also get some thoughts from the previously silent Senator Shelby (R). The too-cute statement from Porter Goss, who ...

Public Losing Trust in Obama
politicalwire.com 7/21/2009 — Trust in President Obama and his Democratic allies "to identify the right solutions to problems facing the country has dropped off significantly since March," according to a new Public Strategies/Politico poll . "Just as Obama intensifies his efforts ...

Poll: Public losing trust in Obama
politico.com 7/21/2009 — The number of Americans who say they trust the president has fallen from 66 percent to 54 percent.

Americans Don't Trust GOP to Fix Health Care
librarygrape.com 6/17/2009 — Today, House Republicans offered a substance-less alternative to the Democrats’ health care plan. The GOP “plan” comes on the same day that Gallup releases new numbers showing the GOP ranks last when it comes to who the public thinks would get health care reform right . Only 34% of Americans are ...

Random Observations for Students of Economic
gregmankiw.blogspot.com 7/27/2009 — In a post on healthcare , Paul Krugman makes this observation: You could rely on a health maintenance organization to make the hard choices and do the cost management, and to some extent we do. But HMOs have been highly limited in their ability to ...

Pelosi playing defense on torture (Politico)
politico.com 4/26/2009 — Politico - Her team counters charges of hypocrisy after the release of the “torture” memos.

Trust and money
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com 5/3/2009 — MSNBC asked America, “Should the motto ‘In God We Trust’ be removed from U.S. currency?” 1,837,987 people voted “Yes”, but 12,300,371 voted “No”.  Wow!  If anyone has so much time on their hands that they actually watch ...

Barack Obama's favorite rhetorical strategy: Everything is related! — (Obsolete Feed) 6/16/2009
In making his case for health care reform, President Obama has mastered one of his favorite rhetorical strategies: declaring interdependence. Fixing our health care system wouldn't just fix health care, he says. It would help us fix a bunch of other ...

Obama overhaul could stoke risk manager demand (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 6/16/2009
Reuters - Risk management, an area once seen as a dreary necessity on a Wall Street obsessed with high-stakes trading bets, is suddenly hot.

Mitchell hopes for 'prompt resumption' of peace talks (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 6/16/2009
AFP - US envoy George Mitchell called Tuesday for a "prompt resumption" of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, saying regional support for President Barack Obama has boosted peace prospects.

Obama Is Silent on Bernanke Replacement — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 6/16/2009
Obama praised Fed Chairman Bernanke, but wouldn't say whether he is inclined to reappoint him for a second four-year term.

Obama overhaul could stoke risk manager demand — Reuters: Politics 6/16/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Risk management, an area once seen as a dreary necessity on a Wall Street obsessed with high-stakes trading bets, is suddenly hot.