Obama’s Rodney King Strategy

“So, he’s (Mr. Obama) in a lose-lose situation. If he doesn’t put the Republicans on the spot he can’t deliver on the change he promised, but if he does attack them then he didn’t deliver on getting beyond partisan bickering. But he can turn this around to a win-win. How? By setting a deadline. He can say that he is willing to do the concessions he has already promised the Republicans and list what those are. But if they still refuse to vote with him by a certain date, then he has no choice but to call them out. At that point, it is his duty and obligation to point out to the electorate who blocked the change they voted for.”

Your suggestion sounds reasonable. Maybe President should try this strategy for change as every effort has faced deadlock.
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Arianna: Sarah Palin Has Demeaned Herself With Rush Limbaugh Hypocrisy (VIDEO)

“Arianna argued that Palin’s decision to go after Emanuel, but not Limbaugh is all part of Palin’s “cost-benefit analysis” operating procedure”

I guess it’s Ms. Palin’s and/or her advisor’s survival instinct (or did they really go into more complicate, thinking-required cost/benefit analysis?).

Ms. Palin found a good job in TV and can maintain her “Foxy” look with million dollar income. She should stay there happily ever after !
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John Edwards SEX TAPE In FBI Hands, Says Ex-Aide Andrew Young

Oh, Zeeeeee….it’s not even juicy to listen……damm boring to hear a failed politician with such low appetite for woman who…does what? ….I hear people desperately asking him to go away. I can understand why people are asking for it. I am also getting tired of hearing the same, boring, non-sexy, rather distastful story. Rather impressed with Ms. Hunter’ (in weird way) unending pursuit of life in weird way, which amounts to stir national saga of weirdness????? Why don’t listen to public?

Can we hear something about more aspiring politicians with nobler or less distastful appetite for something?
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Obama: Way Ahead Of Bush On Stemming Job Losses

President’s new spending freeze is minor, small amount. Not a big deal. There’s no reason to leave angry people about spending in continuous angry condition. It’s better to sooth them, make them feel better, and drive them to cooperative mood with the administration for next policy agendas. All better.
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Obama: Way Ahead Of Bush On Stemming Job Losses

How many times there have been experts’ warnings that focusing on spending cut in the time of recession is “a very dangerous idea”?; it’s like pushing the country into faster downward spiral of futher unemployment, futher job losses, and deeper recession.

“Why People are Not Listening?”
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Obama: Way Ahead Of Bush On Stemming Job Losses

I can not remember the name of person who said that President should focus on educating public of his policies.

This report of decreasing job losses under Obama administration, compared to the record of Bush administration, obviously suggests that the administration should do better job at advertising what it has done well and promoting the public image of President and the administration.
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Who’s Killing Financial Reform?

According to Dr. Robert Reigh, “during the 2008 elections, Wall Street showered Democratic candidates with well over $88 million and Republicans with over $67 million, putting the Street right up there with the insurance industry as among the nation’s largest equal-opportunity donors.”

As far as congressmen are receiving campaign donations from corporations, it doesn’t seem to be possible for them to vote against, regulate corporations. The current experience of recession and blind recklessness and near bankruptcies of big banks reminds that politics should be independent from corporations and only individuals, not corporations, should be allowed for political campaign contributions if this country intends to see justice, right politics for people. Individual citizen in this country, including those in corporations, can contribute to political campaigns and vote as individuals. They don’t have to be double-counted as an individual and as corporations.

There should be “Separation between Politics and Corporations as well as between the State and Religion.
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“Why Do We Create Problems out of Nothing?” – Response to Huffpost’s “Large Portion Of GOP Thinks Obama Is Racist, Socialist, Non-U.S. Citizen: Poll”

Regarding “A large portion of GOP voters think that President Obama is racist, socialist or a non-US citizen.”

Making non-existing problems as serious, national problems, but ignoring “Actually Serious Problems, National Crisis” as non-existing problems is a national disease that this country has faced, “Causing trouble out of Nothing.”

Regarding birthers’ issue, there is a rule that even foreign woman gives a birth inside an airplane while it flies over US sky, the baby gets US citizenship because it is born in US territory. Even if Mr. Obama had been born outside this country, he would have been more qualified to be US citizen than many others who may have accidently become US citizens. Who is more qualified US citizen?
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“What should Chris Dodd Do?” – Response to Huffpost’s “Volcker Rule Dead? Lawmakers Say Key Reform To Shrink Banks Is Unlikely To Pass Senate”"

Regarding the remark, “”Chris is retiring so he wants to end his career with an important regulatory reform bill and he wants to make the bill bipartisan,” the staffer said. “He is not going to risk bipartisan support to make the White House happy.”

I believe, Mr Dodd should worry about how not to further anger “The Public” with a toothless financial reform bill, not “the White House.” The White House has been flexible and willing to compromise to certain level to pass bills. Actually, this very attitude of White House being willing to compromise, giving up some important features of health care bill and being too soft to financial sector/big banks, along with others, have been one of major causes of public anger and making them perceive the White House not being tough enough to do the job.

I am not sure the major issue here is supposed to be “bipartisanship,” which nobody believes that it will work, after seeing both parties’ political attitude and “opposition for the sake of opposition for whatever” political strategy. Rather Mr. Dodd should be careful not too much compromise to come up with a toothless financial reform bill, which may end up furthering public anger toward financial reform and disgrace his retirement. Though the effect of Scott Brown’s winning of senate seat will be further devastating on Senate’s functioning.
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US Supreme Court Selling of America, comment to “Obama Approval Ratings Deeply Polarized”

The current US Supreme Court is “a shame for this country.” The recent Supreme Court ruling of “allowing corporations and unions’  unlimited spending in elections” indicates that anything can be bought in this country, including the highest faces of this country, to whom money overrules their education, conscience, morality, and patriotism.

This indicates the extreme, decadent commercialization, demoralization of this country to its destruction, selling of the country. This ruling indicates the decision makers’ dead morality that is deaf at justice, fairness, and care for people. This shows why those judges are in their positions, for the love of money, not for the love of their country.

Update: Comments to this post by Huffington Post Commenters.

AtheistMaximus replied on Jan 26, 2010 at 10:32:32

“I like you ”

Ozarks replied on Jan 26, 2010 at 09:27:38

“The Senate was already owned by Corporations before the SC Order. Take a look at :Baucus, Conrad, Bayh, Lincoln, Rep Moss, Nelson(s) both of em Neb and Florida, Lieberman – Stevens (Alaska) – 7 times convicted Felon, the list goes on.”

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