44: The Obama Presidency

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Friday, April 13, 2007

Stem Cell Research

ON WEDNESDAY the Senate debated and overwhelmingly passed a measure to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Virtually identical to legislation that the Republican-controlled 109th Congress passed last year only to meet a presidential veto, the bill would permit federal funding for... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Now Romney is a Hunter...not

THERE ARE things in politics that money can't buy, and chief among them is the quality of authenticity: the ability to convince voters that a candidate is more than the sum of positioning by his or her handlers. Last week, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney was the latest to discover that... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Pelosi learns she is not Sec. of State

HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad. After a meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Ms. Pelosi announced that she had delivered a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Demorats should work with Bush on Trade

THE BUSH administration's conclusion of a free-trade agreement with South Korea means that Congress faces a series of critical decisions about trade policy, globalization and U.S. relations with key allies. The South Korea agreement joins similar deals with Colombia, Peru and Panama awaiting... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Bush administration still playing politics

LURITA DOAN, the troubled and troubling administrator of the General Services Administration, wants us to "honestly and absolutely" believe that she has no recollection of a meeting she hosted for political appointees with a White House official that had all the feel of a Republican pep rally. There... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 23, 2007

House Democrats got it wrong

TODAY THE House of Representatives is due to vote on a bill that would grant $25 million to spinach farmers in California. The legislation would also appropriate $75 million for peanut storage in Georgia and $15 million to protect Louisiana rice fields from saltwater. More substantially, there is... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Attorney Firings: Big deal over nothing

THE WHITE HOUSE and congressional Democrats have drawn deep lines in the sand over who will testify, and how, as Congress investigates the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. The stubbornness and overheated rhetoric on both sides threaten an unnecessary constitutional crisis that would only bog down... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Help Wanted: New Attorney General

PRESIDENT BUSH says that he has confidence in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales; if so, he doesn't appear to have much company. We didn't think that Mr. Gonzales merited confirmation, and he hasn't proved us wrong. So, though admittedly they haven't asked for our advice, we offer here the chief... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Gonzales Cannot be Trusted

"PREPARE TO Withstand Political Upheaval," the attorney general's now-ousted chief of staff wrote in an e-mail to the White House as the administration prepared to fire a number of U.S. attorneys last year. About that, at least, D. Kyle Sampson was right. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The Pelosi Plan for Iraq

THE RESTRICTIONS on Iraq war funding drawn up by the House Democratic leadership are exquisitely tailored to bring together the party's leftist and centrist wings. For the Out of Iraq Caucus, which demands that Congress force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops by the end of this year, there is language... Sign in to see full entry.

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