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6 Worthy Policy Ideas From Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Speech – The Daily Beast
President Obama’s election year State of the Union address was attacked in pre-buttals from the Republican presidential candidates and members of Congress alike. But there were thoughtful moments and policies with bipartisan potential that deserve attention beyond the predicable partisan … Continue reading
Strengthening Job Market Lifts Economy, Obama’s Reelection Hopes – The Daily Beast
The U.S. economy is showing new signs of growth—and that’s great news for the country as well as President Obama’s reelection effort. Friday morning, it was announced that the economy added 200,000 jobs in December, lowering the unemployment rate to … Continue reading
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Why Obama is listening to Teddy Roosevelt for 2012 – CNN.com
The town of Osawatomie, Kansas, was chosen as the location of a major speech Tuesday framing the 2012 election as”a make-or-break moment for the middle class,” what the president described as “the defining issue of our time.”
A year from election, how does Obama measure up? – CNN.com
Is President Barack Obama running against the GOP or the GDP? In exactly one year — November 6, 2012 — we’ll be lining up at polling places to cast our votes for the next president. How much of that decision … Continue reading
How Obama Can Win – The Daily Beast
On the campaign trail, President Obama is already offering flashes of his favorite 2012 narrative: “Give ‘em Hell, Harry” redux, running against the “Do-Nothing 112th Congress.” It is the hyper-partisan Republicans in the House, he says, who have stopped his … Continue reading
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Obama Shouldn’t Use Bush’s Reelect Strategy – The Daily Beast
The buzz is that President Obama is going to use Bush-Cheney ’04 as his re-elect model. This is a bad idea on at least five different levels. First, the hallmark of the BC-04 campaign was play to the base in … Continue reading
Rick Perry’s Fantasy About Obama, Israel – CNN.com
Gov. Rick Perry unleashed an onslaught against President Obama’s Israel policy Tuesday in New York, calling it “moral equivalency,” “appeasement,” “naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous.” All this sounds very bad, deepening the narrative that Obama is hell-bent on alienating … Continue reading
Could Obama’s new tax plan really incite class warfare? – CNN
President Obama will unveil a plan today to cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade. A large part of the proposal is expected to be based on raising taxes on Americans making more than $1 million a … Continue reading
Obama’s Debt-Reduction Dare – The Daily Beast
“This is not class warfare—it’s math.” President Obama was playing the happy warrior while presenting his $3 trillion debt-reduction plan in a Rose Garden address, welcoming a fight over raising taxes on the wealthy while a tough re-election looms.
Can Obama overcome D.C.’s partisan poison? – CNN.com
In a call to action on the American economy, President Obama entered a deeply divided U.S. Capitol on Thursday to propose a decidedly bipartisan package of policies backed with an urgent message: “Pass this bill now.” The address before a … Continue reading
Bill Clinton to the Rescue – The Daily Beast
It’s Labor Day 2011, and all eyes are on the economy—both the stubborn 9.1 percent unemployment rate and President Obama’s upcoming “job creation” speech in front of a joint session of Congress. There’s evidence that Obama may be looking for … Continue reading
In Debt Talks, Obama as Grown-Up in the Room – CNN.com
The enemy of problem-solving in politics is ideological inflexibility. That is the case President Obama made to the American people on Monday as ongoing debt and deficit talks try to stop the nation from default on August 2. The president … Continue reading
Clinton to Obama: ‘Don’t Blink’ – The Daily Beast
There were lines outside the big tent where Bill Clinton spoke an hour before he was set to begin. A seminar on “The Future of Cancer” was his warm-up act. When he took the stage, spillover crowds were placed in … Continue reading
Obama Speech Looks Toward 2012 – The Daily Beast
President Obama wore the mantle of commander in chief with uncharacteristic ease in his prime-time East Room address announcing the end of the surge in Afghanistan. The theme was “promises kept.” The frame was America 10 years after the attacks … Continue reading
Obama Finds His Mojo – The Daily Beast
Almost lost in the debate over the tax cut compromise this week was a striking moment of defiance and self-definition from President Obama. It came in the final five minutes of Tuesday’s afternoon press conference. With the president under attack … Continue reading
The Obama Haters Book Club – The Daily Beast
Hating President Obama has become its own industry—and here’s a new stat to prove it: To date, there have been at least 46 anti-Obama books published. I’m not talking about thoughtful criticisms of his policies, but hyperbolic denunciations, distortions, or … Continue reading
Billboards of Hate
The stunningly cynical and stupid Republican National Committee PowerPoint pulled the curtain back on the sleazy culture of hyper-partisanship that is at the root of Washington’s dysfunction. But its impact extends beyond the Beltway… These appeals have been deployed since … Continue reading
The GOP’s War on Teddy Roosevelt – The Daily Beast
Here’s how crazy our politics have become: Legendary Republican President Theodore Roosevelt is being called a socialist by conservatives like Glenn Beck. The man on Mount Rushmore, the Rough Rider president, is getting caught up in a party-purity dragnet 91 … Continue reading
A Rediscovery of Themes – The Daily Beast
In his confident, sprawling State of the Union speech, the president refocused on issues from the ’08 campaign—highlighting a return to fiscal responsibility and offering policy outreaches to both left and right. It was a Clintonian speech—and I mean that … Continue reading
How Wingnuts Hijacked Obama’s First Year – The Daily Beast
Twelve months ago to the day, Barack Obama looked out over a National Mall that represented a 70 percent overall approval rating, and support from most political factions. How both political extremes dashed that promise of hope. One year ago, … Continue reading