The Big Green Lie

July 13, 2010

Walter Russell Mead: “Not since the incident at Chappaquiddick derailed the Ted Kennedy for President boomlet of 1969 has a political movement imploded so fast and so messily as the green crusade to stop global warming… These days, nothing in the world is deader than the drive for a UN climate treaty.”

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Obama's Mission for Midterms: Recapture the Magic

July 12, 2010

“Democratic strategists looking to stave off major losses in the upcoming midterm elections have devised a precise and targeted role for President Obama: recapturing the enthusiasm he generated as a fresh-faced candidate vying to becoming the nation’s first black president.” In other words: roll out the hot tub time machine.

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How to Enact Bipartisan Stimulus and Why Washington Won't

July 9, 2010

This would work, but won’t happen: “As President Obama ramps up his partisan campaign blame rhetoric, remember that he is choosing not to pursue this bipartisan option that would enact more fiscal stimulus and extend unemployment insurance benefits while preventing tax increases on small business owners during a too-slow economic recovery.”

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Krauthammer on the Selective Modesty of Barack Obama

July 9, 2010

It’s time to put faith in Leaders with Plans. “It’s fine to recognize the achievements of others and be non-chauvinistic about one’s country. But Obama’s modesty is curiously selective. When it comes to himself, modesty is in short supply.”

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The Rising Threat of Deflation

July 8, 2010

“As we enter the second half of 2010, while markets have been obsessed with Europe’s debt crisis, they have failed to notice potentially more ominous developments. The United States and Europe are heading toward–and Japan already suffers from–deflation, a classic prolonger of crises that boosts the real burden of debt and crushes profit margins.”

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Recovery Summer, But Economy Won't Cooperate

July 8, 2010

“Obama and his Cabinet will fan out across the country over the next few days to spread the message to voters about how effective their $787 billion recovery plan has been, an effort they’re calling ‘recovery summer.’” But “negative economic headwinds that have led to worries the economy is at risk of entering a double-dip […]

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Morning Berwick Update

July 8, 2010

[tweetmeme] Avik Roy — who has been doing superb work on the topic at hand — has an excellent roundup of the best reactions to Donald Berwick’s recess appointment. He notes one post that you should be sure to read from Tevi Troy, former deputy secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bush, at […]

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A Key Question That Remains About Donald Berwick

July 7, 2010

[tweetmeme] Jake Tapper has a fair assessment of the situation which led up to Donald Berwick’s recess appointment. But I wanted to follow up briefly on a question I raised here and here and in interviews today. Keith Hennessey notes the matter here, in passing: namely, that the recess appointment “allows the nominee to avoid […]

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Obama Bypasses Senate to Name Controversial CMS Head

July 7, 2010

Recess appointment of Donald Berwick protects Democrats from voting on controversial CMS nominee. “The appointment is good until the end of the 111th Congress in January, after which Berwick would have to be renominated to continue in the job and would likely face even greater opposition if the GOP makes expected gains in the Senate.”

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Retail Rebound: Sales Rise Most in Four Years

July 7, 2010

Significant: “Retailers may have bucked last month’s drop in consumer confidence that threatens to temper the rebound. The year-to-date growth in sales shows that spending, a key driver of the U.S. economy, is faring better than many investors are betting, said Michael Niemira, the New York-based ICSC’s chief economist.”

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