Obama’s Battle on Stimulus Shows Threats to His Agenda By RICHARD W. STEVENSON February 11, 2009 It is a quick, sweet victory for the new president, and potentially a historic one. The question now is whether the $789 billion economic stimulus plan agreed to by Congressional leaders on Wednesday is the opening act for a […]
Key Witnesses to Be Interviewed in Prosecutor Firings Washington Post February 12, 2009 A federal prosecutor investigating the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys during the Bush administration has issued a subpoena to former senator Pete V. Domenici [R-NM] and is preparing to interview key witnesses, lawyers following the case say. Nora R. Dannehy, a public […]
Obama on bipartisanship: ‘Doing nothing, that’s not an option’ Question: Thank you, Mr. President. You have often said that bipartisanship is extraordinarily important, overall and in this stimulus package, but now, when we ask your advisers about the lack of bipartisanship so far – zero votes in the House, three in the Senate — they […]
A Call to End All Renditions JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that instead of leaving the door open for the CIA to continue to engage in the rendition of terrorism suspects to other countries so long as the process is somehow handled "humanely", the Obama administration should end […]
ShrinkRap sent me a link to that very high resolution photo of the Inauguration. It was taken during Obama’s speech. And as I panned around there they were – the dynamic duo looking glum…
Give Geithner a Break FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver I don’t think he did well yesterday. I don’t know that he’s the right guy for the job. But what I do know is the following: Nobody, absolutely nobody, has more incentive to get this right than the Obama Administration. If the economy collapses — well, more than […]
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Taking Back The Initiative the left coaster by Steve Soto A great, campaign-style appearance in Indiana Monday, in front of a real [not handpicked] crowd, followed by a solid debut press conference Monday night with the whole country watching, and Obama nailed them both. He had the right amount of aggressive pushback against the GOP […]
the making of a President… By 1boringoldman Group Psychology is a fascinating topic. It’s more that that for Group Therapists. It’s the key to creating a Group Milieu that can become a powerful force for change instead of a "mob." What follows is my own paraphrasing of the ideas of Winfred Bion, a British Psychoanalyst […]
While the recently reported increasing rate of suicides in Army personell is disturbing to all of us, and the Army’s programs to address the problem are laudable, I don’t find these figures surprising or something that the Army is likely to be able to do much about. It’s just what happens in protracted, senseless Wars: […]