Obama Sotu

No Sign Of Activity On Major Obama Promise

New York Daily News | MIKE GECAN AND ARNIE GRAF | Posted 04.18.2012

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Three months ago, in his State of the Union speech, President Obama announced a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud and bring some measure of...

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Lucia Graves

Federal Fracking Regulations In Draft Report Would Require Disclosure Of Chemical Fluids

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Natural gas drillers would be required to disclose the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" on public lands, accordi...

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Class Illusions Revisited

Paul Stoller | Posted 03.27.2012

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Paul Stoller

We like the myth of a classless society because it corresponds nicely to the stories we like to tell ourselves about the United States and the American Dream. For these reasons, the GOP spin on social divisiveness gets some traction in the public.

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President Puts American Manufacturing Front and Center in State of the Union

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.26.2012

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Dave Johnson

We have to move to a "we are in this together" understanding of ourselves and our country if we want to bring back the shared prosperity we used to have.

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When Fact Checkers Go Bad... Very Bad

Jared Bernstein | Posted 03.26.2012

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Jared Bernstein

Politifact -- the self-anointed fact checkers -- graded a statement from the president's speech as "half-true." But the statement is not half true or even two-thirds true. It is just true.

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Lucia Graves

SOTU On Energy: 'We Don't Have To Choose Between Our Environment And Our Economy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama clearly laid out his energy agenda in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, promising "responsible developm...

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Amanda Terkel

President Obama Tries Out State Of The Union Jobs Theme With Local Leaders

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama and two top White House advisers held a conference call with state and local officials Friday evening, previewing the th...

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Export Promotion Is Not the Same as Building Markets Abroad

Ben Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Leo

It sounds like there may be confusion in the Obama administration over a basic, yet fundamental issue -- understanding the difference between export promotion and development mandates.

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How Saudi Tax Law Determines US Oil Subsidies

Jim Barrett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Barrett

If we can't bring ourselves to make oil companies pay for the environmental risks and costs their products impose on us, the least we could do is to stop paying them for the privilege.

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To 'Win The Future' We Must Redefine 'Success'

Douglas LaBier | Posted 11.17.2011

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Douglas LaBier

To meet the challenges of our "Sputnik moment," we need to revamp our thinking about what success is, as well as what psychological orientation is necessary to achieve it.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

At this week's State of the Union, President Obama succeeded in shifting the tone from "You Lie!" to what HuffPost's Howard Fineman called a "'Love Train' Moment." Hollywood should take note because no sooner were this year's Oscar nominations announced than the dirty politicking began, with charges that The King's Speech is historically inaccurate and that the sympathetic stuttering monarch at its center was actually a dim-witted Nazi appeaser. It used to be that we had to wait until an election year for negative campaigning, rumor-mongering, mud-slinging, and win-at-all-cost consultants. But, now, we get to be treated to these unseemly political staples every year come Oscar time. In past years, we saw similar mud being slung at A Beautiful Mind, and The Queen. What's next, rumors that Woody and Buzz from Toy Story 3 are secret lovers? The Academy clearly didn't get The New Civility memo.

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Obama, Incorporated

David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Bromwich

There are two traits conspicuous in Obama no matter what the pressure of the occasion: He rarely explains complex matters with a complexity equal to the subject matter; and he hates to be a bearer of bad news.

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Winning the Future

Michael Moynihan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Moynihan

Clean technology is not like computer technology where we initially led and then other countries worked their way up the value chain. In the case of clean technology, we are starting out behind.

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A Hidden Prescription for Jobs: Global health R&D

John Edward Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Edward Porter

Global health research and development is not only in the health interest of Illinoisans -- it has also become a hidden engine for new jobs and economic growth.

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When "Socialism" Meant Something

Jonathan Rabb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Rabb

That socialism's ideals are alive and well in the US today -- on both the left and the right -- makes it so amazing that they should continue to be so badly misrepresented.

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The Speaker Is Orange, Can the President Be Green?

Joshua Keyak | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshua Keyak

Is this our Sputnik moment? I hope so because it will take nothing less that an Apollo-esque program to accomplish Obama's clean energy goals.

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PICTURES: Most Bizarre SOTU YouTube Comments

Posted 05.25.2011

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No news event is ever really real until the video appears on YouTube and anyone with an Internet connection can comment on it. A veritable Gallup pol...

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Amanda Terkel

Obama's Overlooked SOTU Promise To Reorganize The Gov't

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One of the most overlooked but potentially significant proposals in President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night wa...

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"We Do Big Things"

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Al Sharpton

"We do big things" was a call to action for renewed innovation and creativity that defined much of our progress in years past. These words were also a resounding call to appreciate and honor the American spirit.

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The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Reich

The president's failure to address the decoupling of American corporate profits from American jobs makes reviving the nation's "competitiveness" seem somewhat beside the point but also cedes to Republicans the dominant narrative.

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Where Are the Values? A Tale of Two Obamas

Richard Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Kirsch

A great strength of the Republican message is that it is consistent; they stick to the same vision no matter what through all the ebbs and flows of time and events. We need Democrats, led by President Obama, to do the same.

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SOTU: Parsing Obama's 'Clean Energy' Promises

Daphne Wysham | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daphne Wysham

Tellingly, President Barack Obama didn't utter the two words "climate change" once in his State of the Union speech. He did, however, mention "clean energy" several times. But what does that even mean now?

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SOTU: The Dollar Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality

Marshall Auerback | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Auerback

The ultimate paradox facing the president -- and the country as a whole -- is that while innovation, education and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for global competitive success, they offer no guarantee.

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Peter S. Goodman

Inspiring Words, Waiting for Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama last night articulated a coherent and necessary vision for how to exploit the still-abundant strengths of the American economy ...

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What Is President Obama's Sputnik Moment and What Is His Apollo Response?

William K. Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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William K. Black

Obama declared that "this is our generation's Sputnik moment." But because he cannot tell us what "this" is, it's tough to use the metaphor to convince the nation that we should pay for the modern equivalent of a space race to address it.

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