Why Obama Needs Rahm at the Top
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 21st, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Why Obama Needs Rahm at the Top
Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Let us now praise Rahm Emanuel.No, seriously.It is the current fashion to blame President Obama's disappointing first year on his chief of staff. “First, remove Rahm Emanuel,” writes Leslie Gelb in the Daily Beast, because he lacks “the management skills and discipline to run the White House.”The Financial Times's Ed Luce reports that the “famously irascible” Emanuel has “alienated many of Mr. Obama's closest outside supporters,” while the New America Foundation's Steve Clemons lumps Emanuel in with the “Core Chicago Team…
It’s Not a Communications Problem at WH
Charlie Cook, National Journal
nationaljournal.com > Insider Interviews By Theresa Poulson  NationalJournal.com last month sat down with Charlie Cook to talk about how Democrats can improve their image with voters, particularly those who identify with the Tea Party movement. Special Report: The Insurgents EmergeCook gave his assessment of the job Obama has done so far and predicted where Obama's miscalculations might have the most consequences on the election map. Edited excerpts follow.NJ: How seriously should we be taking the Tea Party movement?NJ: But the Tea Party movement…
So Much for the Pivot to Jobs
J. Capretta & Y. Levin, Weekly Standard
It was a good week for proclamations, with Washington conservative leaders, tea party activists, and the GOP all touting statements of principle as thousands of conservatives came to town for the annual CPAC conference. The GOP's statement has yet to be released, but each group's intentions have nonetheless been scrutinized and parsed by the media in what feels like a political version of the eHarmony compatibility test. Well, so much for the pivot to jobs. Late last week, the Obama administration and congressional Democrats made clear that, rather than turn to voters'…
Quit Redefining Conservatism
Christopher Buckley, The Daily Beast
Enter your email address:Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas:Message: Cliff Owen / AP Photo As CPAC continues its right-wing celebration this weekend, The Daily Beast’s Christopher Buckley, son of famous conservative leader William F. Buckley, (politely) takes on his first cousin and the other signatories of the Mount Vernon Statement for trying to redefine conservatism—when all they’re really doing is bashing Obama. To paraphrase Ross Perot, whom I oddly find myself missing these days, that…
