SOTU speech
I’m not at all sure I’m up for watching Obama’s SOTU speech tonight. But here’s a thread to talk about the speech, if you’re so inclined. [ADDENDUM: I got home from dinner at 9:50 PM, turned it on, turned it … Continue reading →
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Obama: again with the speech of his life
TNR’s Jonathan Cohn has this to say about Obama’s SOTU speech this evening: Today Obama faces a dire threat to his presidency: A political backlash threatening to destroy his signature domestic policy initiative and, more broadly, his entire governing agenda. … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman does not heart Obama
Paul Krugman is very angry at President Obama for his spending freeze proposal. And when I say “very,” I mean very. Krugman’s most recent piece is short, only 214 words. But it contains a surprising amount of death imagery—mostly in … Continue reading →
Is “really good one-term president” an oxymoron?
Obama has nobly declared that he’d “rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” But wouldn’t a “really good” president ordinarily be re-elected? And if not, why not? Assuming that Obama is not obliquely referring to … Continue reading →
Scott Brown vs. Obama: with friends like these…
The other day I was watching an in-depth personal profile of Scott Brown by Fox’s Greta Van Susteren. It featured interviews with the newly-elected senator’s friends, neighbors, former colleagues in the state senate, ex-coaches, and even the guy who fixes … Continue reading →
Regretting that Obama vote
At first glance I thought that this confession by Jill Dorson, a self-described independent who voted for Obama and now regrets it, would represent an example of political change. Alas, no. Dorson—who is so excoriated by the commenters there that … Continue reading →
Remember when they were saying…
…there was no way comedians could make fun of Obama? Well, I think we can safely say that’s been remedied: [Hat tip: American Digest: “Has this just been the bestest week in ever or what?”]
Continue reading →What we have here: Obama’s response to the Massachusetts results shapes up
Obama acknowledges the frustration Americans are feeling. —But he thinks it is free-floating anger at government in general, and that his administration just happens to be the target of the moment. He understands that people feel “remote and detached” from … Continue reading →
Obama the lame blame duck
Quoth Obama: “Here’s my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office,” the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC … Continue reading →
Mort Zuckerman one year later: Obama has done everything wrong
Mort Zuckerman, head of US News and World Report and the New York Daily News, endorsed, supported, and voted for President Obama. That was then. This is now. I’ve read a number of pieces by former Obama supporters, but I’ve … Continue reading →
Health care reform: union made
Here’s what the unions stand to get—their money’s worth, if seems—if Obama and the Congressional Democrats have their way with the health care “reform” bill. Never was a piece of legislation given such an Orwellian descriptor. Obama promised to change … Continue reading →
Krauthammer: what a difference a year makes
Charles Krauthammer reflects on Obama’s first year. A few highlights of the article [emphasis mine]: The health care drive is the most important reason Obama has sunk to 46 percent. But this reflects something larger. In the end, what matters … Continue reading →