nationaljournal.com - 11/9/2008
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It detracts nothing from Barack Obama's achievement to note that his historic electoral success rests atop the epic political failure of George W. Bush. If Obama is shrewd enough, there's a lesson for the new president in the failure of the old one. Bush and his chief political strategist, Karl ...
gallup.com - 11/10/2008
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- Monday's White House meeting between
President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama presents...
a remarkable contrast between one of the least popular two-term presidents in modern times at the close of his administration, and ...
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Obama and Bush: A Contrast in Popularity
blogs.tnr.com - 11/10/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
You hear lots of talk about which former
president Barack Obama should use as a model. Bill...
Clinton comes up regularly. Franklin Roosevelt, too. But what about the guy in the White House now? I know, President Bush’s approval ratings are hovering ...
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Why Obama Should Copy Bush (Really!)
washingtonmonthly.com - 11/9/2008
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washingtonmonthly.com —
Change We Can Believe In From the Washington
Post: "Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled...
a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse White House policies on ...
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Change We Can Believe In
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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... Michael Hirsh: After eight years of proud incuriosity and anti-intellectualism, we now have a leader who values nuance and careful thought. Michael Barone: I hate that conservatives lost, but it's not as bad as it could have been. Sam Dealey: Let me be the gazillionth conservative to warn liberals: if you turn out to be the cartoon bogeyman I've described you as all this time, woe on you. Ron Brownstein: Bush not only sucks, he's caused incalculable harm to the GOP brand. ...
It Was Republican Policies, Stupid
TalkLeft —
The problem with political reporters is they know so little about politics. Even the smart ones. Ron Brownstein writes: If Obama is shrewd enough, there's a lesson for the new president in the failure of the old one. Bush and his chief political strategist, Karl Rove, dreamed of cementing a lasting Republican electoral majority. Instead, Bush has left his party in rubble. The 2008 election represented a final grade on Bush's bruising and polarizing political strategy. . . . His legislative strategy centered on minimizing dissent among ...
Obama’s Presidency Likely To Mean Return Of More Consensus In Politics
The Moderate Voice —
... The big change will be the departure from the Bush/Rove approach towards winning elections and governing — which was a constant “them against us” approach. The National Journal’s Ronald Brownstein argues that Bush’s approach has damaged the GOP way beyond this year’s elections — which is the same implication in the San Jose Mercury piece and the same contention we have argued on this site. ...
Post Election Thoughts
Newshoggers.com —
... While the election of the first black president is significant this election is also a reminder that race as an issue is still alive in the US. Ronald Brownstein reminds us that this election was not about Barack Obama but about George W. Bush. ...
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WSJ.com: Washington Wire 11/9/2008
Gary Fields reports from Washington on President-elect Obama’s transition:
President-elect Obama would make an economic-recovery plan his first priority after taking office, if the current Congress and the Bush administration fail to ...
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