Tag: Obama’s Cabinet
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Republicans demand broader powers for Obama justice department
You know the Republicans have lost their way when they vigorously argue in favor of something they warned against just two years ago. Remember hearing conservatives insist that Obama was going to revive the Fairness Doctrine as part of his Marxist plot to give Omar Sharif his own show on government-run radio? I understand if […]
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BP’s mess, Obama’s country
“This is a BP mess,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said at a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and several U.S. senators. “It is a horrible mess. It is a massive and environmental mess.” Yes, and you’ve let it linger. As this disaster unfolds it’s becoming evident that the […]
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pegging obama
NYT columnist Ross Douthat understands what most of Obama’s critics, left and right, fail to grasp. Both right and left have had trouble processing Obama’s institutionalism. Conservatives have exaggerated his liberal instincts into radicalism, ignoring the fact that a president who takes advice from Lawrence Summers and Robert Gates probably isn’t a closet Marxist-Leninist. The […]
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an opportunity for conservatives to say something positive about obama
They should be encouraged by the words of Barack Obama’s education secretary. Not bloody likely. In deciding how to spend Race to the Top dollars, Duncan wants to reward programs that don’t see a child’s poverty as insurmountable, and that focus on raising academic standards, improving teacher quality and inspiring innovation. “It is not enough […]
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the left vs. obama
With the ship of state headed for one mother of an iceberg, is now the time to be worrying about the race, gender and sexual identity of those steering the barge? I’d be troubled if the president-elect overlooked obviously qualified candidates just because they’re gay. There’s no evidence of that, but the professionally aggrieved tend […]
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the cabinet pick that will say the most about obama
A: Education secretary. Will the next president opt for a reformer or stick with the failed establishment? David Brooks analyzes the field. (Where America ranks) UPDATE: Heard former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes mentioned as a possible education secretary. He’d be a strong pick.
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