An "Eisenhower Plan"

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Wednesday March 10, 2010 · 6:07 AM PST

2010/03/10 · 06:07

[Small business] owners continued to report that their single-most important problem, by far, is low sales levels (rather than taxes, interest rates, or labour quality). That's worth keeping in mind as conservatives increase the volume at which they argue that high unemployment is due to extensions of government unemployment benefits. The problem is clearly not labour supply. Rather, the economy's principal job creators are seeing too little demand to justify increases in hiring.

...where in January slightly more owners expected conditions six months ahead to be better than they currently are, many more now say that conditions will be worse. Sales expectations, expansion plans, and perceptions of credit conditions also worsened.

It is obvious that the recently passed small business tax credits and the recently debated jobs bill will not be enough to dig us out of this downturn.

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Thursday February 25, 2010 · 6:00 AM PST

2010/02/25 · 06:00

The Atlantic'sDerek Thompson on the recently passed jobs bill:

Two weeks ago, I predicted that the jobs bill would follow a familiar storyline: Republicans obstruct, Democrats dither while the public sours over more Washington partisanship, and a weak bill struggles toward passage. Turns out I was wrong on the details and right about the conclusion. Harry Reid tore apart the Baucus/Grassley $85 billion jobs bill, extracted its beating heart (the payroll tax hiring credit), threw it to the Senate floor, and said: Vote on this. Good news is: Republicans didn't obstruct; Democrats didn't dither; the public didn't have a chance to sour. Bad news is: if this is the end of 2010 jobs stimulus, it kinda stinks:

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Friday February 19, 2010 · 6:41 AM PST

2010/02/19 · 06:41

The monthly unemployment rates during President Reagan's first year in office:

January 1981 - 7.5%
February 1981 - 7.4%
March 1981 - 7.4%
April 1981 - 7.2%
May 1981 - 7.5%
June 1981 - 7.5%
July 1981 - 7.2%
August 1981 - 7.4%
September 1981 - 7.6%
October 1981 - 7.9%
November 1981 - 8.3%
December 1981 - 8.5%

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Wednesday December 16, 2009 · 1:39 PM PST

2009/12/16 · 13:39

1992 Illinois Democratic Senate primary:

Twelve-year incumbent Alan Dixon loses re-nomination to Carol Moseley-Braun. Dixon, ever the Democratic Party loyalist, concedes gracefully:

I spent a lifetime in Democratic politics, and I spent that lifetime in Democratic politics playing by the rules.... And I said in this primary campaign that I would support the winner, that I would endorse the winner, and that I would vote for the winner.... I accept that result just as fully as I accepted 29 good results for Alan Dixon in the past.

2006 Connecticut Democratic Senate primary:

Eighteen-year incumbent Joseph Lieberman, his party's nominee for vice-president in 2000, loses re-nomination to Ned Lamont. HIS concession? Classless...

WayneInSF

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Tuesday November 03, 2009 · 12:21 PM PST

2009/11/03 · 12:21

All signs seem to point a Republican landslide tonight in Virginia's race for governor, and to a possible victory for the GOP in New Jersey. In New York, a right wing candidate of the states's Conservative Party looks to be the beneficiary of the moderate Republican's withdrawal from the race for an upstate congressional seat.

I would argue against the temptation to call such victories a repudiation of President Obama's performance in office. If anything, we already know the true outcome of today's elections. And despite probable victories for their party, the news is devastating for the GOP.

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Tuesday July 21, 2009 · 3:16 PM PDT

2009/07/21 · 15:16

President Obama, speaking to The NewsHour's Jim Lehrer yesterday about the economy:

I think that we have stepped back from the abyss. I think we've put out the fire. The analogy I use sometimes is, we had this beautiful house. And there was a fire. We came in and we had to hose it down. The fire is now out, but what we've discovered is, we need some new tuckpointing, the roof's leaking, the boiler's out, oh, and by the way, we're way behind on our mortgage.

More from the President, and my own thoughts, below the fold...

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 9:45 AM PDT

2009/04/23 · 09:45

Quote of the Day:

Let’s say this slowly: the Bush administration wanted to use 9/11 as a pretext to invade Iraq, even though Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. So it tortured people to make them confess to the nonexistent link.

There’s a word for this: it’s evil.

-NY Times columnist Paul Krugman commenting on Jonathan Landay's report that the Bush administration was ordering torture against terrorist suspects - well before their Justice Department gave them the illegal green light - in order to create a link between 9/11 and Sadaam Hussein.

I was one of the few who refused to drink the Bush-Cheney Kool Aid during the run-up to the Iraq War. It was a lonely place, let me tell ya...friends and family, from my side of the political spectrum, refusing to get past their fear and inertia of another 9/11, believing the Bush claims of a link between Iraq and al-Qaida despite an extreme lack of evidence to the contrary...

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Tuesday December 16, 2008 · 11:00 AM PST

2008/12/16 · 11:00

Little Boy George, responding to Martha Radditz's statement that al Qaeda didn't exist in Iraq until after the American invasion:

So what?

Ya know...January 20th can't get here soon enough! In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if the entire globe wanted him removed from office prior to that date (lest he screw something else up).

My dream scenario:

It's the morning of January 20, 2009...about 5:00am...when the phone in the White House residence rings....

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 11:56 AM PDT

2008/10/31 · 11:56

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but bear with me as I lay out the case for Barack Obama...

This presidential election is, without a doubt, the most important of our generation. Never in our nation's history has there been an era in which the responsibilities were greater for the United States, and rarely has a president been called on to meet such extraordinary circumstances for the homeland and the world. After eight years of incompetent Republican rule under George Bush and Dick Cheney, the United States and the world are in need of a tremendous reset moment; a sort of knocking down of the old evil empire, and a new, younger, progressive model put in place. The next four years require a steady hand, sound judgment, and a level of intellect not seen in the White House since January 19, 2001.

These times require Barack Obama...

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Sunday October 12, 2008 · 10:24 AM PDT

2008/10/12 · 10:24

The absentee ballot that was mailed to voters in Rensselaer County, NY lists Barack Obama's name as "BARACK OSAMA," according to CNN.

According to county election officials, "it was a typo that made it by three rounds of proof-readers."

"All of whom are ardent right-wing supporters of John McCain," they failed to add.

Today's "Dodgeball"

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 4:16 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 16:16

Working from home today and Chris Matthews has Pat Buchanan and Bob Shrum caterwauling over each other. It's annoying as all get out.

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 3:48 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 15:48

A new poll from the American Research Group (ARG) shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by eight points in West Virginia:

Obama 50%
McCain 42%

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