Lately obama’s approval has been slipping. However, I’m not to worried.
* 25-30% of Americans are in the incredibly shrinking republican base. These are the people convinced bush was a resounding success, Obama wants death panels, etc. If obama walked on water, they say he was afraid to swim, that it was proof of his [...]
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Talking Points on Health Care Rationing
I just watched one of the white house videos on health care rationing. I thought it was ok, but could have summed up the key points more succinctly.
Under the current system:
If you lose your job, your health care is rationed.
If you have a pre-existing condition, your health care is rationed.
If your insurance company decides your care has [...]
Obama 100 Days
The press is in a tizzy over the upcoming 100th day of Obama’s administration, so I thought I’d quickly write up my impressions.
As for substance, I’m very happy with everything so far, which isn’t surprising since most everything he has done was promised on the campaign trail — so, of course, it is nice to [...]
Way to go Bush Administration
Here is an article on TPM about some shenanigans at the federal pension guarantor.
One good thing about having a competent/Democratic administration, is that I have a lot more faith in the mid- and hight-level appointments. While I think it is doubtful Bush was very hands on in this decision, he appointed the guy that [...]
Flinty Chicago Toughness
After a dusting of snow canceled schools around DC, Obama mentioned that DCers need to show some flinty, Chicago toughness. Well now it looks like a real snowstorm is headed for DC!
This is his first real test. He can’t blink. He has to show the weather prognosticators and terrorists that he won’t back down; [...]
Daschle Replacement
So now that Daschle is out…which is probably a good thing from a political/good gov’t/credibility-saver perspective for Obama; but bad for actually getting health care reform accomplished. I had high hopes that Daschle and Obama could get decent legislation moving, but now that hope is gone.
So who can Obama appoint? First, he might [...]
Obama’s Inauguration
I set my alarm to 1:30 a.m. so I could get up to see the inauguration. Although I was watching in the middle of the night from half-way around the world via a grainy internet video stream, it was nonetheless quite moving to see Obama sworn-in as president.
I thought his speech was very good [...]
Inauguration
The inauguration is already here…it seemed at times that the transition was taking forever, but now it seems that the inauguration is here so suddenly. After Obama won, the three months of transition seemed like ages. And the Bush team’s continuing incompetence and lame duck status just made it seem all the longer. But I [...]
Bush, Obama, the Financial Rescue, and Housing Prices
Ya, that sums it up pretty well. Of course, maybe not all the blame should go to Bush regarding management of the financial crisis. He was pretty much checked out at that point and Hank Paulson screwed the pooch on that one.
Hopefully Obama will do something with the rest of the bailout money to actually [...]
Political Odds and Ends
This rep from Iowa is a jerk. Rep. Steve King thinks it’s “bizarre” for Obama to be sworn in using his middle name. Maybe he’d prefer him to be sworn in as Barry O’bama?
When I taught a chemistry lab at UT in spring 2002, I took role on the first day [...]
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