Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Sears Manifesto

March 4, 2009 – 4:00 pm

Last week, Sears Chairman Edward Lampert issued, in Consumerist’s words, a “15-page manifesto” — also known as a letter to shareholders. Lampert covered a lot of territory, including a broad overview of how the financial crisis developed and grew. Among his interesting observations is how Wall Street reacts to messages from Washington – not just […]

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Poking the Bear

March 4, 2009 – 2:05 pm

Why is the Obama Administration talking so much about opinion journalists? A couple weeks ago, press secretary Robert Gibbs tore into CNBC’s Rick Santelli after Santelli riled up traders in Chicago opposed to the president’s homebuyer bailout plan. This past weekend, White House officials and other Dems did their best to anoint Rush Limbaugh leader […]

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Getting Hot About Carbon

March 4, 2009 – 12:25 pm

Republicans seem to be keying in on the Obama Administration’s cap-and-trade carbon control proposal as a way to take back some ground on the budget. Recognizing that most Americans love the environment until it costs them something, Republicans peppered Tim Geithner yesterday with questions about how the plan would financially impact individuals and businesses. And […]

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FR: Joe the Millennial

March 3, 2009 – 6:39 pm

Jake Melville, one of our talented young associates at West Wing Writers, has the lead feature in the latest issue of The Influential Executive newsletter.  His topic?   How to Bridge the Generational Communication Gap — with pointers every Boomer executive can use on how to keep it real, drop the formality, and find humor that […]

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“She Filed an Amendment” (Ow!)

March 3, 2009 – 3:39 pm

Proving that soul can make anything sexy, new Late Night host Jimmy Fallon and his house band, The Roots, Slow Jam news about the stimulus.

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Tuesday Hat Trick

March 3, 2009 – 1:39 pm

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is on the “inherited” beat today, as he testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee. Geithner’s an interesting case because, on the one hand, he wasn’t in Washington as recent spending was turning into deficits; on the other hand, he was an architect of the TARP program that made a substantial contribution […]

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The Civil Liberties Straw Man

March 3, 2009 – 6:05 am

Yesterday the Justice Department released several memos written by lawyers in the Bush Administration in the year following the 9/11 attacks. The subject: How far the president’s legal authority extends in pursuit of terrorists. Most of the memos supported a wide berth for the president. Most of the opinions were later rejected. Earlier in the […]

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Another Heir, Apparently

March 2, 2009 – 1:32 pm

Congressman Paul Ryan, an up and coming leader in the Republican Party, offers a few economic policy ideas in today’s Wall Street Journal. They’re certainly worth paying attention to. What’s more interesting, though, is that Ryan begins his op-ed this way: “Inheriting countless challenges, Congress and the Obama administration have moved quickly on many fronts […]

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Obama Overreach?

March 2, 2009 – 10:27 am

The President’s Weekly Radio Address was a somewhat outmoded custom that President Obama refreshed by ditching the “Radio,” setting up cameras, and putting “Your Weekly Address” on YouTube. This week’s address is a strong pitch in favor of the pretty radical changes the president proposed in his budget. As an opportunity for the president to […]

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