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Obama May Sneak Warren in as 'Interim' Consumer Chief

...for an indefinite period of time

(Newser) - President Obama is considering making Elizabeth Warren the quote-unquote interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as a way of avoiding a Republican filibuster, a White House source tells the Huffington Post. Appointing Warren on an interim basis would allow her to begin setting up the agency she invented...

Obama: At Our Best, We Are One
 Obama: 
 At Our Best, 
 We Are One 


9/11 ANNIVERSARY
Sep 11, 2010 6:15 AM CDT

Obama: At Our Best, We Are One

President urges a split nation to remember sense of unity

(Newser) - At the dawn of the ninth 9/11 anniversary, President Obama looked out over a divided country and urged it to remember that shared sense of horror and unity it felt as it watched towers collapse. "If there is a lesson to be drawn on this anniversary, it is this:...

Obama's New Economic Adviser: Austan Goolsbee

'Inner circle' member will replace Christina Romer

(Newser) - Austan Goolsbee will succeed Christina Romer as the chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers. The president made the announcement today at the beginning of his press conference on the economy; administration sources leaked Goolsbee's name last night. Goolsbee, 41, is a University of Chicago economist and member of...

Two Opposite Views on Obama the Communicator
Two Opposite Views on Obama the Communicator
opinion roundup
Sep 9, 2010 1:22 PM CDT

Two Opposite Views on Obama the Communicator

He's 'resurrected'! No, he's lost his touch

(Newser) - Are these guys listening to the same speeches? Fellow Washington Post columnists come to very different conclusions about President Obama:
  • EJ Dionne: He thinks the Milwaukee-Cleveland "one-two punch" shows a "resurrected" president ready to take on Republicans on matters of substance, indeed, on the very "philosophical underpinnings"
...

Koran-Burning a 'Bonanza for al-Qaeda': Obama

President fears 'stunt' will endanger troops, lead to violence

(Newser) - President Obama weighed in on the Koran-burning controversy for the first time today, calling it "a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaeda." His comments came during an interview with George Stephanopoulos airing today on Good Morning America . Highlights:
  • His message to Pastor Terry Jones: "This stunt that he is
...

Obama for Chicago Mayor!

 Obama for Chicago Mayor! 
OPINION
Sep 8, 2010 1:54 PM CDT

Obama for Chicago Mayor!

Forget president—here's a job he's much more suited to

(Newser) - Reihan Salam's career advice for Barack Obama: Give up the presidency and run for mayor of Chicago. No, wait, he's serious! Richard Daley's decision to retire has thrown the city into a tizzy, and who better to take over than a person who knows Chicago's neighborhoods, feels "passionately" about...

Obama: We're Sunk Without a Strong Middle Class

He lays out his plan for economic recovery

(Newser) - President Obama today delivered his big speech on the economy, though the big themes were laid out in advance. He reiterated that it's time to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class—but that the nation can't afford the Republican approach of extending tax cuts for the wealthy as...

Obama to Democrats: Let the Bush Tax Cuts Expire

But he won't veto a compromise that extends them

(Newser) - President Obama intends to take a clear stand against extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% of earners in a speech today, sending a message to Congressional Democrats who are leaning toward a compromise with Republicans. Obama won’t actually threaten to veto a bill that extends the...

Be Wary of Cash-for-Clunkers-o-Nomics
Be Wary of
Cash-for-Clunkers-o-Nomics
opinion
Sep 7, 2010 12:49 PM CDT

Be Wary of Cash-for-Clunkers-o-Nomics

Demand for new equipment will spike, then collapse

(Newser) - So President Obama is going to give businesses a break by letting them write off 100% of the cost of new equipment and plants. Welcome to "cash-for-clunkers-o-nomics," writes Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider . In a tepid economy, probably the only companies that take advantage will be those that...

Combative Obama Attacks GOP


 Combative Obama 
 Attacks GOP 
labor day speech
Sep 6, 2010 4:07 PM CDT

Combative Obama Attacks GOP

And rolls out infrastructure program in same breath

(Newser) - As expected , Barack Obama rolled out a $50 billion infrastructure program designed to create jobs at a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee—and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans. "These guys refuse to give up on the economic philosophy they peddled for most of the...

