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Times' David E. Sanger: Obama Must 'Re-Balance The Portfolio' And Address Multiple Global Threats

Diane Tucker | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Sanger: "The Iraq War so preoccupied the senior leadership of the United States that many greater threats were allowed to fester. President-elect Obama needs to re-balance the portfolio."

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Where Has the Time Gone?

Byron Williams | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina Response, Attorney, Bush, Courts, Hurricane Katrina, Social Security, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Bush Legacy, President Bush, Dismantle Social Security, Habeas Corpus, Fdr, Commander in Chief, Politics News
Byron Williams

Bush, You had more impact on the country than any other president in my lifetime. One may have to go back to FDR to find a commander in chief that had more influence on the republic.

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Inaugural Address

David Wallechinsky | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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David Wallechinsky

This is not the speech I hope that Barack Obama will give; I expect his to be a great one. Instead, this is the speech I would give if I were inaugurated as President of the United States.

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Difficult Dilemmas in Word and Deed: The Costs and Benefits of Bipartisan Rhetoric in Resuscitating an Ailing Economy

Drew Westen | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Pragmatism, Economic Crisis, Obama Pragmatist, Financial Crisis, Obama Bipartisanship, Fdr, Obama Partisanship, Franklin Roosevelt, Bipartisanship, Politics News
Drew Westen

Obama ran as both the candidate of change and the candidate of pragmatism and bipartisan action. So does he tell the story of our economic collapse and what we need to do about it without mentioning that someone actually caused it?

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Why Barack Obama Needs To Fail

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Leadership, New Deal, Leon Panetta, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Iraq, Obama, Fdr, Politics, Change, Education, Bush Administration, Obama's Plan for the Economy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Obama Presidency, Rick Warren, Environment, Financial Crisis, Obama Transition, Hurricane Katrina, Health Care, Roosevelt, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Not only is failure an option, it is an imperative. Leaders who actively seek to avoid failure are destined to choose the most expedient, and therefore the most treacherous path.

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The New Deal Redux

June Hopkins | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harold Ickes, Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Administration, Obama Fdr, Fdr, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Public Works Administration, Politics News
June Hopkins

The PWA was Wall Street; the WPA was Main Street. The PWA served to stimulate business; the WPA employed Americans. Both served to boost the economy and rebuild the nation's infrastructure.

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Obama's Challenge

Carl Pope | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Fdr, Obama Stimulus Plan, Obama Economy, Obama Issues, Economy, Barack Obama, Politics News
Carl Pope

Above all, Obama's inherited a government badly broken by eight years of abuse -- but that government is the only instrument he has to get the job done.

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An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama

Rob Riemen | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

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Rob Riemen

As you compose your inaugural address, I fervently hope that you will not pass over the exchange of ideas in the White House between a great president and a great intellectual on the chilly morning of January 14, 1941.

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The Great Depression, Pt. II

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

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Hale

In 1934 and 1936, the GOP made many of the same arguments against the New Deal that the right-wing echo chamber is parroting now. The electorate's verdict was overwhelming.

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Interregnum: The Week Before The Year That's Coming

Danny Schechter | Posted 01.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Prices, 1932, Deflation, Madoff, Economy, Costs, Obama, Depression, Fdr, Interregnum, Business News
Danny Schechter

How much things cost in 1932: Average Cost of new house: $6,510.00; Average wages per year: $1,650.00; Cost of a gallon of Gas: 10 cents; A loaf of Bread: 7 cents.

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We Need Action

Louise Mirrer | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fireside Chats, The Great Depression, Depression, Economic Crisis, Fdr, Taking Action, Action, We Need Action, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Great Depression, Politics News
Louise Mirrer

Make no mistake: those famous black-and-white photographs of breadlines and Dust Bowl migrants have been vividly brought back to life by CNN and Fox.

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CBS: FDR's New Deal Blueprint For Obama

CBS News | Chip Reid | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

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Anxiety and fear surround workers this holiday season. Last month, half a million people lost their jobs ... more than 2 million have since last Decem...

