Daily Kos:
This recession has taught us that we can’t return to a situation where America’s economic growth is fueled by consumers who take on more and more debt. In order to keep growing, we need to spend less, save more, and get our federal deficit under control. We also need to place a greater emphasis on exports that we can bui (Read More)
New York Times:
President Obama was elected in part because he promised a more cooperative and pragmatic leadership in world affairs, but he should also be willing to stand up to Beijing.
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New York Times:
Collected columns denouncing the Bush wars and tax cuts and recounting the fits of nerves that President Obama coolly overcomes.
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
23 MONDAY 7 P.M. David Plouffe , the manager of the Obama presidential campaign, discusses and signs "The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory" at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 "Eye" St. NW. Tickets for this event, co-sponsored by Politics and...
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
BEIJING -- On his trip to China last week, President Obama negotiated with our government on climate change and other issues such as economic recovery, currency regulation and denuclearization. He noted at his town hall meeting in Shanghai that China and the United States lead the world in carbon...
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
NEW DELHI -- Wearing white robes and a blue turban, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared relaxed last week as he discussed his upcoming state visit to Washington. Singh, 77, will meet with President Obama this week at a time when many Indians fear that Obama will focus less on India than...
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Daily Kos:
Joe Lieberman is accusing President Obama of executing a bait and switch when it comes to the public option: "It’s classic politics of our time that if you look at the campaign last year, presidential, you can’t find a mention of public option," Lieberman said. "It was added after the election as a part of what we normall (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Ah, Village math. David Broder says that bringing in more federal revenue by increasing tax would bust the budget. While the CBO said that both the House-passed bill and the one Reid has drafted meet Obama's test by being budget-neutral, every expert I have talked to says [. . . t]hese bills, as they stand, are budget-bus (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Editorials:
THE MOST interesting question President Obama fielded in China came over the Internet, via the U.S. Embassy, from a Chinese citizen who asked, "Do you know of the firewall? Should we be able to use Twitter freely?" In response, Mr. Obama, speaking at a town hall in Shanghai, did not directly address China's massive Internet (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Editorials:
IT'S A SHAME that it has taken accidents, deaths and injuries for the federal government to wake up to the danger posed by inadequate, and in some cases nonexistent, oversight of many or most subway and light-rail systems around the nation. By the same token, it is to the Obama administration's credit that it has begun grap (Read More)
Daily Kos:
The weekend beckons.... CA-Sen: Boxer Maintains Solid Edge, Even in Ras Poll Given that the Rasmussen poll in question had some data that hinted at a GOP skew (the 55% job approval for President Obama, for example), the news on the Senate race has to be considered very good news for Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. In the (Read More)
Washington Post:
Days before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be welcomed in the White House as the first state visitor hosted by President Obama, two perceived missteps by the Obama administration have Indian officials concerned that New Delhi suddenly has been relegated to the second tier of U.S.-Asian...
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