huffingtonpost.com - 1/12/2009
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There are three serious dangers in the debate about the stimulus package. The first is that President Obama will think too small. The second is that he will think too bipartisan. The third is that the public will be swayed by myths, such as the claim that infrastructure spending just takes too ...
dailykos.com - 1/12/2009
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dailykos.com —
Paul Krugman argues for a bolder, larger economic
recovery plan than the one offered by President-Elect Obama,...
and asks the following question: Why isn’t Mr. Obama trying to do more? As it turns out, Obama himself was asked this very same ...
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Progressive Breakfast: You Said You Wanted Ideas
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... HuffPost’s Robert Kuttner offers ideas for "a trillion dollars of stimulus that can take effect instantly, and another trillion that can take effect over the course of eighteen months ... the idea that the government can’t spend adequate sums efficiently or quickly is nonsense." ...
1/12: Pressure From The Left
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January 12, 2009 1/12: Pressure From The Left With one week remaining before Barack Obama enters the White House, liberal bloggers are stepping up their pressure on the Pres.-elect. First of all, they're urging Obama not to be overly cautious and/or bipartisan in designing his economic stimulus plan. Lefty bloggers are convinced that the current economic downturn calls for bold government action, and they're worried that Obama is making his stimulus package ...
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 11/10/2008 — Did progressives get a mandate from last week's election? Lots of people would like to claim that they didn't - that we're still a "center-right nation." And one of the assertions you hear to back that claim is that Obama's victory wasn't matched by ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/29/2009 — by publius Tomorrow’s Post article (via TPM ) usefully outlines some criticisms of the current stimulus plan from Democrats – namely, too many tax cuts and too little public infrastructure investment. This is a good development – the pressure on ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — Pissed that Obama sat down with several conservatives last night? Paul Hinderaker demurs:
Brooks arguably is no longer a conservative, and may well have voted
for Obama, while Will has bashed President Bush and John McCain for
years. Heh.
Op-Ed Columnist - Bigger Than Bush
nytimes.com 1/4/2009 — As the new Democratic majority prepares to take power, Republicans have become, as Phil Gramm might put it, a party of whiners. Some of the whining almost defies belief. Did Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, really say, “I consider myself ...
Robert Kuttner: Obama's First 100 Days: What's a Presidency For?
huffingtonpost.com 4/27/2009 — A severe economic crisis coupled with the election of a new progressive president is an opportunity for a dramatic break with the old order. But that process doesn't just happen spontaneously. It takes exceptional presidential resolve and leadership. ...
Bigger Government, Less Safety
corner.nationalreview.com 12/12/2008 — The rise of Hugo Chavez to power in Venezuela has had a host of negative consequences for the country, the neighborhood, and the Americas as a whole. Domestically, one of the most depressing has been the country's skyrocketing homicide rate:
Since ...
Memo to Obama: Here’s How to Do Healthcare Stimulus
firedoglake.com 1/13/2009 —
by mnd ctrl
Obama has asked critics of his stimulus bill to make suggestions about how to improve it. At FDL we're going to do a number of posts on this topic, starting with health care. (Future posts will include transportation and telecom, ...
Obama weighs decision about bailout funds —
Reuters: Politics 1/12/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama vowed to restructure a financial rescue plan to save more U.S. families from home foreclosures, as he considered on Sunday whether to seek additional funds from a $700 billion bailout program.
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Poland hopes Obama will back missile shield —
Reuters: Politics 1/12/2009
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday he hoped the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will press ahead with plans to install elements of a missile shield on Polish soil.
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