Tag: President Obama
I’ve said It Before… Let Them Filibuster
Via Think Progress: A reliable Justice Department source advises me that Senate Republicans are planning to “go nuclear” over the nominations of Dawn Johnsen as chief of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Department of Justice and Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh as State Department legal counsel if the torture documents are made […]
Obama Leads the Way
Cowboy diplomacy, the epitome of an oxymoron, is dead. Truth is, cowboy diplomacy’s goal is more in tune with a bull in a china shop than achieving results and respect. It was all about acting and talking tough, and while Bush excelled at the tactic he has nothing to show for his bullying behavior. It […]
Quote of the Day
President Obama was asked last night on why it took a few days to comment on the AIG bonuses. Well, it took us a couple of days because I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak. – President Obama He shoots, he scores.
The 5 Stages.
With many conservatives resorting to treason in forming sleeper cells and advocating violence against the federal government, it occurred to me that Republicans have finally entered the second stage of the greiving process: that of anger. The stages are: 1. Denial (“I feel fine.”; “This can’t be happening, not to me!) 2. Anger (“Why me? […]
So if Obama is Responsible for the Tanking of the DOW….
A familiar refrain from the wingnuts over the last month was that the stock market was tanking because it was not liking what it was hearing from President Obama. So if we go by that logic, I now expect them to immediately and without qualification praise President Obama for encouraging today’s nearly 400 point gain […]
Reactions to President Obama’s Speech
Because you guys will be here before I can in the morning. I thought that this was an impressive speech. Focused on the economy and getting the domestic house in order, he was able to lay out the seriousness of or collective situation while hitting pretty high notes on our ability to get past this […]
Obama’s Budget Speech Tonite
Lots of speculation about the speech to be given to a joint session of Congress — and lots of it about tone (which I don’t entirely get) — but here is a good summary of the the expectations (at least from the venues I read) cribbed from Matt Yglesias: Obama wants the 2013 deficit to […]
New Poll Suggests Obama Shouldn’t Waste Time On Republican Antics
Another failed Republican strategy? Let’s face it, Republicans aren’t good at subtlety. Did they really believe the American people wouldn’t see their obstructionist tactics as, well, obstructionist tactics? A newly released NYT/CBS Poll spells even more trouble – if that’s even possible – for the GOP. A majority of people surveyed in both parties said […]
Update Part II: Gregg Says He Won’t Run in 2010 – Updated with WH response -Breaking: Gregg’s Gone
Sen. Judd Gregg withdraws his name to be secretary of commerce. His reasons? “Irresolvable conflicts” with President Obama on the issues of the census and the stimulus. I’m so relieved. Josh Marshall’s take. This is extremely weird. Gregg is out at Commerce, withdrawing for what he appears to be calling irreconcilable differences on Stimulus and […]
Wow, Just Wow
President Obama in Fort Myers: “I expect to be judged by results. I’m not going to make any excuses. If stuff hasn’t worked and people don’t feel like I’ve led the country in the right direction, then you’ll have a new president.” Accountability and Leadership. I’ve forgotten what those traits look like.
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