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Survey says: Obama’s economic plan is better than GOP’s

September 13, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Obama Leave a comment

It’s already being picked apart, peeled off, stripped down and pooh-poohed by Congressional Republicans, but President Obama’s job-creation plan still is seen as more

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Pitts: The education of Barack Obama

September 7, 2011 Barbara Finch Obama, Politics Leave a comment

 Leonard Pitts Jr., the eloquent and empathetic columnist for the Miami Herald whose work appears in more than 100 newspapers across the country (including

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What Obama can learn from FDR

August 23, 2011 Madonna Gauding Obama, Politics Leave a comment

In 1934, President Roosevelt traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin to support working families who were struggling against the equivalent of today’s Koch brothers. By

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President Obama on “Undercover Boss?”

August 14, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Government, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

I’ve been quite fortunate to be spending a few days in Chicago while reading Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell. Mendell is

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A campaign finance choice for Obama: People or Wall St.?

August 9, 2011 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Financial reform, Good government, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

How would you like to supplant Goldman Sachs as a major contributor to Barack Obama? How would you like to help America better see

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Could Obama have avoided the debt ceiling fight?

August 5, 2011 Madonna Gauding Obama, Politics 2 comments

The standard progressive narrative is that president Obama wanted a clean debt-ceiling hike but was forced, by extremists in the Republican Party, into making

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Libya: What’s wrong with this picture?

July 26, 2011 Madonna Gauding Military, Obama, War 2 comments

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests. —Henry Kissinger Secretary Hillary Clinton is looking happy and relaxed. The man next to her

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Sanders: Devastation awaits working families in the “Gang of 6” deficit reduction plan

July 23, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government, Obama, Politics, Taxes Leave a comment

What I can say is that I have heard, including from people that you might not expect to hear it from, that if they

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Iowa caucuses: A reform opportunity for Obama

July 14, 2011 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The first contest for delegates to our national political conventions is the Iowa caucus. In 2012, it will be on Monday, February 6. Iowa

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The Afghan war is not about terrorism

July 6, 2011 Madonna Gauding History, Military, Obama, War One comment

The war against Afghanistan continues to be portrayed by President Obama, and other government officials—with the help of a compliant and complicit media—as a

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