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Entries tagged with 'obama'Is racism behind opposition to Obama? Yes, no and maybe.This week's New York magazine asks, "Why do people say such ugly things about Obama?" It's a good question. One I'm still not sure I know the answer to. Some folks say it's racism. Maureen Dowd threw out one of... Obama vs. Bush -- approval rating on first pitchIf you saw Obama throw out the first pitch at last night's All Star Game, you perhaps have an opinion of his pitching motion. Mine is this: A little work in the bullpen is in order. See for yourself: Compare... Obama and Cheney fact checkingPolitico.com has just posted a thorough "truth-squadding" of today's Obama and Cheney speeches, which offered (not surprisingly) sharply different perspectives of national security in the age of terror. Guantanamo Bay, where the detainees at right are held, remains at the... Obama, Bush and the anti-terror strategyOn Opinion Home today, we lead with an important piece by Jack Goldsmith, a former top Bush administration lawyer, arguing that Dick Cheney is wrong: Obama is not gutting Bush's anti-terrorism strategy, but is in fact upholding most of it.... Chicago school yard killings get D.C. attentionWord comes on Shawn Williams' Dallas South of a MEGA screwup by the Washington Times. The WashTimes website earlier today featured a story about a spate of killings of Chicago schoolchildren and, for reasons I can't begin to fathom,... Swine flu in the White House?I demand to know: What did the president breathe, and when did he breathe it? According to the White House, an Energy Department aide contracted swine flu in Mexico while preparing for President Obama's trip there this month. The White... Another Obama press conferenceI am just wondering if anyone else is a little tired of seeing the president in prime time. Today my wife asked me why Obama was going to be on TV again and I couldn't give her a good reason.... What would you have done with detainees? (topic of the day)Here's what goes through my mind as I read the story about what went on with detainees and the other guys we captured: What would any of us have done in a situation like that? And I mean as president,... William K. Black: Geithner will destroy ObamaFormer top S&L crisis clean-up man William K. Black says that major banks are insolvent, and that Obama's failure to deal with that inconvenient truth -- and instead to rely on the Democratic Party Wall Streeters who are advising him... Obama's International Road Show (Topic of the Day)So, our new president just made a surprise trip to Baghdad. In Turkey earlier, he held a town hall meeting dominated by a talk with Turkish youth, in which he urged them to be involved in issues of peace and... Who's right about the border: Perry or Obama? (topic of the day)Rick Perry wants National Guard troops along the border. Barack Obama says troops are not needed, that more personnel from other federal agencies, like Homeland Security, would better control the flow of guns and money across the border. Who's right?... Obama's Tonight Show stint -- TroublingI found myself cringing as I watched Barack Obama on the Tonight Show last night. Leno kept skating dangerously toward the edges with talk of throwing people in jail, installing basketball hoops on the White House grounds and how neat... Stem cells, science and politicsToday, President Obama reversed President Bush's ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. I think he was wrong to do so, that ESCR is gravely immoral. But this is a reminder that elections have consequences. What cheeses me... Obama punts earmarks pledgeThe New York Times retains the rights to publish its own columnists in print before it allows subscriber newspapers to use them. That's why you won't find this wonderful Maureen Dowd column in our paper edition until tomorrow. But I... Mom sympathetic to anti-housing bailout rantA committed Dem, Mom was an Obama voter (after holding out for Hillary, then Joe). From her observation post in Cleveland, the economic picture isn't good. I know she hoped that Obama's rescue mission would feel like the second coming... Our editorial on the Obama foreclosure relief planReader Mike (no relation) has been bending my e-ear for some time generally about the financial crisis and is especially ramped up now that we've gotten into his area of expertise, real estate. That's what the foreclosure thing is about,... Sanity from Obama on Fairness DoctrineCredit Barack Obama for resisting a radical turn to the left by ruling out a return to the Fairness Doctrine. The money quote from a Fox News report: "As the president stated during the campaign, he does not believe the... Was Judd Gregg's withdrawal a setup?Look at the circumstances surrounding Judd Gregg's withdrawal as Commerce Secretary nominee. Look at his absurd explanation for his decision. This stinks. Grante, the Obama administration has gotten off to a disastrous start with three Cabinet nominations derailed or sidetracked... Another Obama nominee bites the dustRepublican Sen. Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination as Commerce secretary, citing irreconcilable differences with his boss-to-be over the stimulus package and other items. This is a significant blow to President Obama, especially considering that his previous nominee, Bill Richardson,... Yes, Obama painted his stimulus as part of a false choiceJust to run around this tree one more time, I said in our staff meeting this morning that Obama, in his Monday night news conference, had constructed a false choice over his stimulus bill: If you oppose our bill, you... |