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What Happened to Change We Can Believe In?
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A year later in December 2009, waning support for Obama and the Democrats.
02/15/2009
Waning support from unions and young people for the health care reform effort of Obama and loss of support among Hispanics and younger voters.
Grouped Articles
America's Assimilating Hispanics
Wall Street Journal 06/17/2013
New York Times 02/15/2009
New York Times 02/15/2009
Angry Liberals Edge Toward a Mutiny
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2009
Democrats' Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2009
Support for Health Overhaul Wanes
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2009
Congressman DeFazio call for more attention to unemployment by the Obama administration.
11/19/2009
De Fazio says he is hearing a lot of things from his constituents that the Obama administration is paying 90% of its attention to Wall Street and only 10% to the problems of ordinary Americans losing jobs and homes.
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Q&A: Oregon Democrat DeFazio Calls for Geithner’s Resignation
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2009
5.6 Million Reasons to Doubt Jobless Rate
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2009
New York Times 02/09/2010
Economist 04/29/2010
Mystery for the White House: Where did the Jobs Go?
New York Times 07/19/2010
What Happened to Change We Can Believe In?
New York Times 10/23/2010
Failure to stem foreclosures under the Obama administration continues inaction under Bush administration.
08/24/2007
The failure of the Obama administration to break the cycle of foreclosures begetting falling house prices begetting more foreclosures, further weakening the banks and the economy, with strong action. It continues the missteps of the Bush period and may undo much of the good work in other areas such as stimulus, restructuring the auto industry and new priorities. Inaction here is coupled with inaction in relation to insolvent banks and is likely to prove costly.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/17/2011
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
New York Times 05/19/2014
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
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New York Times 12/08/2013
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2008
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
Joseph Stiglitz on the way the Obama administration handled the economy and his vision for the future.
01/23/2008
A squandered opportunity says Stiglitz of Obama's handling of the economy. He presents his vision and solution and action plan.
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Washington Post 09/06/2011
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
Charlie Rose Talks to Robert Reich
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Geithner's Plan: Loopholes Galore
BusinessWeek 04/01/2009
New York Times 04/01/2009
Voters’ Second Thoughts on Hope and Change
New York Times 11/04/2014
An exceptional and detailed look at President Obama and his first term in office.
01/28/2008
A long informal interview with Obama by Peter Baker of the New York Times, in October 2010. Baker covers all aspects of President Obama's first term in office, and compares Obama's situation with that of his predecessors, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. He uses his personal knowledge of other Presidents to throw more light on the Obama Presidency.
Grouped Articles
Germans Loved Obama. Now We Donât Trust Him.
New York Times 06/29/2013
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
New York Times 10/29/2013
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/2013
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
BusinessWeek 04/06/2009
Geithner Book Reveals Consensus, Not VIsion, During Financial Crisis
New York Times 05/21/2014
Failure of Obama's plan for helping homeowners facing foreclosure in 2009-2010
06/12/2009
Failure of the Making homes Affordable plan announced by the Obama administration in early 2009. Only 2000 of 500,000 loan modification applications in progress in October under this program have become permanent according to a Congressional oversight panel.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/17/2011
High Default Rate Seen for Modified Mortgages
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
New York Times 05/19/2014
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2015
Frank Rich on the lobbying industy and its activities which aim at gutting most of the U.S. President's reform proposals.
07/24/2009
Is this a bad omen for the lobbyists or the Obama administration, or both, asks Rich in this NYT piece. Rich comments on a series of Washigton post articles showing the cooperation of lobbyists and senior members of Congress and the Obama administration. The Republicans too have the same pattern. In this context see Brooks article about the coming culture wars that cut across party lines and are based on values.
Grouped Articles
Banks' Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills
New York Times 05/23/2013
Obama's Health Expert Gets Political
Wall Street Journal 07/24/2009
New York Times 10/04/2009
New York Times 10/19/2009
No Walk in the Park: For Obama One Year Later, It’s the Slog of Governance
New York Times 11/04/2009
In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’
New York Times 11/15/2009
Financial regulatory reform and lobbying by the U.S. financial industry.
01/02/2009
The extensive influence of lobbyists for the banking industry in the Obama administration The cozy relationship of bankers at Chase and Goldman with Rahm Emmanuel, White House chief of staff, and Geithner, the Treasury Secretary.
Grouped Articles
Banks' Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills
New York Times 05/23/2013
New York Times 12/27/2011
Trench Warfare: Send In the Deputies
New York Times 04/16/2010
New York Times 04/18/2010
The Power Behind the Throne at the Federal Reserve
New York Times 07/31/2013
Obama Presses Regulators to Finish Financial Rules
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
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