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Is The Book ‘obama Nation: Leftist Politics And The Cult Of Personality’ Mostly Fiction Or Non-fiction?

4 hours ago ago from Finance

Yes Barack Obama wants to restore the top marginal tax bracket to the 39% it was under Clinton from the current 35%. (It was 70% in the 1960s) But, Leftist Politics ? Obama has done everything he can to reassure the nation's ruling bipartisan political class that he is fully on board with the American Empire Project, but it doesn't matter: continue to score points with the and military cards, absurdly tarring him as a far left opponent of ...

Obama Nominee in Limbo

7 hours ago ago from TodaysNews

In last jab at Dems for passing health care bill, Senate Republicans block nomination of Obama's controversial choice for Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel States' Empty Jobless Funds | JOB HUNT | VIDEO The rest is here:  Obama Nominee in Limbo

Keep the Big Tent big (WashingtonPost)

6 hours ago ago from Beezodog's Place

By William M. Daley Thursday, December 24, 2009; A15 The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party my lifelong political home has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. Rep. Griffith's decision ...

Daley Machine Nervous: Political Realignment in the Works?

1 day ago ago from Bsoetoro.com

For some time now here , here , and here I have been arguing what at first must have seemed counterintuitive: that a great political realignment may be in the works. Today, in The Washington Post , William M. Daley warns his fellow Democrats that they are in danger of bringing just such a realignment about. After alluding to the announced retirements of four centrist Democrats in the House and to Parker Griffith's switch to the Republican ...

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Political Memo: Dean’s Health Care Spat With Obama Shows Party Divisions

3 hours ago ago from The New York Times

WASHINGTON Howard Dean ran for president in 2004 as the outsider ready to battle an entrenched establishment in Washington. And so, four years later, did Barack Obama . Now, one year into Mr. Obama's presidency, a sharp dispute between the president and Mr. Dean over the health care bill the Senate approved Thursday Mr. Dean denounced it as a sellout, while Mr. Obama heralded it as a historic breakthrough is illustrating the roots of the ...

Senate confirms USTR, USAID and NHTSA officials

21 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Politics

The U.S. Senate confirmed Miriam Sapiro as deputy trade representative Thursday in one of its final acts before adjourning for the year. Senators also approved administrators for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. President Obama nominated Sapiro, a former State Department and White House official, in April. She was approved by the Senate Finance Committee in July. She has ...

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