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I hope he's a man of surprizes...he's got some road ahead.
I really hope the DEMS don't cave on bringing & creating jobs here in America. Or are Americans going to believe the only road to our salvation is the global road that got us into this mess to begin with? WHATEVER WORKS O'S NEW ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY Barack Obama has succeeded where Hillary Clinton failed. She hoped to win a third Clinton term, but it is her vanquisher who is reconstituting the Clinton administration. Obama's just-named nominee for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, served under Clinton Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Summers himself is Obama's choice to head the National Economic Council. Both are part of Rubin's circle, known for its brains and its relative moderation. Few would have guessed back when Obama rose from the snows of Iowa that highly experienced economic technicians would represent "change we can believe in." Thankfully, Obama's airy rhetoric about a new kind of politics was more a pitch for impressionable new voters than a description of his governing style. So far, President-elect Obama has acted with a ruthless pragmatism. He ignored the yowling left-wing blogosphere when it demanded Joe Lieberman's head, turned (reportedly) to the initially pro-Iraq War Hillary Clinton for his top foreign-policy job, and staffed up with former Clintonites. Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet. Obama appears to be reconsidering for now his promised repeal of President Bush's "tax cuts for the rich." Twice during the primaries, Obama hinted that he might put off the tax hikes if the economy was in distress, but he could never admit what was obvious: Proposing tax hikes in the teeth of a recession is madness. We are entering one of those periodic cycles when liberals have to bless rather than dump on a profitable private sector, because without it there's no way for Obama to meet his pledge of creating or - in his elastic term - "saving" 2.5 million jobs. One of Bill Clinton's most valuable insights was that a favorable business climate fostering economic growth trumped any government jobs program. If Obama is wise, he'll not only jettison his plans for a tax increase that in aiming at the rich would also hit successful small businesses, but also forswear all his protectionist sentiments from the primaries and ditch his support for a "card check" plan to promote the unionization of the American work force. Anything that burdens business should be anathema to Dr. Fix-the-Economy. For now, the showpiece of Obama's economic program is a massive stimulus bill that the Democratic Congress wants to have ready for his signature as soon as he departs the Capitol Hill steps after his inauguration. Even some conservative economists believe a fiscal stimulus is necessary to keep us out of a deflationary spiral, but Obama is only asking a Democratic Congress - given to fiscal incontinence even in rosy economic circumstances - to do what comes naturally. We can't know what new twists the crisis will take (the latest financial institution in need of rescue is Robert Rubin's Citigroup). We do know that Obama will need more than a ruthless pragmatism to navigate through it. In his masterly "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath," Robert Samuelson chronicles the extraordinary stalwartness of President Ronald Reagan when he allowed Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to squeeze inflation painfully out of the economic system the last time we had a downturn this severe, in 1981-1982. That took guts. Obama will need them as well, and they won't be on loan from any adviser, no matter what his pedigree. |
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I hope he's a man of surprizes...he's got some road ahead. I really hope the DEMS don't cave on bringing & creating jobs here in America. Or are Americans going to believe the only road to our salvation is the global road that got us into this mess to begin with? WHATEVER WORKS O'S NEW ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY Barack Obama has succeeded where Hillary Clinton failed. She hoped to win a third Clinton term, but it is her vanquisher who is reconstituting the Clinton administration. Obama's just-named nominee for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, served under Clinton Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Summers himself is Obama's choice to head the National Economic Council. Both are part of Rubin's circle, known for its brains and its relative moderation. Few would have guessed back when Obama rose from the snows of Iowa that highly experienced economic technicians would represent "change we can believe in." Thankfully, Obama's airy rhetoric about a new kind of politics was more a pitch for impressionable new voters than a description of his governing style. So far, President-elect Obama has acted with a ruthless pragmatism. He ignored the yowling left-wing blogosphere when it demanded Joe Lieberman's head, turned (reportedly) to the initially pro-Iraq War Hillary Clinton for his top foreign-policy job, and staffed up with former Clintonites. Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet. Obama appears to be reconsidering for now his promised repeal of President Bush's "tax cuts for the rich." Twice during the primaries, Obama hinted that he might put off the tax hikes if the economy was in distress, but he could never admit what was obvious: Proposing tax hikes in the teeth of a recession is madness. We are entering one of those periodic cycles when liberals have to bless rather than dump on a profitable private sector, because without it there's no way for Obama to meet his pledge of creating or - in his elastic term - "saving" 2.5 million jobs. One of Bill Clinton's most valuable insights was that a favorable business climate fostering economic growth trumped any government jobs program. If Obama is wise, he'll not only jettison his plans for a tax increase that in aiming at the rich would also hit successful small businesses, but also forswear all his protectionist sentiments from the primaries and ditch his support for a "card check" plan to promote the unionization of the American work force. Anything that burdens business should be anathema to Dr. Fix-the-Economy. For now, the showpiece of Obama's economic program is a massive stimulus bill that the Democratic Congress wants to have ready for his signature as soon as he departs the Capitol Hill steps after his inauguration. Even some conservative economists believe a fiscal stimulus is necessary to keep us out of a deflationary spiral, but Obama is only asking a Democratic Congress - given to fiscal incontinence even in rosy economic circumstances - to do what comes naturally. We can't know what new twists the crisis will take (the latest financial institution in need of rescue is Robert Rubin's Citigroup). We do know that Obama will need more than a ruthless pragmatism to navigate through it. In his masterly "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath," Robert Samuelson chronicles the extraordinary stalwartness of President Ronald Reagan when he allowed Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to squeeze inflation painfully out of the economic system the last time we had a downturn this severe, in 1981-1982. That took guts. Obama will need them as well, and they won't be on loan from any adviser, no matter what his pedigree.  Let him take the oath first then bash him. Your MAN lil shurb is still in control..
