youtube.com - 11/10/2008
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From an interview on Meet the Press on November 9, 2008.Valerie Jarrett, Co-Chair of the Obama transition team states:"Important for President-elect Oba...
blanksslate.blogspot.com - 11/7/2008
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blanksslate.blogspot.com —
I have no illusions about an Obama presidency.
I dislike the bulk of his policies. I cringe...
at the thought of a united Democrat-controlled government. I think the already impossible expectations of any president have been amplified for him and he ...
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President-Elect Barack Obama
qando.net - 11/6/2008
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qando.net —
N o this isn’t what you think. It’s
just a rather interesting example of how the press,...
even within one agency, and writing about the same story, will spin it in different directions to the point that you might not realize they’re ...
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Obama and the Stock Market
cato-at-liberty.org - 11/11/2008
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cato-at-liberty.org —
President-elect Obama has made a slew of tax
promises. Some of them are tax increases, some of...
them are tax cuts, and many of them are actually spending increases. Let’s try to sort them out. Here I classify tax changes in comparison with the ...
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Obama’s Tax Promises
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Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays —
So, I got the following comment from a reader. "the blog was not about politics before and now after the election you take shots at the new admin, so you starting to dilute your blog focus, which I thought was about undervalued companies and business. As a reader i am not really interested in your political ...
He's ready to "take power and rule"
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AN OBAMA PANIC? - New York Post
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Obama on the economy - worse before better
themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com 12/8/2008 — From earlier today on Meet the Press. Oddly, the President-elect says we are not "going to be able to just keep printing money " and that the nation will have to be more fiscally responsible. Now, that really would be change you can believe in.
The Obama Crash
howardlindzon.com 1/23/2009 — I can’t vote, but declared myself an Obaman. That seems like a long time ago.
The problem we face is that we are accelerating out of control. It’s not Obama’s fault and it’s not Obama’s problem to fix. He can’t. ...
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chicagotribune.com 12/10/2008 — Barack Obama talks to Tribune Barack Obama says his heart will remain in Chicago, even as he moves to Washington. ( Alex Garcia / Tribune / December 9, 2008)
Spreading the Health —
The Big Money 11/7/2008
Barack Obama's campaign was built on shattering conventions on race in American politics, so it's fitting that his presidency may smash another cliché: that when it comes to health care, Republicans are sympathetic to the concerns of insurance ...
You Are Now Friends With Barack Obama —
The Big Money 11/11/2008
Barack Obama ran the most technologically sophisticated presidential campaign in history. In addition to siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars from his online fans, Obama's team recognized the Internet's capacity to attract and organize ...
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The Economist: Full print edition 11/13/2008
Political parties die from the head down JOHN STUART MILL once dismissed the British Conservative Party as the stupid party. Today the Conservative Party is run by Oxford-educated high-fliers who have been busy reinventing conservatism for a new ...
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