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Friday, February 20, 2009

News Nuggets 91


Interesting experiments with trying to rescue the Whooping Crane.  See the Science Nugget below.

Stimulus Moves Obama Forward on Campaign Promises from National Journal

"With just one signature, President Obama not only sent $787 billion rolling into the U.S. economy, he also moved a few steps closer to fulfilling at least 38 pledges he made on the campaign trail, scratching one completely off the to-do list."


Senate 2010: A Three-Peat for Democrats or Comeback for the GOP? (Larry Sabato) from the VA Center for Politics

"This week we call the Senate roll among sitting Democrats to see who appears safe and who might be in trouble. "

States on the Brink (David Ignatius) from the Washington Post
"Is Obama up or down today? Did the Republicans gain or lose momentum? Meanwhile, as Washington obsesses over the political box score, the economy has been going down the toilet."

In Praise of Bipartisanship (Michael Tomasky) from the Guardian of London
"I believe that Barack Obama is right to talk about bipartisanship, and I do not think that he should drop it because of the congressional voting pattern on one piece of legislation."

Obama Makes Americans of Us All from The Star [of Toronto]
"Twice in less than a decade we have all been Americans. Once was on 9/11, the other is today."

When the World Knocks at the White House Door (Robert Dallek) from the New York Times
"Obama will learn, as his predecessors did, that foreign crises are an unavoidable part of the job."

"Competence? A+. Leadership style? A+. This is what it must have been like when FDR took over from Herbert Hoover and got people believing and hoping again."

SCIENCE NUGGET!

Rescue Flight for the Whooping Crane from the New York Times

"People are taking to the skies to lead the endangered birds on their annual migration. Is the only remaining way of saving the natural world to stage-manage it?"

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