44: The Obama Presidency

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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Republican Party blocks voting rights for the District of Columbia.

THE U.S. SENATE had a chance yesterday to make history. It chose instead to add another unconscionable chapter to that well-worn volume that could be titled "The Second-Class Status of the People of the District of Columbia." A few Republicans showed enough gumption to vote for principle and against... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Health Care Reform

SEN. HILLARY Rodham Clinton released the final prong of her health-care plan yesterday, on providing coverage to the uninsured. The essential elements, not surprisingly, bear a strong resemblance to earlier proposals by her Democratic rivals, most notably that of former North Carolina senator John... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 17, 2007

President Bush may not want a fight over Attorney General

IF PRESIDENT Bush names retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, it may be as much out of a desire to avoid a confrontation with Congress as out of esteem for Mr. Mukasey. To be sure, there is much to be admired in Mr. Mukasey. He won plaudits for... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 14, 2007

President Bush's long-shot strategy for Iraq is less risky than the alterna

PRESIDENT BUSH'S explanation of his latest plans for Iraq last night was marred by a couple of important omissions. First, the president failed to acknowledge that, according to the standards he himself established in January, the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has been a failure -- because Iraqi... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Presidential Rankings

DEMOCRATS 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Clinton's lead in national polls continues to widen over her rivals -- each of whom insists national polling doesn't matter. I agree -- to a point. The nominating process is still a state-by-state affair, but voters in early states like to be with a winner. So if... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Don't Read this, Mr President

THE PRESIDENTIAL Advance Manual, the instruction book for White House events staff, was recently subpoenaed in a West Virginia lawsuit, a case brought by two people arrested at a presidential address for wearing T-shirts with anti-Bush slogans. The lawsuit was settled for $80,000 but with no... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 7, 2007

A 'late' candidacy shakes up the Republican field.

FORMER Tennessee senator Fred Thompson enters the 2008 presidential race at a time when the state of the campaign is unsettled and many Republican voters appear less than fully satisfied with their choices. Mr. Thompson has been testing the presidential waters for so long that, as Jay Leno noted... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Illegal immigrants should be encouraged to participate in the 2010 census.

FOR 30 YEARS, immigration officials have scaled back or altogether halted raids on illegal aliens while the U.S. census was being conducted. But the Bush administration announced last month that times are changing. Undocumented immigrants try not to be found. They are therefore supremely unmotivated... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The fight against Poverty

NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he is not running for president. Yet that didn't stop him from coming to Washington last week to promote an expansion of the earned-income tax credit as the next phase in the war on poverty. The EITC has been around since 1975 and is widely considered the single... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Democrats need to focus on Security

Every presidential election cycle, our candidates and punditry boast about our double-digit polling advantage on health care, creating and keeping good jobs in our country, Social Security, education, the environment and a host of other domestic issues - advantages that actually increase... Sign in to see full entry.

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