White House Watch Archive: Obama v. D.C.
The Krugman Test
Newsweek's cover story this week is about Paul Krugman, the New York Times opinion columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist who has also become a leading critic of the Obama administration's bank bailout plans. But the story arguably says more about...
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March 31, 2009; 11:40 AM ET |
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Obama on Washington, Washington on Obama
From President Obama's remarks last night at a Democratic fundraiser at the Warner Theater: "Every once in a while we like to get out of this town. (Laughter.) Not because I don't enjoy Washington, but because it is important to...
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March 26, 2009; 11:40 AM ET |
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Obama Brings It Down a Notch
Obama at last night's press conference. (Bill O'Leary - The Washington Post) President Obama seized an hour of prime time last night to move beyond the overheated chatter of the past week and return the public's attention to the long-term...
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March 25, 2009; 12:21 PM ET |
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Another Way to Escape From D.C.
The last time President Obama sat down for an interview with regional reporters, he made no secret of his pleasure in talking to people who didn't necessarily share the obsessions of the national press corps. "I enjoy the keen insights...
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March 24, 2009; 12:10 PM ET |
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The Battle Ahead
I've been arguing for a while now that establishment Washington -- complicit in so many of the irresponsible policies that President Obama is trying to reverse -- would inevitably put up resistance. And while I've been largely focusing on Obama's...
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March 16, 2009; 12:31 PM ET |
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Obama to Washington: Chill Out
President Obama is getting a little impatient at the shortness of certain people's attention spans. Acknowledging a growing chorus of voices inside the Beltway calling for him to focus solely on short-term fixes to the economy, Obama yesterday made...
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March 13, 2009; 1:00 PM ET |
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