Obama Discovers His Inner Roosevelts

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has decided that he is more likely to win if the election is about big things rather than small ones. He hopes to turn the 2012 campaign from a plebiscite about the current state of the economy into a referendum about the broader progressive tradition that made us a middle-class nation. For the second time, he intends to stake his fate on a battle for the future.This choice has obvious political benefits to an incumbent presiding over a still-ailing economy, and it confirms Obama's shift from a defensive approach earlier this year to an aggressive...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/08/obamas_new_square_deal__112314.html

bill clinton

Source Dismisses Rep. Darrell Issa Comparison of DEA Laundering Program to Fast and Furious

Officials are pushing back on claims by Rep. Darrell Issa that a DEA money-laundering operation may have carried the hallmarks of the failed Fast and Furious gunrunning probe, both of which are now under investigation by the top Republican congressman. 


Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/i0dZJeSEkic/

john mccain

How Obama Should Thwart GOP Obstructionism

Ari Berman, The Nation
This week President Obama is launching a media blitz in support of Richard Cordray, his nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The Senate Banking Committee has confirmed Cordray, but the full Senate is likely to block his nomination this week, since Republicans have vowed to torpedo the CFPB director unless the Obama administration institutes changes that would cripple the agency. And without a director in place, the CFPB cannot assume many of its important new powers.How will this prolonged standoff end? Unless the Obama administration changes its strategy, Cordray...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/12/06/how_obama_should_thwart_gop_obstructionism_268672.html

george w bush

Ron Paul's 'Big Dog' Ad One Of GOP Race's Coolest Commercials

Rep. Ron Paul may not be leading in any of the major presidential polls. But he arguably is setting the pace when it comes to the 2012 presidential campaign ads.After unleashing a fiery anti-Newt Gingrich ad in which he accused the former House speaker of "serial hypocrisy," Paul on Monday went up with a catchy new ad in Iowa in which he portrays himself as the real budget cutter.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/12/05/143165240/ron-pauls-big-dog-ad-one-of-gop-races-coolest-commercials?ft=1&f=1014

al sharpton

Gingrich's Health Care Consultancy: Is It Lobbying?

The Center for Health Transformation brought an electronic medical records company to Washington to meet with congressional leaders and a Cabinet official. But the former House speaker and now presidential candidate says that's not lobbying.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/05/143146399/gingrichs-health-care-consultancy-is-it-lobbying?ft=1&f=1014

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