Thursday
30Apr2009
A Slogan For Barack Obama's Hallmark Holiday
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:04AM The senior advisors of the President refer to the observance of his first one hundred days in office as a "Hallmark Holiday".
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:04AM Wednesday
18Mar2009
A Missing Audacity Of Competence In Government Today
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 01:58PM The political outcry came from every corner of Capital Hill. Those $165 million in employee-retention bonus payments made by the government backed insurance giant AIG would have to be returned.
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aig, barack obama, bonus, opinion, politics, tim geithner in Politics- Opinion Saturday
24Jan2009
The Sheriff President Rides Into The Sunset
Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 07:04PM After hearing the sarcastic good byes from the crowd at Barack Obama's Inauguration, he would land later that day in Midland, Texas to give his Presidential farewell speech to a much more accepting audience.
Monday
29Dec2008
Barack Obama's Five Resolutions For The New Year
Monday, December 29, 2008 at 03:01PM Barack Obama's Inauguration will be held in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2009. The forty-fourth President of the United States will soon have to address five major problems in United States foreign and domestic policy. Resolutions of these five problems would define success for his Presidency.
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06Dec2008
Hillary Clinton Repackaged As Secretary Of State
Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 07:06PM It is always interesting to compare what a successful politician will say to get elected in a Presidential campaign and what subsequently happens. For example, many people remember George Bush's (41) famous campaign pledge of "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" in the 1988 Presidential campaign only to propose raising taxes after his Election Day victory.
Friday
14Nov2008
A Transition Team For A One-Term President
Friday, November 14, 2008 at 07:03PM The transition team lined up for introduction behind the new President Elect at his first Press Conference. The man who ran on a platform of hope and change was flanked by a lineup of Washington Democratic insiders as far as the stage would reach.
Friday
24Oct2008
The Media Is A Dog That Won't Hunt
Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:11PM
Updated on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 08:33PM by
Jim Smith
Updated on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 03:16PM by
Jim Smith
The mainstream media is in a ratings freefall. Neilson has just released a comparison of the broadcast network prime-time viewership for the 2008-2009 season compared with last season. The results for the major television networks are pretty grim.
Monday
13Oct2008
An Obama Victory Or The Bradley Effect
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 06:37PM Since the economy went into a tailspin several weeks ago, Barack Obama has been surging in most of the national public opinion polls. His lead has recently stabilized between four and eight percentage points over Republican Presidential candidate John McCain with just three weeks to go in the campaign.
Sunday
28Sep2008
An Electoral College Tie Means A Constitutional Crisis
Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 07:04PM Each day, for the last several months, just about every national public opinion poll has told the same story. John McCain and Barack Obama are in a statistical tie. A look at the electoral college map also shows a very close result.
Sunday
07Sep2008
Presidential Election Day 2008 In My Dream
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 01:06PM My parents brought me up to always do my civic duty. Every election day since I was eligible, I have requested a ballot and cast a vote. Usually I make up my mind on a candidate selection long before Election Day.
Thursday
21Aug2008
Rhetoric Meets Reality For No Child Left Behind.
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 01:51PM The No Child Left Behind Act certainly had an ambitious goal. It mandated that all students tested in reading and math would reach grade level by the year 2014. Six years ago, when the law was passed, almost no one believed that this standard for success was realistic.
Tuesday
12Aug2008
The John Edwards Fairy Tale Campaign Of 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 02:14PM The headline from CBS.com on July 24, 2008 told the bleak story of the nation's largest newspaper chains. "NEWSPAPER PROFITS PLUMMET, FUTURE BLEAK", the headline read. Meanwhile, the future also looks increasingly challenging for national network and cable news as well, as more and more people decide to get their daily news from the Internet.
Friday
25Jul2008
A Question Of Media Objectivity in Election 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:50AM The campaign of Republican John McCain has just released two web videos which highlight what the campaign feels is a national media bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election. It is asking people to vote for their favorite video.
