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		<title>By: murzak</title>
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		<dc:creator>murzak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Barack Obama is the most gifted natural leader since Ronald Reagan...&quot;

With statements like that one, prefacing your blog with, &quot;If you are a Barack Obama supporter — as I am...&quot; was patently unnecessary.  Lay off the Flavor Aid Gregg. 

Barry is neither gifted nor is he any kind of natural leader.  He&#039;s an arrogant, finger-pointing empty suit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Barack Obama is the most gifted natural leader since Ronald Reagan&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>With statements like that one, prefacing your blog with, &#8220;If you are a Barack Obama supporter — as I am&#8230;&#8221; was patently unnecessary.  Lay off the Flavor Aid Gregg. </p>
<p>Barry is neither gifted nor is he any kind of natural leader.  He&#8217;s an arrogant, finger-pointing empty suit.</p>
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		<title>By: GLK</title>
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		<dc:creator>GLK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 01:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is not enough that your Legislature should be numerous; it should also be divided.&quot; 
--Ben Franklin 

&quot;Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.&quot; 
--James Madison

&quot;Divided we ever have been, and ever must be.&quot; 
--John Adams 

&quot;Divided we stand, united we fall.&quot; 
--Thomas Jefferson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not enough that your Legislature should be numerous; it should also be divided.&#8221;<br />
&#8211;Ben Franklin </p>
<p>&#8220;Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.&#8221;<br />
&#8211;James Madison</p>
<p>&#8220;Divided we ever have been, and ever must be.&#8221;<br />
&#8211;John Adams </p>
<p>&#8220;Divided we stand, united we fall.&#8221;<br />
&#8211;Thomas Jefferson</p>
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		<title>By: richmitch</title>
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		<dc:creator>richmitch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well done pursuasive essay.  Good references.  I didn&#039;t know about the GOP Pledge to America.  Page 27 of Pledge has several pledges that I thought were the items that GOP was challenging Dems on.  I wish these guys be made accountable for what they communicate to the American people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well done pursuasive essay.  Good references.  I didn&#8217;t know about the GOP Pledge to America.  Page 27 of Pledge has several pledges that I thought were the items that GOP was challenging Dems on.  I wish these guys be made accountable for what they communicate to the American people.</p>
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		<title>By: mheld45</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/gregg-easterbrook/2010/11/11/why-a-republican-house-will-make-obama-a-better-president/comment-page-1/#comment-1301</link>
		<dc:creator>mheld45</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the whole a balanced article. But I can&#039;t help this one: Obama was elected to be a unifier and lead for all Americans, yada yada yada. Two years later he needs a whooping, shellacking, thumpin&#039; whatever to start practicing what he preaches? OK, the man&#039;s not a miracle worker, but the disconnect between Obama the candidate and Obama the President is revealing, at least for me, a non-supporter. 
But as a friend and economist said last year: &quot;They (the supporters) didn&#039;t get what they were expecting... it&#039;s what we were expecting...&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the whole a balanced article. But I can&#8217;t help this one: Obama was elected to be a unifier and lead for all Americans, yada yada yada. Two years later he needs a whooping, shellacking, thumpin&#8217; whatever to start practicing what he preaches? OK, the man&#8217;s not a miracle worker, but the disconnect between Obama the candidate and Obama the President is revealing, at least for me, a non-supporter.<br />
But as a friend and economist said last year: &#8220;They (the supporters) didn&#8217;t get what they were expecting&#8230; it&#8217;s what we were expecting&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: nadie</title>
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		<dc:creator>nadie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since it is always &quot;business as usual&quot; in Washington with elected officials enacting corporate giveaways for campaign contributions, of course it&#039;s better to have divided government.  At least then, there is less business that gets done.
I don&#039;t know that this&#039;ll make Obama a better leader, but we will probably have slightly better (i.e., less) government.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since it is always &#8220;business as usual&#8221; in Washington with elected officials enacting corporate giveaways for campaign contributions, of course it&#8217;s better to have divided government.  At least then, there is less business that gets done.<br />
I don&#8217;t know that this&#8217;ll make Obama a better leader, but we will probably have slightly better (i.e., less) government.</p>
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		<title>By: IrishGiggle</title>
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		<dc:creator>IrishGiggle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry guys, I meant this one.