Obama Wants $100B Business Tax Break

President pushes to extend R&D credit for creating US jobs

(Newser) - Hot on the heels of his $50 billion infrastructure proposal , Barack Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit on Wednesday, administration officials tell the Washington Post . The proposal would increase and make permanent a research and development tax credit, in an effort to reward firms that develop...

Obama to Sink $50B Into Rails, Roads, Runways

Will unveil infrastructure spending plan today in Milwaukee

(Newser) - Looking to jumpstart the economy, President Obama will use his Labor Day to announce an ambitious $50 billion spending plan aimed at the country's infrastructure: Roads, rails, and runways. The cost would be spread out over six years, notes the AP, but carries significant immediate spending that the White House...

Why This Conservative Misses Bill Clinton
 Why This Conservative 
 Misses Bill Clinton 
jonah goldberg
Sep 3, 2010 5:35 PM CDT

Why This Conservative Misses Bill Clinton

He could sell , unlike Obama

(Newser) - Jonah Goldberg is tired of having a president who can articulate his views like a lawyer but doesn't have the faintest idea how to persuade others to agree with him. "I miss having a Democrat who could sell," Goldberg writes for the New York Post . And the conservative...

If Obama Could Do It All Over...
 If Obama Could 
 Do It All Over... 
David Brooks
Sep 3, 2010 1:35 PM CDT

If Obama Could Do It All Over...

He wouldn't have focused on stimulus, health care

(Newser) - Democrats appear headed for a big November defeat, but it didn’t have to be this way. In today’s New York Times , David Brooks imagines an alternate history, in which Obama took a wiser path. In December 2008, as his staff was clamoring to recreate the New Deal, “...

Obama Hopeful as Mideast Talks Begin

Israeli PM calls Abbas his 'partner in peace'

(Newser) - President Obama told reporters he was "cautiously hopeful" as Mideast peace talks began in Washington yesterday. The president—flanked by the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, and Jordan—urged the leaders to seize the opportunity to make a breakthrough, and vowed to do everything in his power...

What Obama's Remodel Really Needed
 What Obama's 
 Remodel Really 
 Needed 

MAUREEN DOWD
Sep 1, 2010 2:28 PM CDT

What Obama's Remodel Really Needed

NYT scribe isn't so hot on the president's office makeover

(Newser) - Well, Obama's got himself a fancy new "redecorated man cave" (aka Oval Office) in the middle of the recession, gripes Maureen Dowd, in the latest "tone-deaf" move out of the communication-handicapped White House. "It might have been wise, given America’s slough of despond, to hark back...

Hawks Should Applaud Iraq Speech
 Hawks Should Applaud 
 Iraq Speech 
William Kristol
Sep 1, 2010 1:54 PM CDT

Hawks Should Applaud Iraq Speech

The president showed respect for a war he opposed

(Newser) - Even the staunchest Iraq war supporters had to be happy with the speech Barack Obama delivered last night to mark the end of combat operations, writes William Kristol of the Weekly Standard . “President Obama opposed the war in Iraq. He still thinks it was a mistake,” he reasons....

Obama Weighs New Wave of Tax Cuts, Stimulus

Team searches for ways to bolster economy

(Newser) - With economic recovery looking sluggish at best , President Obama is considering a national infrastructure program, alongside a wave of tax cuts for businesses and individuals. Up for discussion are additional tax cuts for small businesses, a possible payroll tax cut for businesses and individuals, and other tax breaks aimed at...

Obama Eyes Bloomberg as Treasury Secretary

Prez wooing New York City mayor, say sources

(Newser) - President Obama might be looking to replace oft-criticized Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner…with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (This particular political rumor courtesy of the New York Post ’s Page Six, so take it with a grain or two of salt.) “Obama's looking to do something bold and credible...

O&rsquo;Reilly Slams 'Boring Prof' Obama on Iraq

 Iraq Speech: 
 O’Reilly Slams 
 'Boring Prof' 
OPINION ROUNDUP
Sep 1, 2010 6:45 AM CDT

Iraq Speech: O’Reilly Slams 'Boring Prof'

Pundits underwhelmed by 'grim' war-end speech

(Newser) - The verdicts are in on President Obama's Oval Office address to mark the end of major US combat operations in Iraq, and he apparently didn't please many people.
  • The president just wasn't entertaining enough for Bill O'Reilly. The president seemed like a "boring professor," the O'Reilly Factor host
...

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