Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
Matthew Dowd, chief strategist for the 2004 presidential campaign - “The president broke his bond with the public.
Once that bond was broken, he no longer had the capacity to talk to the American public. State of the Union addresses? It didn’t matter. Legislative initiatives? It didn’t matter. P.R.? It didn’t matter. Travel? It didn’t [...]
Tags: bush, chief strategist, hurricane katrina, legislative initiatives, matthew dowd, presidential campaign, state of the union
Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
The action comes despite warnings by Democratic Senate leaders that they would not seat anyone appointed by the disgraced governor who faces criminal charges of trying to sell the post, sources familiar with the decision said.
Link:http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/blagojevich-to-name-burris-to-senate.html
Tags: criminal charges, democratic senate, senate leaders
Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
A lot has been made of the recent public unrest in Russia and the brutality with which the authorities have responded.
The protests are sign that the tacit deal — the social bribe — between Vladimir Putin and the Russian people is coming unraveled under the pressure of the financial crisis.
Check it:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-coalson/the-myth-of-putins-popula_b_154209.html
Tags: authorities, bribe, brutality, financial crisis, myth, popularity, protests, public unrest, russia, vladimir putin
Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
Determined to dig their party an even deeper hole, Republicans rushed to Chip Salstman, an RNC Chair candidate who distributed a CD of racially insenstive songs, including “Barack the Magic Negro.”
Check it out here:http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/republicans_popping_up_to_defend_saltsman_for_magic_negro_cd.php
Tags: chair candidate, republicans, rnc
Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
All these symbolic fights do the same thing: help political activists rally the base and raise funds, which is the reason they exist in the first place.
But in the real world, they cause suffering and death. They cause harm in the exact places where they seek to do good.
Get the low-down here:http://www.esquire.com/the-side/richardson-report/gay-marriage-and-abortion-123008
Tags: dead babies, exact places, guns, political activists, real world, suffering
Posted December 31st, 2008 by editor
Jan. 1, 1999 was the arrival of the euro, economists say the new currency is finally fulfilling its promise as a way to lower borrowing costs, ease trade and tourism, boost growth and strengthen the European community.
Even amid a global financial crisis that underlines the safety in numbers that comes from one big currency.
The [...]
Tags: 10 years, currency, economists, global financial crisis, safety in numbers, tourism
Posted December 30th, 2008 by editor
A Russian academic who has long predicted that an economic and moral collapse will trigger a civil war and the eventual breakup of the U.S. has recently found an eager audience: Russian state media.
Source:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051100709638419.html
Tags: civil war, eager audience, moral collapse, russian professor, russian state, wsj
Posted December 30th, 2008 by editor
Bush uses final 50 days left in office to tout his” legacy”.Laura Bush stands by her man and disagrees with critics who call the presidency of Bush a failure.
In an interview to be aired today she said:” I know it is not(a failure), and so I don’t really feel that I need to respond [...]
Tags: bush presidency, denial, failure, laura bush, legacy
Posted December 30th, 2008 by editor
In addition to his well-documented abuse of power and disregard for the rule of law, Cheneys public disapproval ratings might be explained in part by his own personal disregard for the public.
When told that two-thirds of Americans disapproved of the Iraq war, Cheney responded so?, adding that he didnt care what the American people [...]
Tags: abuse of power, cheney, disregard, iraq war, public disapproval, rule of law, two thirds
Posted December 30th, 2008 by editor
US president elect Barack Obama has topped a list of ‘History Makers of 2008′.
Find out who else made it to the top.
Get the low-down here:http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/slideshow/obama-tops-history-makers-of-2008-list.html
Tags: barack obama, history makers, president elect