So this guy is saying they the Republican&#039;s make Democrat President&#039;s better when they (the Republican&#039;s) rule the House. Well, how about making a good Republican President of their own with all that knowledge...I mean the last two (George Snr.,George Jnr.,Bush&#039;s) were funny, but not good. &amp; Reagan&#039;s (though a nice man &amp; of Irish descent) in his economics as President, was to some degree the reason...why America is in the mess it is today.

If you don&#039;t know how to build your own &quot;Great&quot; Republican president, by now, then I suggest you get the help of Lego or Meccano.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry guys, I meant this one.</p>
<p>So this guy is saying they the Republican&#8217;s make Democrat President&#8217;s better when they (the Republican&#8217;s) rule the House. Well, how about making a good Republican President of their own with all that knowledge&#8230;I mean the last two (George Snr.,George Jnr.,Bush&#8217;s) were funny, but not good. &#038; Reagan&#8217;s (though a nice man &#038; of Irish descent) in his economics as President, was to some degree the reason&#8230;why America is in the mess it is today.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t know how to build your own &#8220;Great&#8221; Republican president, by now, then I suggest you get the help of Lego or Meccano.</p>
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		<title>By: AnonMe</title>
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		<dc:creator>AnonMe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fishes commented, &quot;The stimulus package was 40% tax breaks and is credited with keeping unemployment 2% lower than it would have been without it...&quot; 

Ah, how quickly Obama apologists forget. Obama&#039;s administration estimated a peak unemployment figure of 9% without the stimulus and a peak of 8% with stimulus. Per Christina Romer&#039;s assessment, with stimulus unemployment should be around 7.2% today. We are still at 10.5%. You can read her flawed analysis which was used as the foundation for this terrible waste of taxpayer money here:

http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM116_obamadoc.pdf

Thank you Easterbrook for disclosing your political leanings on Obama while being objective enough to call the stimulus what it is - &quot;Interest Groups Spoils of Victory Act of 2009.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fishes commented, &#8220;The stimulus package was 40% tax breaks and is credited with keeping unemployment 2% lower than it would have been without it&#8230;&#8221; </p>
<p>Ah, how quickly Obama apologists forget. Obama&#8217;s administration estimated a peak unemployment figure of 9% without the stimulus and a peak of 8% with stimulus. Per Christina Romer&#8217;s assessment, with stimulus unemployment should be around 7.2% today. We are still at 10.5%. You can read her flawed analysis which was used as the foundation for this terrible waste of taxpayer money here:</p>
<p><a href='http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM116_obamadoc.pdf'>http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM116_obama doc.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thank you Easterbrook for disclosing your political leanings on Obama while being objective enough to call the stimulus what it is &#8211; &#8220;Interest Groups Spoils of Victory Act of 2009.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: gregmedia</title>
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		<dc:creator>gregmedia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This gentleman reminds me of a famous quote by President Warren G. Harding, after finding out key members of his administration were guilty of criminal offenses:

&quot;It&#039;s not my enemies, it&#039;s my g*ddam friends that keep me walking the floor at night.&quot;

So called &quot;supporters&quot; of Obama like this gentleman are merely stalking horses for the Republican Party.  So it is with Mr. Easterbrook, with his shots at a credible health care plan and other real achievements, whether you agree with them or not. 

Beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, like this guy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This gentleman reminds me of a famous quote by President Warren G. Harding, after finding out key members of his administration were guilty of criminal offenses:</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not my enemies, it&#8217;s my g*ddam friends that keep me walking the floor at night.&#8221;</p>
<p>So called &#8220;supporters&#8221; of Obama like this gentleman are merely stalking horses for the Republican Party.  So it is with Mr. Easterbrook, with his shots at a credible health care plan and other real achievements, whether you agree with them or not. </p>
<p>Beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, like this guy.</p>
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		<title>By: ineffable</title>
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		<dc:creator>ineffable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There contnues to be Obama supporters that just do not get it.

America is going broke. The young voted because they were ill informed and voted againest the establishment as I did when I voted againest Nixon, and when America elected the other great American Presidential failure Jimmy Carter.

In 2008 Conservatives were apathetic. Barack was a young sexy candidate that had a barrel full of cool slogans.

