PostPartisan: February 15, 2009 - February 21, 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...

By Michael Gerson  | February 20, 2009; 11:06 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (58)
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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....

By E.J. Dionne  | February 19, 2009; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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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...

By Kathleen Parker  | February 17, 2009; 5:35 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (35)
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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...

By E.J. Dionne  | February 17, 2009; 10:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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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...

By Michael Kinsley  | February 16, 2009; 6:24 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (54)
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Obama on Nationalizing Banks and the Stimulus

When even Sen. Lindsey Graham, a solidly conservative Republican from South Carolina, says he “would not take off [the table] the idea of nationalizing the banks," something big is happening. And it turns out that while President Obama isn’t...

By E.J. Dionne  | February 15, 2009; 4:34 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (18)
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