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Agreed, noted and posted.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Obama calls for compromise, won't budge on tax cuts - TheHill.com
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Ok, this is hysterical. Obama calls for compromise on re-enacting the Bush era tax cuts, and then says that HE won't budge. I was unaware that compromise was a unilateral thing; I kind of thought it meant that BOTH sides moved to the middle and found common ground.
This is the same sort of compromise he has wanted from the Republicans the last two years: total capitulation.
Ok, this is hysterical. Obama calls for compromise on re-enacting the Bush era tax cuts, and then says that HE won't budge. I was unaware that compromise was a unilateral thing; I kind of thought it meant that BOTH sides moved to the middle and found common ground.
This is the same sort of compromise he has wanted from the Republicans the last two years: total capitulation.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Barack Obama's response: That tin ear | The Economist
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The president thinks the public was wrong, not that he must correct his course.
Two schools of governance collide here. One says that the officeholder must do what he or she thinks is right, and take the consequences if it does not work or the public does not like it. The other school thinks that the politician must ascertain what the majority of the electorate wants, and then strive to achieve that.
President Obama is the former type, and he avoided the consequences because he was not up for election. Nevertheless, the public sent him a message as to its concerns and desires. He will ignore it at his political peril.
The president thinks the public was wrong, not that he must correct his course.
Two schools of governance collide here. One says that the officeholder must do what he or she thinks is right, and take the consequences if it does not work or the public does not like it. The other school thinks that the politician must ascertain what the majority of the electorate wants, and then strive to achieve that.
President Obama is the former type, and he avoided the consequences because he was not up for election. Nevertheless, the public sent him a message as to its concerns and desires. He will ignore it at his political peril.
Charles Krauthammer - A return to the norm
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Another homer.
Dead right. What this election did was sweep away the Democratic gains of the last two elections, and not much more than that. As he puts it, America is governed between the 40 yard lines.
Another homer.
Dead right. What this election did was sweep away the Democratic gains of the last two elections, and not much more than that. As he puts it, America is governed between the 40 yard lines.
Pete Rouse Plots Comeback for Obama Administration - NYTimes.com
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A reorganization in the White House is a good idea. They might start by bringing in more grown ups and people who have worked for a living.
A reorganization in the White House is a good idea. They might start by bringing in more grown ups and people who have worked for a living.
Pete Rouse Plots Comeback for Obama Administration - NYTimes.com
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A reorganization in the White House is a good idea. They might start by bringing in more grown ups and people who have worked for a living.
A reorganization in the White House is a good idea. They might start by bringing in more grown ups and people who have worked for a living.
Indebted and Unrepentant by Fred Siegel, City Journal 3 November 2010
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California, even more than New York, is a mudslide or earthquake away from being Greece. They are proof of the old Heinlein adage that if the public can, they will vote themselves bread and circuses, for awhile...until the money runs out.
And the money is, basically, gone. Have fun with that.
California, even more than New York, is a mudslide or earthquake away from being Greece. They are proof of the old Heinlein adage that if the public can, they will vote themselves bread and circuses, for awhile...until the money runs out.
And the money is, basically, gone. Have fun with that.
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