Barack Obama

The cartoon speaks for itself

Of all the coverage of last night’s State of the Union address, the video below stands out. Now, I’m sure Matthews will have a defence for this piece of analysis i.e. “he was so good that all the talk about Obama and race slipped my mind…

As I indicated in my post Grading Obama’s economic policy after one year, I see the President as a triangulating center-left politician of the Bill Clinton variety. The reason we have seen public policy which has been favorable to big…

Hat tip Prieur du Plessis Source 20 Jan 2010 editorial cartoon - Nick Anderson, Comics.com

Earlier in the week, I wrote a post-mortem on the Massachusetts Senate race won by Scott Brown. I saw the results as a signal that Americans are worn out by fraud and corruption. I found one comment from a registered Democrat particularly…

My favorite economic entertainer is back with his usual over-the-top semi-apocalyptic comments about government officials, the U.S. and more.  Here are a few choice quotes from Dr. Doom followed by the full videos of his session on…

Obama and the War on Wall Street Yesterday’s announcement on bank regulation by President Obama is a key turning point in his Presidency.  It means a whole new world of uncertainty for banks and bank stocks and could be just the…

That’s the gist of yesterday’s post by James Pethoukoukis.  The column says: A historic victory, really. It is hard to overstate just how “blue” a state Massachusetts is. Obama won it by 26 percentage points in 2008. Until now…

I just put this in the links but it deserves a post of its own!

Today President Obama is set to propose wide-ranging moves on bank regulation first proposed by his economic advisor Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve Chairman. Details of the proposal have yet to be released. However, the focus is…