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The First 100 Days: The GOP out of power

by @tregan on April 29, 2009 · 5 comments

in Congress, Feature, GOP, The President

In an attempt to come up with just the right analogy for the Republicans first 100 days out of power, I tried several possible variations of great opening lines from literature: “It was the best of times (for Democrats), it was the worst of times (for Republicans)”; “I came, I saw, I failed miserably”; “Happy [...]

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100 days counterpoint: Healthcare

by @kylesellers on April 29, 2009 · 1 comment

in Feature, Healthcare, The President

Healthcare is a difficult subject. I am by NO means an expert of this issue as is @karoli, and I am adamantly opposed to any sort of state run universal healthcare. I think the affordability of healthcare can be addressed without nationalizing the industry. That said, so far I have not seen [...]

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The First 100 Days: Healthcare

by @Karoli on April 29, 2009 · 1 comment

in Congress, Economy, Feature, Healthcare, The President

I worked hard for Barack Obama last year largely because I believed he was sincere about fixing our very broken health care system. When the economy started going south and so many other problems arose shortly after his election, I started to wonder if healthcare reform would be pushed down on his to-do list.
I shouldn’t [...]

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100 days counterpoint: Domestic Policy

by @kylesellers on April 29, 2009 · 3 comments

in Congress, Economy, Feature, Government Affairs

Unfortunately, President Obama has been an absolute disaster on economic policy–largely because he is playing politics. The “torture memos” that have been discussed so extensively are just one example. President Obama has the capacity to take care of this entire issue expediently, but has not. He could force the issue, and establish [...]

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100 days counterpoint: Economy

by @kylesellers on April 29, 2009 · 1 comment

in Economy, Feature, Financial, The President

I get frustrated that some are claiming that we are stabilizing the economy with “stimulus.” This resurgence in Keynesian thinking completely ignores what happened in the 1970s. Keynesian economic models have no cure for inflation, and inflation is where we are headed. Money is being printed so fast that my head is [...]

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The First 100 Days: Hope

by @martinschecter on April 29, 2009 · 1 comment

in Economy, Feature, The President

There are times, lately, I will stop whatever I’m doing for a moment – walking, reading, shopping – and think to myself, “thank God, Obama’s President.”
I’m not a religious man, and I’m certainly not given to random exclamations of spiritual thanks. And I may be a registered Democrat but I never felt similarly about, say [...]

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Is Obama a Weak Leader?

by @JoshBuckner on April 29, 2009 · 12 comments

in Feature, Healthcare, Terrorism, The President

President Obama has recently declared that the United States is not a Christian nation at war with Islam. He also bowed to the Saudi King, shook hands Hugo Chavez, and promised the world that America would not torture. For this Obama has been criticized as showing weakness, a criticism most famously made by former Vice [...]

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100 Days Counterpoint: Foreign Policy

by @kylesellers on April 28, 2009 · 3 comments

in Feature, Military, Terrorism, The President

I have to be honest and say that I am pleasantly surprised with Obama in regards to foreign policy.  Though he infuriates me with how his attempts to blame (or just accept the blame in some cases) all the world’s problems on the United States, he has not abandoned Iraq or Afghanistan.  Of course, in [...]

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The First 100 days: Foreign policy

by @dmooney9 on April 28, 2009 · 4 comments

in Feature, GOP, The President

Foreign policy was an area that didn’t get enough attention during the elections for a couple of reasons- the economy, the war, security, GOP focus away from a Bush weakness and because most Americans don’t really care about the rest of the world and much less about what the world thinks about us.
Let’s look at [...]

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Counterpoint: The First 100 Days – Overview

by @kylesellers on April 28, 2009 · 3 comments

in Congress, Economy, Feature, The President

President Obama’s first 100 days have been some of the most eventful in modern history. He has turned the clock back forty years on fiscal thinking. He has managed to take ownership stakes in multiple companies, and is poised to increase this stake. He has wasted money faster than any president in [...]

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