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Obama and the Invisible Workingman

David Paul Kuhn | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

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David Paul Kuhn

Obama's agenda has been broad, but he has not been consumed with the crisis of his time. That crisis is blue collar joblessness. It's always been about jobs. Yet the Democratic leadership seems to have only recently noticed.

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Obama's Modest Jobs Proposal

Faye Anderson | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

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Faye Anderson

President Barack Obama unveiled his jobs package last week. His proposal includes more of the same: more money to the states for fiscal stabilization, more weatherization initiatives, more infrastructure spending.

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What Obama is Getting Wrong About Economic Recovery

Karen Dolan | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

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Karen Dolan

President Obama announced outlines for a new jobs plan for the country. For the first time, he suggested that up to $200 billion from the "bailout of Wall Street" program should go toward jobs creation ideas.

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Black Lawmakers Are Growing Impatient With White House

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Black lawmakers who have largely held their tongues during President Barack Obama's first year in office are stepping up their dema...

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Obama Jobs Speech: Help For Small Businesses, Transportation, Energy-Efficient Homes

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the w...

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Obama Blindsided By Good Job Numbers

NY Daily News | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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The conspiracy theorists will hate this one: the White House was so caught off guard by the improving employment data released today that President Ob...

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Recovery And Debt: Squaring The Circle

Robert Kuttner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

We do need to reduce the ratio of debt to GDP. But we need to do it after the economy is back in recovery. And we need to do it using the normal legislative process. And above all, we need to use progressive taxation rather than program cuts.

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Navigating the Jobs Crisis: Race to the Unemployment Line

Barbara R. Arnwine | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

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Barbara R. Arnwine

Obama is right to note that he must "get the economy as a whole moving to be able to help anybody," but that effort should not be mutually exclusive from assisting those communities disproportionately impacted.

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Will The Unemployment Disaster Be Obama's Katrina?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

There's a Category 5 storm about to make landfall, and the president and the officials in charge of preparing for the approaching disaster don't seem to be particularly worried. Sound familiar?

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Obama Faces Showdowns On Health Care, Afghanistan, Jobs

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Wash...

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A Wake Up Call on Jobs

Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

President Obama has announced a White House Jobs Summit for next month. However, this is not a moment for another White House gab fest. It's a time for progressive leadership.

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Obama Jobs Summit: President Holding December 'Forum On Jobs'

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he'll host a White House summit next month on fighting the chronic joblessness that ...

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Obama Job-Creation Efforts Not So Direct

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save...

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It's the Unemployment, Stupid

Robert Kuttner | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

If unemployment keep rising, the GOP is primed to pick up dozens of seats in the House, crippling the Obama administration's capacity to recoup in a second term.

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WSJ Reporters Mock Obama For Attention To Detail

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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In a Wall Street Journal article and accompanying video published Wednesday, Jonathan Weisman and Neil King Jr. accuse President Obama of micromanagin...

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NYT: Why Is The Obama Administration Waiting To Act?

New York Times | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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Unemployment is rising. Foreclosures are surging. Lending is still constrained. So why exactly is the Obama administration waiting to act?...

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Obama: Unemployment At 10% This Year, Recovery Soon

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

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In an interview with Bloomberg Television, President Obama said unemployment will reach 10 percent this year, even as the economy begins to emerge fro...

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Obama Warns Wall St. About Financial 'Abyss'

bloomberg.com | Robert Schmidt | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

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June 16 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama, warning Wall Street not to forget how it almost caused the financial system to collapse, said "sensible...

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