Richard Allen Greene, CNN Belief
1979 + 1980 = 2011 + 2012
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Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator
In 1979, of course, Jimmy Carter was the incumbent President,and no sophisticated, intelligent person in Washington thoughtRonald Reagan had a serious chance of beating him. The RNC wasconvinced Reagan would be another Goldwater, and its entire focuswas to deny him the 1980 nomination. You know what happened.In 1995, President Clinton had just suffered a shocking,historic defeat in the midterms, with the Republicans taking bothhouses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. At first, heseemed to be on the same trajectory as Carter. But he pivoted toembrace the policies of the new...
In 1979, of course, Jimmy Carter was the incumbent President,and no sophisticated, intelligent person in Washington thoughtRonald Reagan had a serious chance of beating him. The RNC wasconvinced Reagan would be another Goldwater, and its entire focuswas to deny him the 1980 nomination. You know what happened.In 1995, President Clinton had just suffered a shocking,historic defeat in the midterms, with the Republicans taking bothhouses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. At first, heseemed to be on the same trajectory as Carter. But he pivoted toembrace the policies of the new...
How to Seize a "Sputnik Moment"
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Jonathan Zimmerman, Philly Inquirer
Mark Cuban: "The Stock Market Is for Suckers"
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Jason Kirby, Macleans
Axelrod Outlines Obama’s Post-SOTU Strategy
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Ari Berman, The Nation
The Worst is Yet to Come in Illinois
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Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune
Obama Sees Reagan as Role Model
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Michael Scherer & Michael Duffy, Time
The Waning of an Old Established Order
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Victor Davis Hanson, IBD
American reality has been turned upside down in just 20 years.Americans no longer count on their news to be filtered and shaped by the Associated Press or the New York Times. Nor do millions have it read to them in the evening by CBS, ABC or NBC anchorpersons -- not with the Internet, cable news and talk radio. Matt Drudge's website, "The Drudge Report," reaches far more Americans than does CBS anchor star Katie Couric. Receive news alertsThe old notion that America's most successful citizens are turned out by prestigious four-year universities -- the more private and Ivy...
American reality has been turned upside down in just 20 years.Americans no longer count on their news to be filtered and shaped by the Associated Press or the New York Times. Nor do millions have it read to them in the evening by CBS, ABC or NBC anchorpersons -- not with the Internet, cable news and talk radio. Matt Drudge's website, "The Drudge Report," reaches far more Americans than does CBS anchor star Katie Couric. Receive news alertsThe old notion that America's most successful citizens are turned out by prestigious four-year universities -- the more private and Ivy...
Obama’s Time for Politicking
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E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Be ready for the paradoxical phase of Barack Obama's presidency. Many things will not be exactly as they appear.Paradox No. 1: Because over the next two years he can't get sweeping, progressive legislation through the Republican-led House, Obama will be doing far more to make the core progressive case that energetic government is essential to prosperity, growth and equity. Receive news alertsParadox No. 2: His talk about the new, the bold and the innovative is in the oldest of political traditions. The Obama of Tuesday night represented not the rambunctious liberalism...
WASHINGTON -- Be ready for the paradoxical phase of Barack Obama's presidency. Many things will not be exactly as they appear.Paradox No. 1: Because over the next two years he can't get sweeping, progressive legislation through the Republican-led House, Obama will be doing far more to make the core progressive case that energetic government is essential to prosperity, growth and equity. Receive news alertsParadox No. 2: His talk about the new, the bold and the innovative is in the oldest of political traditions. The Obama of Tuesday night represented not the rambunctious liberalism...
The President as Micromanager
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Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
Megan McArdle - Megan McArdle is the business and economics editor for The Atlantic. She has worked at three start-ups, a consulting firm, an investment bank, a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero, and the Economist. Jan 25 2011, 10:45 PM ET By Megan...
Megan McArdle - Megan McArdle is the business and economics editor for The Atlantic. She has worked at three start-ups, a consulting firm, an investment bank, a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero, and the Economist. Jan 25 2011, 10:45 PM ET By Megan...
