Obama’s Attempts at Bipartisanship: a Chronological Review

(Author’s note: This is the first in a two part series using a chronological review of media reports.  The second article will detail Republican obstructionism of most of the Obama agenda, particularly his jobs bills, a fact that refutes the criticism that Obama’s agenda – the same agenda that Republicans have blocked – has failed) We have heard the “Obama as radical partisan” canard from Republican critics since the first day of Obama’s first term, and the fog of history and rhetoric makes it difficult to objectively assess Obama’s record on bipartisanship.  Republican dogma says that Obama was the uber-partisan, … Continue reading this post

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Romney’s “Snake Oil Medicine” Debate Performance

The first Presidential debate was remarkable not only for President Obama’s lackluster and almost detached performance, but also for the impressively dishonest performance by Mitt Romney.  Below I summarize lies told by Romney, mostly based on analysis from a number of fact checking sites.  I was expecting a long list but am surprised to see how long the below list was and just how thoroughly and completely Romney, while giving an impressive performance, lied his way to winning the first Presidential debate: “I don’t have a $5 trillion tax cut.” Independent economists at the Tax Policy Center have shown that the price tag for … Continue reading this post

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