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Opinion: Obama's Weakness -- He's Typical, Not Radical
By Michael Medved - AOL NewsThe best way for conservatives to defeat Barack Obama in 2012 is to tag him as typical, not radical. The GOP only hurts its own cause by slamming Obama as an extremist ideologue with an alien agenda, when it's both more accurate and more effective to identify him as a conventional, old-school, big-government liberal. When his critics suggest that the president stands far outside the political mainstream (like Newt Gingrich's charge that he's "the most radical president in American history") they ought to confront one important challenge: try to name one significant decision by this president ...
Piece by Piece, Obama Undoing President Bill Clinton's Actions
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsANALYSIS WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's stunning announcement that it now considers the Defense of Marriage Act indefensible because it discriminates against gay couples was more than a sign of the times. It was yet one more reason Barack Obama is the un-Bill Clinton. From gay rights to Wall Street reform, Obama has taken actions his fellow Democrat wished he could have during his presidency or which, a decade after leaving office, he regrets he didn't: Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images Former President Bill Clinton, right, said he "didn't like" signing the Defense of ...
Opinion Roundup: Why the Centrist DLC Is Shutting Down
By not in system - AOL NewsJust as President Barack Obama is being hailed for his Clintonesque turn toward centrist policies -- Triangulation 2.0," in the words of multiple pundits -- the icon of triangulation itself, the Democratic Leadership Council, has run out of cash and is closing up shop. The DLC has fallen far from its peak in the mid-'90s, Politico's Ben Smith reports, and has had trouble raising money because of a cool relationship with the Obama administration. From the Atlantic Wire After embarrassing losses in the 1980s, Al From founded the DLC to push the Democratic Party to the center. ...
Why the Democrats Picked Charlotte for 2012 Convention
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsCharlotte, N.C., better get ready. In a year and a half, the city will be invaded ... by Democrats. The Democratic Party has selected Charlotte as the site of its 2012 national convention. Charlotte beat out St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis, which had also hoped to win the right to host the Democratic National Committee. This will be the first time North Carolina has hosted a presidential-nominating convention. Sponsored Links So why Charlotte? Well, it's impossible to miss the electoral implications. North Carolina was a swing state in 2008. Obama won it, but only by 14,000 votes ...
Are Labor Unions Done For?
By not in system - AOL NewsState and municipal officials on both sides of the political spectrum are increasingly taking on public employee unions -- promising to cut pensions, freeze salaries and inhibit collective bargaining -- to address budget shortfalls. From the Atlantic Wire But the antagonism against labor unions isn't limited to the public sector, or to public officials. As The New Yorker's James Surowiecki points out, a Gallup poll during the Great Depression -- when unions gained new-found power -- found that more than 70 percent of respondents favored unions, compared with fewer than 50 ...
Democrats Boast of 'Top 10' List in Last Congress
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThey lost 63 districts and the majority in the U.S. House and saw their edge in the Senate whittled down to a few seats, but the Democratic Party says lawmakers carrying its banner can look at the just-completed congressional session "with pride." Related Stories Lynn Sweet and David Corn on MSNBC: Lame Duck Congress Successes Unhappiness Among Democrats Pushes Approval Rating for Congress to New Low To make the point, the party on Wednesday put out a "Top 10" list showcasing the "vigorous productivity" of the 111th Congress, led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and ...
Bipartisan Boogie
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With His Tax Cut Deal, Can We Call Obama the 'New Comeback Kid'?
By JJ Helland - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Barack Obama might have some of his mojo back. At least The Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer certainly thinks so. In a column today titled "The New Comeback Kid," Krauthammer says the president not only scored a policy coup (he actually referred to it as a "swindle") with the tax package passed by the House last night, but that Dec. 6, the day the legislative deal with Republicans was announced, could mark the day things really turned around for Obama. Here's more from Krauthammer: Remember the question after Election Day: Can Obama move to the center to win ...
Opinion Roundup: Most Hated Congress Ever
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- Lurking under our nation's beautiful Capitol dome is the most-hated Congress in history, with an 83 percent disapproval rating, according to Gallup's Jeffrey M. Jones. Only 13 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, the worst rating since Gallup began tracking the sentiment in 1974 and 1 percentage point worse than the previous low in July 2008 when gas prices were at record levels. From the Atlantic Wire "In the past month, many of the supporters it had, largely Democrats, appear to have become frustrated with its work," Jones says. "That ...
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