Obama’s Excuses Are Wearing Thin
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 8th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Obama’s Excuses Are Wearing Thin
Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
For years, the ritual response from the White House to the nation’s economic problems was to blame the Bush administration — President Barack Obama inherited this mess. With that excuse wearing thin after nearly three years of his administration and a persistently weak economic pulse, Obama has found a new reason for the country’s woes: Americans grew soft.“This is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft, and we didn’t have the same competitive edge that we needed,” Obama told Orlando, Fla., TV station WESH this week….
Steve Jobs: An Unexpected Appreciation
Michael Malone, Pajamas Media
The man who was arguably the single most influential figure of my generation has left the stage for the last time. I’m amazed that it ended this way.It’s not that the death of Steve Jobs came as a surprise. In fact, it was miracle he lasted so long. Here in Silicon Valley we had a pretty good idea of just how advanced his illness had become. And, knowing a number of Steve’s friends and acquaintances, as well as his neighbors, I had a better idea than most of his state.
Harry Reid Goes Sub-Nuclear
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones
Harry Reid, in a fit of spinefulness, killed off a Senate rule last night. There are really only two things you need to know about this:The rule itself was an obscure and trivial delaying tactic that, until now, neither party had used for decades. It does not directly affect either cloture or the filibuster, so stop drooling.
House GOP in Lockstep Against EPA
Ronald Brownstein, National Journal
In their votes on environmental issues this year, House Republicans from blue places have greens seeing red.Which is to say that GOP legislators from moderate swing areas, including districts that President Obama carried in 2008, are infuriating environmentalists by joining with their conservative colleagues on votes to obliterate an array of federal regulations. That lockstep loyalty sharply departs from the way swing-district Republicans behaved in 1995, the last time the GOP unseated a Democratic House majority. It also represents a high-stakes bet that anxiety about the economy and…