"If a mandate was the solution we could try that to solve homelessness by mandating that everybody buy a house..."

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By the way, in case anyone has missed it, the current bill as written further whittles down a woman's right to choose. If you're under 40 you may not have a particular appreciation for the implications of this, and that's what ( Read more... )

Now, this is what I call true bi-partisanship!

If the bill makes it through Congress, at least we now have a President who would at least consider signing it!

Survey Reveals Broad Support for President

By JEFF ZELENY and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN
Published: February 23, 2009
President Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substantial political clout as he confronts the nation’s economic challenges and ( Read more... )

Fiscal Responsibility:
Obama Puts away the Childish Things He Found in the White House Feb 23rd, 2009 by jfrankel |

Now I am a believer.

Few readers of my blog will be surprised to hear that I supported Barack Obama in the election.   But I was always skeptical that he would be able to achieve ( Read more... )

MILFORD, N.H. - Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama drew two distinct paths to the White House for raucous New Hampshire Democratic Party activists Friday night: She's tested and ready to stand her ground against Republicans while he's prepared to build a new majority that will put Democrats in power.The two messages, delivered a day ( Read more... )

Barack Obama sealed the deal Saturday with Hal Geren. Geren entered an Obama campaign event unsure of whom to support in next week's Iowa caucuses. He left as an Obama backer, convinced that the Illinois senator has what it takes to win the election and shake up Washington ( Read more... )

In an interview with Boston Globe editors, Obama said that he is capable of winning a "mandate for change" in the general election, while his chief rival, Senator Hillary Clinton, would be too polarizing to capture more than a slim victory. If she is the Democratic nominee, he said the country would see a replay of the partisan contests of 2000 ( Read more... )

This is sort of in the same vein as the Time article, but has more depth and definitely more charming anecdotes. Also an excellent conclusion.
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No presidential candidate inspires more anxiety in reporters than Barack Obama. This has nothing to do with any shortcoming on Obama's part. He is, if anything, unfailingly charming in person--quick ( Read more... )

Samantha Power is Sen. Obama's senior foreign policy advisor and author of the book A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.

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Thousands of U.S. soldiers in Iraq - as many as 10 a day - are being discharged by the military for mental health reasons. But the Pentagon isn't blaming the war. It says the soldiers had "pre-existing" conditions that disqualify them for treatment by the government ( Read more... )