the-reaction.blogspot.com - 11/10/2008
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By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting "long-standing doctrine on foreign policy and human ...
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!)
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Obama Should Be Like Bush
The Moderate Voice —
... elections — I wouldn’t mind if, like Bush, Obama showed the same sort of singular focus.”
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.
(Cross-posted from The Reaction.)
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