nytimes.com - 11/25/2008
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We’re never going to get out of this economic fix if we can’t swing open the doors to millions of new jobs. At long last, we are about to have a president who gets that. >
nytimes.com - 11/22/2008
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Thanksgiving is next week, and President Bush could
make it a really special holiday by resigning. Seriously.
We have an economy that’s crashing and a vacuum at the top. Bush who is currently on a trip to Peru to meet with Asian leaders who no ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - Time for Him to Go
nytimes.com - 11/21/2008
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The prospects for the economy look much grimmer
now than they did a week or two ago.
Yet economic policy, rather than responding to the threat, seems to have gone on vacation. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: The Lame-Duck Economy
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Daily Kos —
Your one stop pundit shop. Bob Herbert is thrilled that we will finally have a president who "gets it" when it comes to job creation: The idea that the nation had all but stopped investing in its infrastructure, and that officials in Washington have ignored the crucial role of job creation as the cornerstone of a thriving economy is beyond mind-boggling. It’s impossible to understand. Impossible, that is, until you realize that bandits don’t waste time repairing a building that they’re looting. Eugene Robinson says that the country has two economic captains; ...
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From the DKos Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up:
Bob Herbert is thrilled that we will finally have a president who "gets it" when it comes to job creation: The idea that the nation had all but stopped investing in its infrastructure, and that officials in Washington have ignored the crucial role of job creation as the cornerstone of a thriving economy is beyond mind-boggling. It's impossible to understand. Impossible, that is, until you realize that bandits don't waste time repairing a building that they're looting. ...
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