tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475760599984941539.post4295153130997570763..comments2024-03-04T13:17:00.025-08:00Comments on Fair and Unbalanced: Worth Reading: Greider on ObamaLovechildehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03011368670254954013noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475760599984941539.post-67545745114159944282010-11-15T09:22:29.221-08:002010-11-15T09:22:29.221-08:00Marty Kaplan (HuffPo): "Is it Audacity Time Y...Marty Kaplan (HuffPo): "Is it Audacity Time Yet?"<br />tinyurl.com/2fle4rq<br /><br />I wonder whether any of this is finally sinking in at 1600? Maybe it's time to put a call into Tony Robbins.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619385519678192379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475760599984941539.post-88264406322941875182010-11-15T07:28:14.032-08:002010-11-15T07:28:14.032-08:00Krugman piles on:
"[Obama] could do uplift ...Krugman piles on: <br /><br />"[Obama] could do uplift — but could he fight?<br />So far the answer has been no."<br /><br />"... Here’s the thing: Mr. Obama still has immense power, if he chooses to use it. At home, he has the veto pen, control of the Senate and the bully pulpit. He still has substantial executive authority to act on things like mortgage relief — there are billions of dollars not yet spent, not to mention the enormous leverage the government has via its ownership of Fannie and Freddie. Abroad, he still leads the world’s greatest economic power — and one area where he surely would get bipartisan support would be taking a tougher stand on China and other international bad actors.<br /><br />But none of this will matter unless the president can find it within himself to use his power, to actually take a stand. And the signs aren’t good."<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/opinion/15krugman.html?hpStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619385519678192379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475760599984941539.post-47572864651873980962010-11-13T22:22:11.668-08:002010-11-13T22:22:11.668-08:00Quite true.Quite true.Lovechildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011368670254954013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3475760599984941539.post-18708851724743121032010-11-13T20:16:22.412-08:002010-11-13T20:16:22.412-08:00Worth reading, yes, but I think I've been read...Worth reading, yes, but I think I've been reading versions of this same critique all the way back to the showdown days in the primary battles with Hillary. For whatever the reason(s), Obama appears to be fiercely resistant to pleadings that he -- please forgive me -- man up and push back.<br /><br />For instance, in more than just this particular June 2009 HuffPo piece ("Waiting For Audacity" http://tinyurl.com/kqm5qn), Drew Westen has repeatedly and with increasing impatience been shouting from the sidelines for Obama to eat his spinach and flex some muscle.<br /><br />But no. Not yet, anyway. Despite Obama's attempts to reassure the worried left that "I may be skinny but I'm tough," two years into his presidency thin is in.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619385519678192379noreply@blogger.com