Daley: Not an Opportunity, Just a Crisis

March 9, 2009

The story so far: some capitalists behaved very badly. While this was going on, the socialists didn’t ask questions because they were too busy spending the receipts that flowed from that behaviour. Now, the socialists – who were happy to look the other way during the good times or even to delude themselves into thinking […]

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Totten: US Needs Reset Button for Britain

March 9, 2009

While President Barack Obama tries to improve U.S. relations with rogue states like Syria and Iran, he might want to ensure ties with our closest ally aren’t strained in the meantime. Damascus and Tehran will remain hostile as long as they’re ruled by Bashar Assad and Ayatollah Khamenei, but Britain has long been a reliable […]

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Capitol Hill Dems Attempt to Rebrand Earmarks

March 9, 2009

Capitol Hill’s top Democrats are making a full-throated effort to rebrand earmarks as good government, not a dirty word synonymous with pork-barrel hijinks. With President Obama’s vow to clamp down on earmarks putting pressure on lawmakers to change their ways, congressional leaders have set out to educate voters about why they think Congress should direct […]

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White House Plans "Global Stimulus" Push, at Odds with France, Germany

March 9, 2009

WASHINGTON — The U.S. will press world leaders to boost emergency government spending to lift the global economy, risking a rift with European nations more concerned with revamping financial regulation. In President Barack Obama’s first foray into economic diplomacy, Washington will urge the shift at a summit next month in London, U.S. officials say, as […]

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NK and US Standoff and Missile Defense Tech (From the Archives)

March 9, 2009

The sign next to the door is not an omen. It shows a bright red figure in a protective suit, the kind of full-body gear you might wear when handling dangerous pathogens. Or, in this case, when entering a building housing an operational three-stage ballistic missile, freshly plucked from its silo. The sign is a […]

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David Axelrod Cleans Up

March 9, 2009

WASHINGTON — The pepperoni and cheese pizzas had been delivered, and a meeting about how to sell President Obama’s economic plan was set to begin — not at the White House, but a few blocks away in the seventh-floor apartment of David Axelrod.

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How Obama Plays the Pundits' Game

March 9, 2009

When New York Times columnist David Brooks accused the White House last week of “shaking confidence with its hyperactivity,” no fewer than four senior administration officials reached out to explain — ever so politely — how he was wrong.

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Ruffini: On Defending Rush, Steele, Jindal

March 9, 2009

These haven’t been the best couple of weeks for Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele, or Bobby Jindal. (OK, let’s carve out a possible exception for Limbaugh.) What these three people have in common is that they’re all significant figures who have taken fire from different elements of the conservative movement at the behest of the Obama […]

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Kick the Tires: WH Sends Auto Task Force to Detroit

March 9, 2009

WASHINGTON — The top advisers for President Barack Obama’s auto task force will have a chance today to literally kick the tires on Detroit’s struggling automakers before deciding how much federal aid they’re worth.

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Audi's New Hover Car

March 9, 2009

We’ve finally found something we want more than an Audi R8 FSI, and it gives us hope that we might one day ride something similar to an Imperial speeder bike.

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