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Obama's Crisis Presidency

Bob Burnett | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crisis, Recession, Barack Obama, Fdr, George W. Bush, Politics News
Bob Burnett

As the presidency of George Bush was defined by the 9/11 crisis, Barack Obama's first term will be shaped by a battered economy. Bush launched his "...

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Zelizer's Book Corner -- Anthony J. Badger's FDR: The First Hundred Days

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Julian E. Zelizer

Anthony Badger's FDR: The First Hundred Days reveals the truth behind the myths circulating in Washington about whether a president can undertake major initiatives during a crisis.

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The First Hundred Days or the Last Hundred Days?

Ira Chernus | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Ira Chernus

No one should be surprised that Obama said he's reading about Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days in office. But the President-elect may be reading the wrong history.

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Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Great Depression, Bailout, Bush, Reagan Revolution, Paulson, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Socialism, Economy, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that community organizer who made it into the White House.

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Democracy Is The Only Economics That Works

Dave Johnson | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Economy, Fdr, The Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Fdr Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Dave Johnson

FDR believed that the depression was caused by wealth flowing to the top (as today) and would be corrected by asserting that We, the People take back control of our common resources.

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The Wages of Wealth

Laurence Leamer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Palm Beach Voters, Wealthy, Wealth, New Deal, Obama New Deal, Florida, Fdr, Palm Beach, Barack Obama, Style News
Laurence Leamer

Within the economic elite, there is inchoate anger, great fear, and a willful distancing from the great new American drama that is about to begin in Washington.

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Jason A. Lefkowitz, Chuck Schumer, Yes We Can, Change, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Economy, President Elect Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Fdr, Unite Here, Barack Obama, 2.5 Million Jobs, Fdr New Deal, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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The Obama Honeymoon

Donald Cohen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

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Donald Cohen

Barack Obama has the chance to create an impressive and paradigm-shifting package of legislation and new public programs. People voted for change. Now let's do it.

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Yes We Can... What?

Alan Schram | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

Read More: War, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Congress, Budget Deficit, Libor, Paul Volcker, S&P 500, Barack Obama, Fdr, Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Education, Wall Street, Hedge Funds, Business News, Warren Buffett, Stock Market, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Healthcare, Dow, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Stimulus Package, Business News
Alan Schram

Barack Obama is faced with very high expectations. There is only a small likelihood that any human being could actually deliver a performance commensurate with those expectations.

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The D Word

Giles Slade | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Depression, Fear, New Deal, Economy, Obama, Recession, Fdr, Poverty, Jobs, Warren Buffett, Politics News
Giles Slade

Across the nation, the most vulnerable have already been stripped of their security. They are wildly adrift in the economic chaos like autumn leaves caught in a hurricane.

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Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Fdr, Virginia Woolf, Franklin Roosevelt, 2008 Election, Obama Presidency, Barack Obama, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

''On or about December 1910," Virginia Woolf wrote, "human character changed.'' We can be much more specific: "On November 4, 2008, just after 11 pm Eastern, America changed" (human character remains rather intransigent). Read More Watch Arianna On Rachel Maddow Discussing The State Of The GOP Watch Arianna, Gavin Newsom and Joe Trippi at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco While Paulson Waffles, the White House Dawdles, and Congress Dithers, the Economy Continues to Burn Brainstorm Alert: I'm going to be guest hosting for Rachel Maddow on Monday and I'd love your suggestions about which topics you like to hear discussed - and which guests you'd like to hear from. Please put your suggestions in the comments section and I'll take them to Bill Wolff, her producer, and the rest of the team.

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This Moment Screams for Boldness, Not Piddling Plans During Obama's First 100 Days

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Conservation Corps, U.S. Senate, Capitol Hill, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Wall Street, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, U.S. House, New York Times, Congress, Emergency Banking Act, Barack Obama, Tennessee Valley Authority, Fdr, Great Depression, Obama Presidency, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This moment during which the nation is suffering great economic peril pleads for political valor. This moment screams for boldness.

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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