nytimes.com - 3/26/2009
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National Consensus Update: Tim Geithner Really cool guy. Super job on that bank bailout thing. Look at the way the stock market jumped. Way better Treasury secretary than last week’s Tim Geithner, who seemed a lot ... shorter. Barack Obama Kinda boring. Did you see the news conference? Same ...
nytimes.com - 3/27/2009
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nytimes.com —
The top officials in the Obama administration still
believe in the magic of the financial marketplace and...
in the prowess of the wizards who perform that magic.
(more)
Op-Ed Columnist: The Market Mystique
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Daily Kos —
... other news, Broder's NCAA brackets are sucking. E.J. Dionne cuts to the chase on deficits: The debate on the budget is phony, the howling on deficits a charade. Few politicians want to acknowledge that if you really are concerned about long-term deficits, you have to support tax increases. Roger Cohen says that pressure is building on President Obama to "recast" our failed policies towards Israel and Palestine. Gail Collins thinks "the country needs a new, improved villian," because: ...
Deep Thought (Gail Collins ed.)
Booman Tribune —
I'm always amazed (not) when New York Times columnists, like Gail Collins , and other members of the infamous liberal media elites are able to discern that the national zeitgeist is identical to the latest Republican talking points. In summary, there appear to be only two constants in our ever-changing world. One is that Barack Obama is going to be on television every day forever. No venue is too strange. Soon, hell be on Dancing With the Stars (And now, doing the Health Care, Energy and Education tango ...) or delivering the weather report. ...
Not Boring Just "Comfortably Numb"
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... The meme sensation that's shakin' the nation lately is... Obama is boring. Boring columnist Gail Collins teed this one off in - Everything Bad Is Good Again @ NYTimes.com ...
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