Category Archives: Obama
Spend Like No Tomorrow
Obama obliged Congress’s desire for extended vacation by delaying his request for an extended debt ceiling.
Vacation One
The president and first lady wound down from “his and her” shopping trips toPetSmart and Target with “his and her” separate Air Force One travel to Hawaii.
Elephant Trap
“What even minimally rational government enacts payroll-tax relief for just two months?” Krauthammer’s glad you asked.
When Messiahs go Mano a Mano
Thomas Sowell is just fine with Newt. And Jacob Weisberg thinks Newt is nuts. Meanwhile, “The One We’ve Been Waiting For” rates himself the 4th best president in history, edged out of the top spot by Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Johnson.
Obama to Serfs: Drop Dead
If it’s President Obama against the fat cats and now Obama against the serfs, who’s left to re-elect him? Here’s a breakdown by Jay Cost. Here’s the s original New York Times piece by Thomas Edsall that created all the fuss:
“All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working class has been effectively jettisoned in favor of cementing a center-left coalition made up, on the one hand, of voters who have gotten ahead on the basis of educational attainment — professors, artists, designers, editors, human resources managers, lawyers, librarians, social workers, teachers and therapists — and a second, substantial constituency of lower-income voters who are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic.”