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"Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet."
 Shapeshifting is only one of his many superpowers Quikstepper.
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His whole name isn't capitalized. You can spell it like anyone elses. First letter is a capital and then the rest are lower case. Obama
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just a simple observation - information and or facts which is not derogatory is more well accepted than continuous bashing.
Stop the constant hiding, referencing the DEMS or REPS. They are no longer suitable to hide under - from now on it's US (meaning a collective unit). Let's work together to get ahead. but like a said, just my own simple personal observation 
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If he lives up to his promises, then more power to him........And if he doesn't, he will be put in the scum barrel with the rest of them politicians.........I really don't think I would want to be in the same water with HillyBilly.........
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Obama won his first election by getting three democrats thrown off the ballet.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/29/obamas.first.campaign/index.html As a community organizer, he had helped register thousands of voters. But when it came time to run for office, he employed Chicago rules to invalidate the voting petition signatures of three of his challengers. The move denied each of them, including incumbent Alice Palmer, a longtime Chicago activist, a place on the ballot. It cleared the way for Obama to run unopposed on the Democratic ticket in a heavily Democrat district. "That was Chicago politics," said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. "Knock out your opposition, challenge their petitions, destroy your enemy, right? It is how Barack Obama destroyed his enemies back in 1996 that conflicts with his message today. He may have gotten his start registering thousands of voters. But in that first race, he made sure voters had just one choice." |
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Why cant you just let it go..He won get over it..Vote again in 2012..Damm
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Why cant you just let it go..He won get over it..Vote again in 2012..Damm Democrats are still crying about Bush winning in 2000 and 2004. I figure I've got eight more years before your party has any right to complain. |
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I hope he's a man of surprizes...he's got some road ahead. I really hope the DEMS don't cave on bringing & creating jobs here in America. Or are Americans going to believe the only road to our salvation is the global road that got us into this mess to begin with? WHATEVER WORKS O'S NEW ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY Barack Obama has succeeded where Hillary Clinton failed. She hoped to win a third Clinton term, but it is her vanquisher who is reconstituting the Clinton administration. Obama's just-named nominee for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, served under Clinton Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Summers himself is Obama's choice to head the National Economic Council. Both are part of Rubin's circle, known for its brains and its relative moderation. Few would have guessed back when Obama rose from the snows of Iowa that highly experienced economic technicians would represent "change we can believe in." Thankfully, Obama's airy rhetoric about a new kind of politics was more a pitch for impressionable new voters than a description of his governing style. So far, President-elect Obama has acted with a ruthless pragmatism. He ignored the yowling left-wing blogosphere when it demanded Joe Lieberman's head, turned (reportedly) to the initially pro-Iraq War Hillary Clinton for his top foreign-policy job, and staffed up with former Clintonites. Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet. Obama appears to be reconsidering for now his promised repeal of President Bush's "tax cuts for the rich." Twice during the primaries, Obama hinted that he might put off the tax hikes if the economy was in distress, but he could never admit what was obvious: Proposing tax hikes in the teeth of a recession is madness. We are entering one of those periodic cycles when liberals have to bless rather than dump on a profitable private sector, because without it there's no way for Obama to meet his pledge of creating or - in his elastic term - "saving" 2.5 million jobs. One of Bill Clinton's most valuable insights was that a favorable business climate fostering economic growth trumped any government jobs program. If Obama is wise, he'll not only jettison his plans for a tax increase that in aiming at the rich would also hit successful small businesses, but also forswear all his protectionist sentiments from the primaries and ditch his support for a "card check" plan to promote the unionization of the American work force. Anything that burdens business should be anathema to Dr. Fix-the-Economy. For now, the showpiece of Obama's economic program is a massive stimulus bill that the Democratic Congress wants to have ready for his signature as soon as he departs the Capitol Hill steps after his inauguration. Even some conservative economists believe a fiscal stimulus is necessary to keep us out of a deflationary spiral, but Obama is only asking a Democratic Congress - given to fiscal incontinence even in rosy economic circumstances - to do what comes naturally. We can't know what new twists the crisis will take (the latest financial institution in need of rescue is Robert Rubin's Citigroup). We do know that Obama will need more than a ruthless pragmatism to navigate through it. In his masterly "The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath," Robert Samuelson chronicles the extraordinary stalwartness of President Ronald Reagan when he allowed Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to squeeze inflation painfully out of the economic system the last time we had a downturn this severe, in 1981-1982. That took guts. Obama will need them as well, and they won't be on loan from any adviser, no matter what his pedigree. Let him take the oath first then bash him. Your MAN lil shurb is still in control..
If you are referring to BUSH I agree...he is acting like a bafoon about now. He's got me scratching my head.... |
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Tue 11/25/08 04:47 PM
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Why cant you just let it go..He won get over it..Vote again in 2012..Damm Democrats are still crying about Bush winning in 2000 and 2004. I figure I've got eight more years before your party has any right to complain. 
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"Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet." Shapeshifting is only one of his many superpowers Quikstepper.
I'm from Illinois...tell me three things he did here that " shaped "...things...how about absolutely NOTHING !!...for starters... |
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"Obama has been a shape-shifter throughout his brief political career, and the latest shape - an establishment Democrat determined to do whatever works - is the best version yet." Shapeshifting is only one of his many superpowers Quikstepper.
I'm from Illinois...tell me three things he did here that " shaped "...things...how about absolutely NOTHING !!...for starters... |
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