Here’s an apologia for Obama’s first three weeks, from Ruth Marcus. Her final question: So if you’re feeling jittery about Obama’s start, ask yourself this: Is there another president in recent memory who would have done better? It’s an interesting … Continue reading →
Are we seeing the Cloward-Piven strategy in action? If not, why is Obama accelerating his drive to stir up “fear itself?” President Barack Obama used his first prime-time news conference to paint an extraordinarily bleak picture of America’s future if … Continue reading →
It was a short honeymoon after all. Short and not all that sweet, although the courtship seemed to promise a love for the ages. It’s a subtle thing, since President Obama’s approval figures remain quite high. But support for his … Continue reading →
Only this time it’s his staff. And they’ve only been in place two and a half weeks: I’ve written about the theme of Obama and exhaustion before, here and here. It’s a theme that’s been coming up more and more … Continue reading →
What’s the problem with the stimulus? According to Jeanne Cummings of Politico, it’s all about spin, and Obama doesn’t have the resources he used to command to get his message across. Say what? As President of the United States, he’s … Continue reading →
Obama’s hit a bit of a rough patch lately. He’s finding that changing Washington isn’t as easy as it sounded on the campaign trial. It’s been harder to get a pass from the press and public for his nominees than … Continue reading →
From the beginning of the economic crisis back in the pre-election fall, Barack Obama has been consistent about one thing: rhetoric that maximizes whatever panic and fear might be driving it. And here he goes again. In naming Joe Biden … Continue reading →
Here’s a rapturous account of Obama’s inauguration from ex-uber-editor Tina Brown (hat tip: Ann Althouse.) Remember, as you read it, that the author was once at the helm of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, among other credits. Brown’s fulsome … Continue reading →
Barack Obama has wasted no time reversing some of President Bush’s most controversial policies concerning the interrogation, imprisonment, and trials of foreign terrorist detainees. Or has he? If you read the linked article carefully, you’ll see that the thrust of … Continue reading →
Barack Obama is unfortunate to have inherited the worst financial climate in many decades. But in other ways he’s a very lucky man. One huge piece of good luck for Obama is that the bad news about the economy was … Continue reading →
The Obamas are trying to decide what sort of dog to get, and seem to have narrowed it down to the Labradoodle versus the Portuguese water dog. America votes again, and this time the mutt wins it by a hair. … Continue reading →
Well, it may be Pat Buchanan saying it, but I still agree with him: Obama has a choice between the FDR approach to the Great Depression, policies that made it “greater”—that is, longer and more damaging—than it otherwise would have … Continue reading →