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Stock market under Obama

By Spencer: Well at least the stock market seems to like Obama’s economic package. But every day I listen to CNBC analysts and others who seem to believe they did…

Megan McArdle Has a Question

…like, totally awesome for the economy? Presuming that we’re stuck–as seem very likely–in at least a couple of years of really grinding low-to-no growth, Obama is going to destroy their…

Budget 2010 is telling?

rdan NYT reports on the thinking of the Obama team on our budget deficit concerns. The budget will provide the first clues to how Mr. Obama will reassert fiscal discipline…

Obama Administration Watch

As President Obama issues executive orders and presents bills to Congress, Angry Bears will respond, or guests will post. However, such changes appear to be happening so quickly I am…

Obama’s Cabinet

Robert Waldmann has some concern that, having been elected President of the USA with a brown skin and middle name Hussein, Barack Obama is looking for a real challenge. He…

A Warning to Obama, And to the Rest of Us

by cactus When Bush Went Wrong – A Warning to Obama, And to the Rest of Us Just about everyone except the fighting (now) 20% regard GW as a failure….

Being President is a privilege

by cactus What We Owe Obama What we owe Obama is… nothing. Its the same thing we would owe McCain if he were elected President. Its what we owe anyone…

Obama Leads with 71.4% of the Vote

Obama 15, McCain 6. First Dem win there since Hubert Horatio Humphrey (and we all know how that turned out). Meanwhile, polling places in NY and NJ have lines out…

Senators Obama and McCain on Iraq

Hat tip to MG CBS – Senator Obama video and interview transcript July 22, 2008 CBS – Senator McCain video and interview transcript July 22, 2008…