PostPartisan - Quick takes by The Post's opinion writers - February 15, 2009

Obama's First Month

During his first month in office, President Obama has been a miracle worker. He managed to resurrect a series of Republican issues once cold and dead. It was in part because some of conservatism's central issues had lost their...

The Agony of the Saturn Crowd

I speak of my Saturn love affair in my column today. This old commercial perfectly captures the special bond Saturn owners once had with the company -- and why we are sad that GM is cutting the brand loose....

The Practical President

Most of the president's interview with five columnists aboard Air Force One last Friday has been written about. And everyone by now has heard the Quote du Jour, Obama's response to a question about whether he had any second...

Obama Interview Transcript

We have aready published a long excerpt from President Obama's interview on Friday with five columnists. There are now many references to that interview in various media. To give readers a sense of context, and also to let them...

Banking for Dummies

If not wiser heads, then at least richer heads seem likely to prevail in the dispute over limits on executive pay in the stimulus package. The Obama version contained some restrictions on pay for top executives of banks that...

Obama on Nationalizing Banks and the Stimulus