latimes.com - 11/18/2008
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Discuss Article On Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be a model of sorts for him. "What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence, and a willingness to try ...
latimes.com - 11/15/2008
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Many of Clinton's allies would like her to
take the job, even though it would mean giving...
up her independent power base in the Senate. "She could weld this world together," said Susie Tompkins Buell, a Clinton donor and friend. "I think it would be ...
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Hillary Clinton on Obama's short list for secretary of ...
article.nationalreview.com - 11/19/2008
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O n Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told
60 Minutes that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be a...
model of sorts for him. What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence and a ...
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A vote against bold, persistent experimentation
Betsy's Page —
Jonah Goldberg riffs on this quote from Barack Obama on 60 Minutes. On Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be a model of sorts for him. "What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence, and a willingness to try things. And experiment in order to get people working again." As Goldberg points out, it's just a hop, skip, and jump, from projecting a sense of confidence and not always getting it right to arrogant incompetence - just what Bush ...
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Daily Kos —
... not asking the court to set him free. He is asking for the court’s permission to give his innocence claims the full hearing they deserve. Our justice system should punish the guilty, free the innocent and have the wisdom to know the difference. I hope the 11th Circuit will give Davis his day in court. Matthew Pinsker points out that the much heralded "Team of Rivals" approach to governance didn't really work out that well for Abraham Lincoln. Jonah Goldberg says that the only time to be bold is during times of prosperity and ...
Experimentation, Uncertainty, and the Economy
Chicago Boyz —
Some interesting thoughts from Jonah Goldberg.
The key point is that uncertainty about government policy makes private-sector decision making very difficult, and tends to inhibit rational and dynamic investment.
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