Here Comes the 2012 Race & Candidate Obama
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Juan Williams, FOX News
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ETOn Air Now » Anchors and Reporters » Previous Slide Next Slide Weekdays 6p etWeekdays 7p etWeekdays 8p etWeekdays 9p etWeekdays 10p etWeekdays 1p etWeekends 12p etWeekdays 9a etSaturday 10a etWeekdays 6a etSunday 2p etSaturday 2:30p etWeekends 10p etWeekdays 5p et
Obama Doubles Down, Piece By Piece
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Sam Stein, Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's second official State of the Union address presented the country with a broad vision of governance in an age of divided political power. But as Obama tried to strike the tone of a president refining his approach following a mid-term election drubbing, on substantive matters his administration doubled down on its agenda. While Obama skipped over a host of critical policy topics, the proposals he did put forward on Tuesday night either echoed or built off earlier approaches. Even the overarching theme of the address -- that America found itself in a Sputnik...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's second official State of the Union address presented the country with a broad vision of governance in an age of divided political power. But as Obama tried to strike the tone of a president refining his approach following a mid-term election drubbing, on substantive matters his administration doubled down on its agenda. While Obama skipped over a host of critical policy topics, the proposals he did put forward on Tuesday night either echoed or built off earlier approaches. Even the overarching theme of the address -- that America found itself in a Sputnik...
Sleepwalking the US Toward Economic Decline
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Nile Gardiner, Telegraph
Wednesday 26 January 2011 | Blog Feed | All feedsSign in or registerBy Nile Gardiner World Last updated: January 26th, 2011Comment on this Comment on this article If there is one big takeaway from Barack Obama's State of the Union address last night, it is that this presidency remains in a complete state of denial regarding the massive threat the United States faces with its budget deficit. Obama's speech was a major lost opportunity to address the number one menace to America's long-term prosperity "“ the towering mountain of...
Wednesday 26 January 2011 | Blog Feed | All feedsSign in or registerBy Nile Gardiner World Last updated: January 26th, 2011Comment on this Comment on this article If there is one big takeaway from Barack Obama's State of the Union address last night, it is that this presidency remains in a complete state of denial regarding the massive threat the United States faces with its budget deficit. Obama's speech was a major lost opportunity to address the number one menace to America's long-term prosperity "“ the towering mountain of...
Obama’s Snore of a Speech Is a Cunning Trap
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Ed Kilgore, New Republic
The ideas and policy proposals in Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address were anything but fresh and original. Much of it could easily have been harvested from any number of interchangeable speeches given during the last 20 years"”not just by presidents by members of Congress, governors, mayors, and CEOs"”from both parties. Yet that may have been exactly the point. By staking his claim to decades of well-worn political detritus, I think Obama has set a cunning political trap for his enemies.A crash program for economic competitiveness?...
The ideas and policy proposals in Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address were anything but fresh and original. Much of it could easily have been harvested from any number of interchangeable speeches given during the last 20 years"”not just by presidents by members of Congress, governors, mayors, and CEOs"”from both parties. Yet that may have been exactly the point. By staking his claim to decades of well-worn political detritus, I think Obama has set a cunning political trap for his enemies.A crash program for economic competitiveness?...
Obama at His Best
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John Judis, The New Republic
I thought that my reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union speech was colored by having spent the day listening to Chicago mayoral candidates talk about pensions and potholes, or by the two Scotches I downed afterwards, but upon rereading the speech this morning, I’m once again convinced that this was Obama’s best speech as president. I’m not so much referring to his rhetoric or delivery, both of which were fine, but to the way he answered the perennial question, “What is to be done?”Obama is in a difficult political...
I thought that my reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union speech was colored by having spent the day listening to Chicago mayoral candidates talk about pensions and potholes, or by the two Scotches I downed afterwards, but upon rereading the speech this morning, I’m once again convinced that this was Obama’s best speech as president. I’m not so much referring to his rhetoric or delivery, both of which were fine, but to the way he answered the perennial question, “What is to be done?”Obama is in a difficult political...
