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Obama's First 100 Days: Restoring the Good Name of the U.S.

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Foreclosures, Green Jobs, Pakistan, George W. Bush, President Obama, Lead Paint Toys, Guantanamo, Valerie Plame, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Donnie Walsh, Afghanistan War, Isiah Thomas, Iraq War, Unemployment, 2012 Election, Party of No, 100 Days, Brownie, Obama Budget, Banking Crisis, Financial System, Stem Cell Research, No-Bid Contracts, Consumer Product Safety Commission, New York Knicks, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

The task awaiting Obama was massive. And yet, there is a rush to decide how he's doing after 100 days. Donnie Walsh gets two years to revive the Knicks, but the president only gets 100 days to fix the country?

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Bush's Magical Mystery Tour

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jack Abramoff, Elaine Chao, Karl Rove, Brownie, Margaret Spellings, Steven Griles, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Christopher Cox, Victoria Clarke, Dirk Kempthorne, Bradley Scholzman, Karen Hughes, Harvey Pitt, Alberto Gonzales, Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, Rummy, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

To the bitter end, George W. Bush is proving to anybody willing to listen that he is not only the worst president in United States history but also just a horrible human being.

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Shell-Shocked Bush Administration Survivors Look Back

The Daily Beast | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brownie, Michael Brown, Bush Administration, George W. Bush, Chris Shays, Politics News

The Bush administration was notable for claiming dozens of political victims, only some of whom were Democrats. We interviewed the survivors who feel ...

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The Deep Hypocrisy of Republican Rule

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Hypocrisy, Gonzales, Criminality, Republicans, DOJ Corruption, Brownie, Cheney, Bush, Goodling, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Standing before the American Enterprise Institute, Bush made another embarrassing attempt to shore up his failed legacy, pleading futilely that he is not the 21st century's Herbert Hoover.

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It Was About Stupid, Stupid

Larry Gellman | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, McCain Economic Crisis, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Dick Cheney, Iraq War, Michael Brown, Obama Economics, Election Reaction, Harriet Miers, Sarah Palin, Joe Six Pack, Brownie, Joe the Plumber, Alberto Gonzales, President George W. Bush, Obama Intellectualism, President Obama, Election Analysis, Politics News
Larry Gellman

Many McCain apologists have suggested that the meltdown in the stock market over the last month doomed his campaign. That assessment seems far too friendly.

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Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Heck of a Job, Bill Clinton, Fema, Van Jones, Ronald Reagan, John Boehner, George W. Bush, Senate Races, Palin Pro-American Areas, Green New Deal, Real Americans, Jeremiah Wright, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, House Races, Mark Begich, Voter Turnout, Bill Ayers, Brownie, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Joe Lieberman, Obama African American, Hurricane Katrina, President Obama, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day, Sarah Palin, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Day 2008, Joe Biden, Election Results, Election, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Presidential Election, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

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Formaldehyde In FEMA Trailers For Katrina, Rita Victims Prompted No Action From Government

LA Times | Mary Engel | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Hurricane Rita, Brownie, Hurricane Katrina, Cancer, Extreme Weather, Formaldehyde, Politics News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to act for at least a year on warnings that trailers housing refugees from Hurricanes Katrina an...

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Katrina 2.0

Dave Winer | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Brownie, New Orleans, Katrina, Extreme Weather, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Dave Winer

There will be no place to go if we wake up tomorrow to find the financial levees have broken and our nation is under water.

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Obama, McCain on National Security and Nuclear Proliferation

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Infrastructure, John McCain, Tom Ridge, War on Terror, Food Crisis, National Security, Homeland Security, Brownie, Election 2008, Obama National Security, Duct Tape, Water Crisis, Barack Obama, Defense Department, Terrorist Attack, Barack Obama Nuclear Weapons, 9/11, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons, Us Security, Nuclear Deterrence, North Korea Nuclear Program, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Home News
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Where do Obama and McCain stand on these issues? To start, McCain, the nominee of what used to called the "small government party," wants to create two entirely new government organizations.

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Heckuva Job, Palie

Ellis Weiner | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cpa, John McCain, Republicans, Vice-President, Brownie, Palin, Hurricane Gustav, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Ellis Weiner

Palin is grotesquely unqualified to be president. That's what makes her the next Brownie, and the latest, and perhaps greatest, human sacrifice to the drooling GOP God of Political Expediency.

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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Good Government, Cronyism, Ronald Reagan, Liberals, George W. Bush, Marital Status, Bullies, Iraq, 2008 Presidential Election, Media, Michelle Malkin, Maggie Gallagher, Wall Street Journal, Michael McManus, Conservatives, Ceos, Pat Roberson, Katrina, George Allen, Wrecking Crew, John McCain, Regulatory Agencies, Rush Limbaugh, Brownie, Science, Fema, Gipper, Monica Goodling, Mary Matalin, Gangsters, Barack Obama, Thomas Frank, Armstrong Williams, Gingrich Revolution, Baghdad, New York Times, Lobbying Reform, William Kristol, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News
Bella DePaulo

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

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Paging Brownie! Mitt Romney Rolls Up His Sleeves For The Cameras

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Mitt Romney, Michael Brown, Keith Olbermann, Kevin Madden, Brownie, Brian Williams, Chris Matthews, Media News

Keith Olbermann made a great catch on MSNBC tonight: In awaiting a victory speech from Nevada caucus winner Mitt Romney, Olbermann noticed the candida...

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