jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/21/2009
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Still early for the First Family, who have several more inaugural balls to go, but late for a mere citizen after his quota of evening events -- capped by the pleasure of seeing a Metro car jammed at 1:00am with people in every station of life and mode of dress, from tuxedos and evening gowns to ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/28/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
One big question in the stimulus discussion is
how much we should be worried about lags in...
implementation. Every economics textbook - mine too! - warns that stimulus based on public spending has a habit of peaking much too late, and therefore ends up ...
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How late is too late?
novinite.com - 1/21/2009
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novinite.com —
To mark the end of a long day
of formal inaugural events and the 2-year campaign, President...
Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended 10 inaugural celebrations that continued into the wee hours of Wednesday. Their first dance was at the ...
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Ten Balls Top Obama Inauguration Day
usatoday.com - 1/20/2009
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usatoday.com —
For Lincoln, the book was an accident of
history. Lincoln's family Bible was unavailable for the swearing-in,...
most likely packed with belongings being shipped from his home in Springfield, Ill., to the White House. Instead, the clerk of the Supreme ...
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Obama to be sworn in on 'Lincoln Bible'
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With one day's worth of hindsight
Political Animal —
... again today, and was even more impressed with the address the second time. James Fallows suggests this might be a common response. Several of Barack Obama's big rhetorical performances have been recognized as hits from the minute he stepped off the stage. His 2004 Democratic convention speech is one example. His Philadelphia speech on race, which quelled the Rev. Wright controversy last spring, is another. In many other cases, especially late in the campaign, the red-hots among his supporters thought he had "underperformed" or been "just so-so" immediately after an event, ...
Inaugural Impressions
The American Scene —
... Finally, I agree with James Fallows: the close was extremely strong, and the addition of “God Bless the United States of America” was an unfortunate impromptu tack-on. ...
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