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// Drew Westen gets at the heart of what independents like myself are concerned with vis-a-vis Obama. The title of his piece is “Leadership, Obama Style, and the Looming Losses in 2010: Pretty Speeches, Compromised Values, and the Quest for the Lowest Common Denominator.” Ouch. And a quote: Consider the president’s leadership style, which has now [...]
// Well, as if on cue, just as I finished writing my previous post on the lack of effective action or reflection on the part of our political “leaders” vis-à-vis the economic crisis, the New York Times reports that Obama and the Democrats are considering legislation to rein in institutions that are “too big to [...]
// When it comes to the current economic crisis, conservatives and Republicans argue (stupidly) that it resulted from excessive state intervention in the economy, with the government forcing banks to lend to people who couldn’t afford it. Meanwhile, liberals and Democrats argue (stupidly) that it resulted from the “Bush economic policies” whatever that means. Listening [...]
// Some prominent Republicans like Dick Armey, Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum have decided to endorse the Conservative Party candidate instead of the Republican candidate in a New York congressional race. Whether this is a precursor to a larger and broader trend of fracturing within the conservative movement remains to be seen, of course. But [...]
// Paul Krugman today reminds us that the big banks and financial institutions that played a key role in the current economic crisis have been getting back to their old tricks of unwise risk-taking, anti-regulation lobbyism, and accounting hocus-pocus for months now. What is extraordinary about the current crisis is that it has produced massive [...]
