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Wash Times: Obama to ease curbs on CEO pay

Wants late fix to stimulus plan

the caps inserted into the $787 billion Democrat-crafted stimulus Congress passed Friday are too restrictive and could be counterproductive, administration officials said on Sunday's political talk shows.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/16/obama-seeking-to-ease-limits-on-executive-salaries/?page=2

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Re: [PumaResponders] 1476 NYT/Collins: How to Stock a Cabinet

If anyone wants to defend Gregg for refusing the Commerce Sec job, here's some ammunition from IBD (though the IBD story does not take comments).

Why A Commerce Job Goes Unfilled

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

The decision to remove the 2010 Census from the Commerce Department and give it to White House political operatives was a strong vote of no confidence in Gregg. 

It wasn't the only signal. On the day Gregg quit, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs declared the Colombia free-trade agreement was dead, too. "I think the concerns that (President Obama) and others have are still valid around that trade agreement," Semana, a Colombian publication, quoted Gibbs as saying.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?secid=1501&status=article&id=319420337739273&secure=1&show=1&rss=1

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 2:56 AM, old democrat <1950democrat@gmail.com> wrote:

"The Women From Maine" in which Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins play moderate Republican witches who try to make the world a better and more fiscally responsible place. Harry Reid will co-star as their befuddled landlord who thinks his tenants are unemployed actresses trying to break into the Portland theater business. Arlen Specter will play Squeaky, their impish helper.

http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2009/02/14/opinion/14collins.html

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NYT/Collins: How to Stock a Cabinet

"The Women From Maine" in which Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins play moderate Republican witches who try to make the world a better and more fiscally responsible place. Harry Reid will co-star as their befuddled landlord who thinks his tenants are unemployed actresses trying to break into the Portland theater business. Arlen Specter will play Squeaky, their impish helper.

http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2009/02/14/opinion/14collins.html

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LAT: Afghan President Karzai hopes Obama will "settle down," show "better judgment":

Karzai: "Perhaps it's because the administration has not yet put itself together. Perhaps they have not been given the information yet. And I hope as they settle down, as they learn more, we will see better judgment."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/obama-karzai.html

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/is-the-obama-wh.html

NWI: Senate Democrats pass stimulus bill -EASY POST

In a bow to political reality, lawmakers included $70 billion to shelter upper middle-class and wealthier taxpayers from an income tax increase that would otherwise hit them, a provision that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said would do relatively little to create jobs.

http://www.nwi.com/articles/2009/02/13/updates/breaking_news/doc49959f8a52db3857998754.txt#blogcomments

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SF Gate: Meg Whitman makes case on how she's different

[ GOP woman for Gov of California ]

"whether they're legal or illegal (immigrants), those benefits go to children ... and we have to protect the children."

 "I am pro-choice, and while I would like ... to bring down the number of abortions in America, I don't think we can take choice away from women and their partners and doctors." Whitman says she supports government funding for abortions, saying, "As long as abortion is legal, it has to be made available to women of all means."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/13/BACU15SUDJ.DTL

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politico vs Social Sec, Medicare, etc

Opponents of significant changes to Social Security benefits were jarred in January, when the then-president-elect echoed George W. Bush's claim of an entitlement "crisis," warning of "red ink as far as the eye can see" in Social Security and Medicare. Obama promised that those programs would be a "central part" of his plan to reduce the federal deficit.

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But despite some grumbling in the ranks, the powerful, organized movement that effectively defended the Social Security status quo from Bush's ambitious reform effort in 2005 has been one of the key dogs that haven't yet barked at Obama.

Entitlement dog not barking

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0209/Entitlement_dog_not_barking.html?showall

LAT: Late-night comedy shows make fun of Pres. Obama

Jokes about Obama's speaking style. Jokes about Obama's mannerisms. Jokes about his answers. Jokes about his tedious but very thoughtful-looking pauses, despite the TelePrompter feeding him lines. And about the media's pre-determined adoration/critical complex (think Bill "The Guy Just Bores Me" O'Reilly and Chris "Thrill Up My Leg" Matthews"). 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/02/jon-stewart.html

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NY Daily: Stumbling out the gate: Barack Obama flubs his first big test

It's not easy to waste a mandate and a honeymoon at the same time, but President Obama seems determined to try. You know he's off to a lousy start when his most favorable reviews came after he said, "I screwed up."

nydailynews.com/opinions/columnists/goodwin/index.html