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Why Hasn't Obama Fixed Everything Yet?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHey, what gives? President Barack Obama has now been in office for more than 48-hours and yet economic news continues to disappoint. Incredibly, "Day One" has come and gone, and we still have a military prison in Guantanamo Bay. We are still engaged in armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel and the Palestinians haven't kissed and made up. Gay people still can't legally wed in the vast majority of states across the nation. Our country's public school system remains something of an inefficient mess. Healthcare premiums haven't fallen so much as a single cent. And marijuana is still ...
On Obama's 'Day One'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe day that John McCain and Hillary Clinton warned us about is finally here. It is Day One of President Barack Hussein Obama's term of office. So what's on the agenda? A lot. Obama has convened a meeting with Defense Secretary Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen to discuss shifting military focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. General David Patraeus will be returning from Afghanistan to brief the president. Yesterday, Obama signed an order to halt military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay pending further review, and it is expected that today he will sign an executive order to close the prison. ...
Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill On 'Day One'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhile Barack Obama has often declared that "American has one president at a time," it has also become clear that our current president seems to simply be running out the clock when it comes to further economic tinkering. Perhaps in an effort to bridge the gap between the future and the here and now, Obama will hold a press conference today at noon (Liza will be live-blogging it) and he'll publicly finalize his incoming financial team. Of course, this new crew will be hard at work over the next few weeks, helping to hammer out a new (and improved?) stimulus package that will hit the ...
McCain Plagiarizes Clinton?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyStrange how this has become a running motif of the campaign. Check out John McCain's Web site. That's right, he'll be "Ready to Lead on Day One." Where, pray tell, have we heard that line before? McCain seems to feel that the same strategy that has failed to work for Hillary Clinton will do the trick for him seeing as he is an actual war hero. Yet, this plays right into Barack Obama's hands. All he has to do is point to how the war has gone, and remind people that he didn't support it in the first place, or, to borrow a phrase, "on day one." ...
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