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Pelosi resists Obama’s jobs plan

Monday, February 15th, 2010

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader John Boehner are challenging President Obama on his proposal to give tax cuts to businesses that create new jobs, as well as other facets of the Democrats’ agenda. Obama’s plan is to…

Obama Says F*ck It

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

From the show SuperNews! and honestly, after tonight’s State of the Union address, I think they have a point.

Obama plans to cap student loan payments

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Good news for those paying off federal student loans:
President Obama will propose a plan to cut the student loan payments of millions of Americans during his State of the Union address, the White House announced Monday. The president’s plan…

Obama calls for bank tax to recover recession losses

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

The President’s proposed tax on fifty of the largest financial institutions seeks to raise $90 billion in the next ten years, but there’s a chance it could go further. If the losses from the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program,…

Getcha Own Damn Fries!

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

My sources back at my usual Geek stomping grounds tell me that a fair few of you PoliticOlogists may have received a shiny new iPod for your winter holiday of choice.  If you’ve got a bunch of unused gigs just…

Hillary shakes her booty, Bush flaps his wings, Obama channels P.Diddy

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

American politicians visiting Africa always provides a pause for popcorn to watch the moves of our favorite politicans (and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent trip their piles on), since we’re so used to watching their ambitious plans, I think…

College Politico: Obama’s Broken Promises

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Editor’s Note: From our right-wing buddies at College Politico (oh, left-wing college bloggers, won’t you come to us and restore the balance in the force?)
Back before the election, President Obama made promises about what he would do as President.…

A pair of political burns

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Two great bits of political burnage today from the GOP–one aimed at the President, and another at themselves.
First, President Obama. After calling candidate John McCain’s proposal to tax employer-based health benefits “so radical, so out of touch with what…

CNN: Obama proposes making ‘pay-as-you-go’ the law

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama on Tuesday proposed making “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending into law.

President Obama proposed Tuesday that the government adopt “pay-as-you-go” rules for federal spending.

The so-called PAYGO proposal requires Congress to balance any increased spending…

Klein: When Senators Stop Tweeting Polite and Start Tweeting Real

Monday, June 8th, 2009

How does this work best? As an example of the pathetic depths to which the GOP has sunk in attempting to counter Obama’s wild popularity? As emblematic of the tendency of everything, everywhere, all the time to become political? Or…