Tag Archives: President Obama Accomplishments

The President and The Long Game

Posted on January 16, 2012 at 2:42 pm by Bob Cesca

Andrew Sullivan wrote a spectacular cover-story for Newsweek about the president’s achievements (both liberal and conservative). Mainly, Sullivan underscores something I’ve been trying to outline here for some time now. President Obama’s strategic planning and, specifically, the roll-out of his … Continue reading →

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No Apologies

Posted on January 10, 2012 at 12:32 pm by Bob Cesca

I’m with DougJ on this. It’s okay to present an argument in favor of the president without prefacing it with a lengthy cover-your-ass speech about the things you disagree with — apologizing for his failures. The “cool” wing of the … Continue reading →

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Is President Obama a Centrist Republican?

Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:06 pm by Bob Cesca

Glenn Greenwald thinks so, and his primary evidence is that Paul Krugman thinks so. He also off-handedly dismissed the president’s progressive record on such meaningless issues as abortion, the Supreme Court, civil rights, the rescuing of the national economy from … Continue reading →

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The Top News Story of the Year Is…

Posted on December 18, 2011 at 11:34 am by Bob Cesca

The Associated Press makes the obvious choice for top story of 2011. —OSAMA BIN LADEN’S DEATH: He’d been the world’s most-wanted terrorist for nearly a decade, ever since a team of his al-Qaida followers carried out the attacks of Sept. … Continue reading →

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Healthcare for Millions of Young People

Posted on December 14, 2011 at 3:53 pm by Bob Cesca

The AP reports on another positive result of the president’s healthcare reform law, specifically the provision that allows kids to stay on their parent’s insurance until age 26 has guaranteed coverage for millions of people: The number of young Americans … Continue reading →

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The Obama Economic Record

Posted on December 10, 2011 at 9:15 am by Bob Cesca

All things considered — the depth of the recession and the utter hellscape that was 2007-2008 — I would describe the president’s record on the economy to be Damn Fine. As Sullivan notes: there’s still much to do, but that … Continue reading →

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Change Is…

Posted on December 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm by Bob Cesca

The 2012 Obama campaign is underway. Here are some of the president’s accomplishments as delivered by the president: “Change is the first bill I signed into law — a law that says you get an equal day’s work — somebody … Continue reading →

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'Liberals Are Incapable of Feeling Satisfied'

Posted on November 22, 2011 at 7:01 am by Bob Cesca

Jonathan Chait wrote a brilliant editorial for the New York magazine about liberal dissatisfaction with the president. Other than the headline, it’s impossible to pull a single quote of from the piece (but I’ll try), so you’ll have to take … Continue reading →

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There Was Never a Deal to Kill the Public Option

Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm by Bob Cesca

Back in 2009, I recall fighting with fellow progressives when they accused the president of cutting a back-room deal to kill the public option. Their sources were unnamed and augmented by a lot of self-fulfilling prophecies that President Obama was … Continue reading →

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George Will is an Insufferable Asshole

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 6:55 pm by Bob Cesca

George Will on President Obama the other day: Obama, a floundering naif who thinks ATMs aggravate unemployment, is bewildered by a national tragedy of shattered dreams, decaying workforce skills and forgone wealth creation. Sullivan notes: …this “floundering naif” has handled … Continue reading →

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