Some Hope, Little Change From Obama
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Brian Calle, OC Register
At Davos, Era of Contrition for Bankers May Be Ending
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Jack Ewing, NYT
The Contradictions & Ironies in Obama’s Speech
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Mark Levin, Facebook
Green SOTU: Obama Channels Failed Mich. Governor
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Henry Payne, NRO
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State of the Union Preview: A 2012 Kickoff
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Michael Crowley, Time
How many memorable State of the Union speeches can you think of? I can conjure just three indelible moments from the past 20 years. There's Bill Clinton's 1993 vow, complete with theatrical pen-wave, to veto any health insurance bill lacking universal coverage. Chastened by the Republican Revolution two years later, Clinton declared that “the era of big government is over.” And in early 2002 George Bush addressed a nation still traumatized after 9/11 and fatefully warned that an “axis of evil” menaced America.
How many memorable State of the Union speeches can you think of? I can conjure just three indelible moments from the past 20 years. There's Bill Clinton's 1993 vow, complete with theatrical pen-wave, to veto any health insurance bill lacking universal coverage. Chastened by the Republican Revolution two years later, Clinton declared that “the era of big government is over.” And in early 2002 George Bush addressed a nation still traumatized after 9/11 and fatefully warned that an “axis of evil” menaced America.
2 Years of Intrusive Initiatives Are Not Working
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Rep. Kevin Brady, IBD
President Isn’t Caving to Big Biz, He’s Co-Opting It
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Noam Scheiber, TNR
I'll admit it: I was worried when the president named Bill Daley as his second chief of staff. True, Daley was a loyal Democrat long before he was a bank executive. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the White House was giving in to months of mau-mauing from the business community. That was distressing not just because the idea of Obama as anti-business is wrong, but also because Obama had a lot more leverage over the business community than he seemed to realize.   Not quite three weeks later and I feel confident this is not the case. Despite all the talk about Obama's...
I'll admit it: I was worried when the president named Bill Daley as his second chief of staff. True, Daley was a loyal Democrat long before he was a bank executive. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the White House was giving in to months of mau-mauing from the business community. That was distressing not just because the idea of Obama as anti-business is wrong, but also because Obama had a lot more leverage over the business community than he seemed to realize.   Not quite three weeks later and I feel confident this is not the case. Despite all the talk about Obama's...
Are You Better Off Than You Were 2 Years Ago?
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John Merline, AOL News
John Merline Opinion Editor  Subscribe to http://feeds.news.aol.com/synfeeds/collect/10/rss.xmlFrom TheWiresGone, ButNot ForgottenLet ItSnowEarthquakeRecoveryThe Odd,The BizarreThe BrightSideWatch the true story behind 'The Fighter.'Reveals that she has a long lost sisterSee full list of 2011 Oscar nomineesPizza Hut's newest menu item reviewedObama and Palin come to RiverdaleLatest news, weather, health, business, sports, science, money, entertainment, world news, elections, weird news and more.
John Merline Opinion Editor  Subscribe to http://feeds.news.aol.com/synfeeds/collect/10/rss.xmlFrom TheWiresGone, ButNot ForgottenLet ItSnowEarthquakeRecoveryThe Odd,The BizarreThe BrightSideWatch the true story behind 'The Fighter.'Reveals that she has a long lost sisterSee full list of 2011 Oscar nomineesPizza Hut's newest menu item reviewedObama and Palin come to RiverdaleLatest news, weather, health, business, sports, science, money, entertainment, world news, elections, weird news and more.
The Audacity of Cynicism
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Matt Welch, Reason
Matt Welch | January 25, 2011The New Republic's Noam Scheiber has a pre-State of the Union Address piece out praising "the genius of the White House" in "outmaneuver[ing]" Corporate America. Here's how it begins:I'll admit it: I was worried when the president named Bill Daley as his second chief of staff. True, Daley was a loyal Democrat long before he was a bank executive. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the White House was giving in to months of mau-mauing from the business community. That was distressing not just because the idea of Obama as...
Matt Welch | January 25, 2011The New Republic's Noam Scheiber has a pre-State of the Union Address piece out praising "the genius of the White House" in "outmaneuver[ing]" Corporate America. Here's how it begins:I'll admit it: I was worried when the president named Bill Daley as his second chief of staff. True, Daley was a loyal Democrat long before he was a bank executive. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the White House was giving in to months of mau-mauing from the business community. That was distressing not just because the idea of Obama as...
