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The Fiscal Cliff deal that fixes nothing
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We did go over the cliff. Personally, I thought we’d stay over the cliff for at least a few days. I was wrong—a deal was struck to take us back from the edge after less than 24 hours over the …
Competence in Government
I met a friend who was not an Obama supporter for lunch today. He asked me if I’d seen Obama’s press conference earlier. “He was really good,” he said. I hadn’t at the time; I normally hear about them after …
And Lo, the Sky Did Not Burn
And so it came to pass, on May 9th in the year two thousand and twelve of the Common Era, that the President of the United States of America did sayeth to Robin Roberts of ABC News in the course …
What does Santorum’s victory mean?
I know, some of you are reading my headline and shaking your head, thinking that I’ve got it wrong. The winner of the Iowa caucus was Mitt Romney by eight votes. But did Romney really win? Clearly, one can say …
Posted in Election 2012, Obama, politics, Santorum
Tagged election 2012, iowa, Obama, santorum
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“This is not class warfare…It is math.”
Exactly. In Obama’s newly released deficit reduction plan, one of the items is a higher tax rate for millionaires. It’s about time, as far as I’m concerned. This isn’t about class warfare. Even billionaires like Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg …
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Tagged deficit plan, Obama, politics, Republicans
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So…is there *anything* Obama won’t cave in on?
Yet again, Obama had a great policy idea that would have been good for the country, it’s citizens, and the environment, and dropped it in order to placate his detractors on the right: Obama halts controversial EPA regulation. From the …
Was Obama’s Passion Ever Really There?
Drew Westen wrote a NYT opinion piece that I think sums up very well the disillusion of the far left with Obama, titled What Happened To Obama’s Passion. The article speaks fairly eloquently about his failure to explain his positions …
He’s dead, Jim
And none too soon. Perhaps after I think about it, I’ll have more to say about the fact that we’ve sent Osama Bin Laden to his just desserts. But for now, let me just say that I hope this gives …
On Obama’s deficit reduction speech
I was going to write a long and articulate missive on my thoughts about Obama’s recently announced plan to reduce the deficit, but instead I’ll just write that John Scalzi said everything I would have, just better. Of course, I …