Obama Has Rebranded America
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 17th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Obama Has Rebranded America
William Schneider, National Journal
The Nobel Committee awarded Barack Obama the peace prize for the same reason that Americans elected him president last year: his image as a uniter. The committee said, “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.” Obama echoed that sentiment when he called the prize “an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.”
A Split Decision in November?
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Four important elections will be held two-and-a-half weeks from today. There’s a Congressional race in upstate New York, where Republicans will fight, both against a Democrat and among themselves, to hold onto a district they have held ever since the Republican Party was founded. There’s the New York City mayoral race, where Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-Independent Mike Bloomberg will fight sagging poll numbers and spend untold millions of his personal fortune try to hold on in one of the bluest localities in America.But the main events will be the gubernatorial…
Derivatives Bill Opens Up Wall St. Loopholes
Michael Hirsh, Newsweek
