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Monday, February 2, 2009

News Nuggets 86


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A Risky Strategy (Eleanor Clift) from Newsweek
"It was their way to signal solidarity with the GOP base and its talk-show mouthpieces. But stiffing a popular president in the middle of an economic crisis risks further marginalizing a party already on the ropes."

Blind Unanimity (Eugene Robinson) from the Washington Post
"Congressional Republicans, Meet PATCO."

"They don't quite know how to engage the very popular new President, who is already showing that he isn't about to let them slip into the comfortable role of disloyal opposition without a fight."

"Now that the political climate has changed, will those dedicated to eradicating abortion embrace abortion-reduction strategies instead?"

The Comeback Starts Now (Make Madden) from Salon
"Welcome to the Republican National Committee's winter meeting -- and the GOP's alternate reality, where happy days are nearly here again."

"As he heads into his second full week in office, members of both parties are waiting to see whether he will regard this as the failure that some have made it out to be -- and how much he is willing to alter his approach if he does."

"A bus filled with about 50 of President Obama's friends and in-laws arrived at the White House just after midnight, as Inauguration Day came to a close, for what they called a "housewarming party."

The Big Deal from the Washington Post
"The Sums Are Staggering. But The Real Stunner Is the Ambition."

"Republicans know what they're against: Barack Obama. They're still figuring out what they're for."

"The Justice Department, probably more than any other agency here, is bracing for a broad doctrinal shift in policies from those of the Bush administration, department lawyers say."

Obama Has Demoted Africa's Tyrants to Deputy Presidents from the Monitor [of Uganda in English]
"As the world joins the US tomorrow to celebrate human achievement in the form of democracy and liberty, Africa’s ageing tyrants will be cursing the technological advancements that make it possible for even Africa to witness this great achievement."

The Republican Death Spiral (Nate Silver) from FiveThirtyEight.com
"The House Republicans are opposing popular legislation from a very popular President, and doing so in ways that stick a needle in the eye of the popular (if quixotic) concept of bipartisanship. "

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