Agence France PresseNovember 30, 2009. Obama has already ordered the new strategy implemented and is informing the leaders of Russia, Britain and France of his plans.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2009. There have been plenty of painful missed opportunities, but as first years go, this isn't bad.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 30, 2009. If the partisan tables were turned, the GOP would waste no time laying the blame on Democrats. We need to do the same to build political capital for key fights ahead.
Jeff Cohen, AlterNet. November 26, 2009. Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives to enact corrupt legislation and compromise for the votes of Republicans.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. November 25, 2009. There's no mystery here. The debate is over. The stimulus has made a real, positive difference.
Jill Richardson, Commonweal Institute. November 25, 2009. Obama's statements about food and agriculture trend moderate to progressive, but his nominations for top positions in his administration tell a different story.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2009. According to a White House insider, Obama will discuss both a surge and an exit strategy in a two-hour address Dec. 1.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 23, 2009. Any day now, Obama will make an announcement about the number of soldiers he wants in Afghanistan. Here's the speech he should give.
Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. November 23, 2009. Sarah Palin constantly complains about the imaginary injustices done to her person. And our country loves whiners.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress. November 20, 2009. A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”
Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet. November 19, 2009. No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. We need a new food system.
Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones. November 19, 2009. Obama recently tapped as chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the US Trade Representative a senior executive from one of the pesticide industry's main trade groups.
Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2009. In a recent study, prejudiced people were more likely to support the health plan when it was linked to Bill Clinton, than when it was linked to Obama.
Moira Birss, AlterNet. November 16, 2009. One of the principal concerns of the pending agreement had been the possibility of the bases’ use for aggression against neighboring countries.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. November 16, 2009. At the same time, the Justice Department is being strongly criticized for keeping the military commissions in place to try some suspects.
Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. November 15, 2009. Napolitano challenged Congress to do its share, to be brave enough to give her the tools she needs to enforce and transform our immigration laws.
