opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/1/2009
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Whether or not the election of Barack Obama will end the culture wars, it might at least raise the tone of the conflict.
President Obama: 'Pick ourselves up'
swamppolitics.com 1/20/2009 — By Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, calling on Americans to embrace "a new era of responsibility,'' delivered an inaugural address sober in its recognition of crises that Americans confront at home and abroad yet soaring in its assignment.
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How Is This Possible?
balloon-juice.com 3/8/2009 — I don’t understand :
Factory jobs disappeared. Inflation soared. Unemployment climbed to alarming levels. The hungry lined up at soup kitchens.
It wasn’t the Great Depression. It was the 1981-82 recession, widely considered ...
Obama's "Avoidance of Ideology"
openleft.com 1/18/2009 — The first draft of my diary, "Obama's 'Mandate' To Slash Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security" was written through the prism of a column by E.J. Dionne this past Thursday, "Audacity Without Ideology" . Regardless of whether or not my fears ...
George Lakoff's "Obama Code" As A Partial Model
openleft.com 3/1/2009 — Earlier in the week, in Quick Hits, Mark Matson drew attention to George Lakoff's recommended diary at DKos, "The Obama Code" , presented in advance of Obama's address to Congress and the nation by way of an exlanation of how Obama approaches ...
Barack Obama Gifts
niyae.com 12/1/2008 — Home Barack Obama Gifts Checkout Barack Obama Barack Obama Details Barack Obama Gift Item: Art Print Size : 19x13 Artist: H Abavista Price: $15.00 Barack Obama (Vibe Magazine Cover) Barack Obama (Vibe Magazine Cover) Details Size: 8 x 10- Mousepad ...
On the Lack of Left-Wing Pressure On Obama
openleft.com 2/16/2009 — Back on Friday, John Judis and Glenn Greenwald both published articles decrying the lack of concerted, effective, institutional left-wing pressure on President Obama. The specific context of their complaints was the smaller than needed size of the ...
Why Should He?
newshoggers.com 2/11/2009 — Commentary By Ron Beasley
The headline reads:
Obama must do more to get GOP on board
My question is: why should he want them on board ? Why should any of us care if they are onboard since we all know that their only agenda is to sabotage ...
Go Obama!
alarmingnews.com 4/21/2009 — I think Barack Obama is in way over his head. Way. He seems to still have "wow, I'm actually president!" moments just a little too often. He doesn't understand the big deal about shaking hands with our enemies or essentially...
The Speech
corner.nationalreview.com 1/22/2009 — It's hard to say anything about it that hasn't already been remarked upon in here or elsewhere. Like others, I was struck by how pedestrian the prose was, but on re-reading it, I like the plainspokenness of it. The weakest moments were when it, ...
Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner —
CNN Political Ticker 2/1/2009
Colin Powell chats with other guests at the Alfalfa dinner in Washington on Saturday night.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama poked fun Saturday night at his chief of staff and ribbed Washington's elite during a black-tie dinner at ...
Republicans demand changes to stimulus bill —
Reuters: Politics 2/1/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Republican senators warned on Sunday their party was unlikely to back President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill without changes to cut waste and to ensure the nearly $900 billion package promptly boosts the ...
Football and arm-twisting at White House —
msnbc.com: Politics 2/1/2009
President Barack Obama moves the business of state to the White House television room Sunday when 15 lawmakers troop into the executive mansion to watch the American football championship — snacks and political arm-twisting included.
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