I know I’ve said it before, but what a week for the American President.
… as well as Democrats, because as you’ll see below, there was nary a Republican to be found.
We’re also learning about Obama’s crisp reminder to bank executives, which came via anonymous sources, but provides a delicious quote of the day. Obama to bank execs:
“My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.” – President Obama (via Politico)
Classic.
The Wall Street Journal takes aim at Al Gore on “cap and collapse,” as they see it. I know, you’re shocked.
Washington Post says not so fast, but no one should expect cap and trade to come easily. No doubt Al Gore knows this all too well.
Love or hate the budget, it was a winner for Obama and his administration. But they sure do own it now. What do you think?
New York Times: A lesson that bipartisanship can’t happen with Republicans. Budget “Viewed As A Victory For The New White House, Particularly Because Most Moderate And Conservative Democrats Went Along.”
Wall Street Journal: “President’s Priorities on Health Care, Energy and Education Are Intact.” … “A Significant Victory.”
Christian Science Monitor: “Obama gets budget passed. Fast? Yes. Bipartisan? Nope”
New York Daily News: A “Political Victory” For The President.
Bloomberg: “Got A Pair Of Wins On Capitol Hill As The House And Senate Approved Drafts Of His 2010 Budget Plan That Largely Adhere To The Administrations Priorities.”
New York Times: The House Budget Voted “…actually reflected a strong show of Democratic support for the budget, since it often barely passes. It was the first time in a dozen years that a budget had received more than 230 votes.”
Politico: “House vote surpassed the size of budget victories for either party over the last decade.”
New York Times: “House Democrats easily defeated Republican alternatives and won backing for their budget from all segments of their party, from conservative Blue Dogs to urban liberals.”
Democrats are definitely flexing their muscles. The New York governor even succeeded in kicking Rush out of New York. It’s an excuse to sit on his posterior in Florida, sulking, no doubt, after Ed Schultz got the MSNBC gig.
Now that Rush has taken himself completely out of NY maybe we’ll have less polluted air.
Well I would hope to god he could get the budget passed and you are right Taylor he owns it now. I am very concerned about the debt being run up by this administration.
I have wait and see attitude about all of this. The unemployment stats are just incredible. 2M jobs lost this year alone and more to come. This is what will continue to drag the economy. I know unemployment is a lagging indicator, but these numbers are just huge.
Is it any wonder that the budget passed after the Repubs presented their lame excuse of a budget? They have absolutely nothing to offer this country.
Re: the debt, kris. If you follow me on Twitter, last week I went to a symposium on this week’s G-20. Laura Tyson was there. Her comment on the deficit was that the U.S. could handle up to $10 trillion SHORT-TERM, and all of the experts there agreed that this spending is a must. What has been done is what wasn’t done during the depression, as Obama is a student of FDR and what happened back then, so some analysts believe his Administration learned the lesson and applied them. Food for thought.
I hope they are right Taylor. I just have real concern about it. And I still have concerns about that banking system as a whole.
I’ve been listening to a lot of experts lately. Don’t let the scare tactics get you.
Yesterday, fwiw, Jim Cramer said the “depression” part of this is over and that jobs will start returning in 2-3 months.
The wingnuts want you scared. See Glenn Beck, whose show has become ground zero for them.
The job situation is the only part of this that has me concerned. I’m hoping Jim Cramer is right. 2 million in 2009. That’s a bunch of people to think and worry about.
“Obama gets budget passed. Fast? Yes. Bipartisan? Nope”
Right now, it is not possible for Obama to work with the GOP on a bipartisan basis. The Republican answer for every policy issue is tax cuts. Plus, the base of the party is a complete joke.
To much of the Republican base, Obama is a socialist, terrorist-loving oustider who wants to destroy America.
Wait, didn’t a candidate pretty much parrot that mantra during the last campaign, can’t think of the name but… Oh yeah, it’s the one figure who can unite the base of the Republican party.
Any party that had Sarah Palin on its ticket and still thinks she is qualified simply can’t be worked with.
My son called yesterday and said that the company that he works for lost one of their main contracts. It’s a manufacturing company, so it’s going to go through some rough times. Lou told me that they have temps that have worked there for over a year and the owner would get rid of them first because he doesn’t have to worry about unemployment insurance with them.
When 9/11 happened he was working for Raytheon and of course the aircraft industry went kaput. He was laid off for two years then. So I’m praying that this isn’t a repeat.
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funny hc4bo.
He had the votes. It’s really no mystery.