When he had to govern he could not. Healthcare reform is neceessary to make betetr the worlds best health system better. The delivery needs improvement not the vehicle itself. Most Americans do not like being told they have to buy something that they do not want or believe is better than what they already have. The Stimulus went predominately to local and municipal governments to save those political jobs. Did you happen to see how municipal and local government jobs fell in recent employment reports? How did this help create any real jobs, any real wealth? Wealth cannot be created by the government by taking money away from me to give to you. Wealth and jobs are created by producing sustainable demand for a product or service? Who wants more government? The election of 2010 showed that the American people do not. And that is the lesson that the newly elected and those that survived better understand. We can replace these just like we replaced the last bunch.

Americans have no appetite for more of the same. I do not believe President Obama learned anything based on his public comments. He beleives his party lost ground because the American people did not understand his accomplishments. I believe it is because all too many understood perfectly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There contnues to be Obama supporters that just do not get it.</p>
<p>America is going broke. The young voted because they were ill informed and voted againest the establishment as I did when I voted againest Nixon, and when America elected the other great American Presidential failure Jimmy Carter.</p>
<p>In 2008 Conservatives were apathetic. Barack was a young sexy candidate that had a barrel full of cool slogans.</p>
<p>When he had to govern he could not. Healthcare reform is neceessary to make betetr the worlds best health system better. The delivery needs improvement not the vehicle itself. Most Americans do not like being told they have to buy something that they do not want or believe is better than what they already have. The Stimulus went predominately to local and municipal governments to save those political jobs. Did you happen to see how municipal and local government jobs fell in recent employment reports? How did this help create any real jobs, any real wealth? Wealth cannot be created by the government by taking money away from me to give to you. Wealth and jobs are created by producing sustainable demand for a product or service? Who wants more government? The election of 2010 showed that the American people do not. And that is the lesson that the newly elected and those that survived better understand. We can replace these just like we replaced the last bunch.</p>
<p>Americans have no appetite for more of the same. I do not believe President Obama learned anything based on his public comments. He beleives his party lost ground because the American people did not understand his accomplishments. I believe it is because all too many understood perfectly.</p>
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		<title>By: Fishes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fishes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think your argument that Clinton became a better president after he took a beating is horribly flawed.  Clinton was a good manager, but he failed in all of his legislative goals.  And under his watch a lot of bad legislation was passed.  Like investment deregulation, and NAFTA.

First Barrack Obama succeeded in an exceptionally large part of his legislative goals.  Passing health care and financial reform.

The stimulus package was 40% tax breaks and is credited with keeping unemployment 2% lower than it would have been without it and getting the country out of recession in the summer of 2009. The Economy is not something the president or congress control.  Other than providing infrastructure and enforcing rules.  I agree the execution of this bill could have been better. 

Barrack will no longer succeed in any legislative achievements outside of tax reform.  Which I doubt he will mark as an achievement.  No progress will be made to save the planet from global warming.  I doubt any progress on immigration reform will take place.  

The only positive of this election, is that now republicans share more responsibility for the terrible economic conditions their deregulation and lack of education investment and infrastructure has led too.  

What happened on Nov. 2nd, was not a rejection of Obama, it was the apathy of the young.  They will not be apathetic come 2012.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think your argument that Clinton became a better president after he took a beating is horribly flawed.  Clinton was a good manager, but he failed in all of his legislative goals.  And under his watch a lot of bad legislation was passed.  Like investment deregulation, and NAFTA.</p>
<p>First Barrack Obama succeeded in an exceptionally large part of his legislative goals.  Passing health care and financial reform.</p>
<p>The stimulus package was 40% tax breaks and is credited with keeping unemployment 2% lower than it would have been without it and getting the country out of recession in the summer of 2009. The Economy is not something the president or congress control.  Other than providing infrastructure and enforcing rules.  I agree the execution of this bill could have been better. </p>
<p>Barrack will no longer succeed in any legislative achievements outside of tax reform.  Which I doubt he will mark as an achievement.  No progress will be made to save the planet from global warming.  I doubt any progress on immigration reform will take place.  </p>
<p>The only positive of this election, is that now republicans share more responsibility for the terrible economic conditions their deregulation and lack of education investment and infrastructure has led too.  </p>
<p>What happened on Nov. 2nd, was not a rejection of Obama, it was the apathy of the young.  They will not be apathetic come 2012.</p>
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