Clinton got rave reviews for his 50 minute speech making the case for why people should vote for Obama and the Democrats over Romney and the Republicans.
Clinton is seen as one of our generations best political speakers for his ability to combine a mastery of issues and facts, and explain them in a "folksy" southern manner. Some have called him a great "Explainer-in-Chief".
Here is a short segment of his speech:
The article on Clinton as Obama's Chief Defender can be found in the Christian Science Monitor.
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, September 07, 2012
Monday, September 03, 2012
Barack Obama: The Competitor in Chief
A story in today's New York Times describes the competitive nature of Obama's personality, from politics to sports, to well, reading Green Eggs and Ham to school children. This video accompanied the story: http://nyti.ms/NGNd2K
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Evaluating 2011 for Obama' - and Congress
The conservative Washington Times criticizes Obama for making America weaker in 2011.On the other hand, National Public Radio ran a story yesterday claiming After A Year of Struggles, Obama Finds His Footing. One note in his favor after a very hard year is that his poll numbers have risen a bit since the battle with House Republicans over the bill to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another two months. Gallup: Obama's approval rating at 5-month high
Obama has been putting a lot of the blame on Congress - more specifically Republicans in Congress for not being willing to compromise. As the New York Times reports this morning, running against Congress will be a part of his election year strategy.
Was Congress that bad? Well, I might be biased, but I think the polls showing the approval rating for Congress at about 12% tell us a lot. NPR also ran a very interesting story asking experts to evaluate the job Congress has done in the past year. This Year In Congress: Much Drama, Little To Show
How would you evaluate the job the President and Congress have done?
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
WA Legislature Special Session Begins With Turmoil
Monday, the State Legislature was back for a "special session" that was called by Governor Christine Gregoire to deal with the $2 billion dollar budget shortfall.
That is $2 billion more than they expected when they passed the budget in the spring, which already made deep cuts in state government programs such as K-12 education, state universities, and health care services for the state's poorest residents.
So, lots of people showed up to protest the state making any more cuts. Here was the scene at the State Capitol on Monday:
Last week, Governor Gregoire gave a forceful, and passionate speech urging the legislature to increase the state sales tax by 1/2 cent to cover some of the shortfall. The legislature can't do that with a simple majority however, so Gregoire has asked them to put it on the ballot as a referendum to be voted on by the people of WA in March.
I'm with the Gregoire on this one, except in my perfect world, the solution would be to institute a state income tax, which would fall most heavily on those able to pay. A sales tax hurts the poor, unemployed, and lower middle classes much more.
What do you think the government should do? Do you think the legislature will raise taxes, or make deeper cuts?
That is $2 billion more than they expected when they passed the budget in the spring, which already made deep cuts in state government programs such as K-12 education, state universities, and health care services for the state's poorest residents.
So, lots of people showed up to protest the state making any more cuts. Here was the scene at the State Capitol on Monday:
Last week, Governor Gregoire gave a forceful, and passionate speech urging the legislature to increase the state sales tax by 1/2 cent to cover some of the shortfall. The legislature can't do that with a simple majority however, so Gregoire has asked them to put it on the ballot as a referendum to be voted on by the people of WA in March.
I'm with the Gregoire on this one, except in my perfect world, the solution would be to institute a state income tax, which would fall most heavily on those able to pay. A sales tax hurts the poor, unemployed, and lower middle classes much more.
What do you think the government should do? Do you think the legislature will raise taxes, or make deeper cuts?
Monday, November 21, 2011
No Deal from the Super Committee
Thanks for nothing Congress. Of course this isn't over because new legislation can replace the legislation calling for the automatic spending cuts triggered by the committee's failure. The cuts don't begin to take effect until 2013, and cooperation may be easier after the election.
From the USA Today: Panel's inability to cut debt deal reflects divide
From the NBC Nightly News:
From the USA Today: Panel's inability to cut debt deal reflects divide
From the NBC Nightly News:
Super Committee Standoff?
Prospects look dim for a budget deal to be reached by the November 23rd deadline:
Saturday, November 19, 2011
UC Davis - Police Use Pepper Spray on Passive, Non-Violent student protesters
The video of seemingly indefensible police action:
The police claim they were surrounded and the protesters would not move. From the CBS news article:
"according to Annette Spicuzza, UC Davis police chief...police used the pepper spray after they were surrounded. Protesters were warned repeatedly beforehand that force would be used if they didn't move, she said.
An 84-year-old woman who was pepper sprayed this week at an Occupy Seattle protest said the national attention she received can help the movement's cause.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Americans Coming Home from Iraq - What will be the legacy?
This question is posed by the following report from NBC news:
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