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March, 2009 Entries


March 31

    • No Winner in NY-20 For a While, It Seems
    • NY-20 Results Coming In
    • The First Glimmer of Good News for GOP in NY-20 Today
    • Voters Kinda 'Meh' on How Their Member Votes on Obama's Budget
    • The 2010 Michigan Governor's Race: Like Sharks Sensing Blood in the Water
    • In NY-20, Republicans Won't Fall Victim To Excessive Optimism
    •  One Way or Another, Fox News's 10 p.m. Slot Will Feature a Sarah Palin Fan
    • Hillary Reiterates End of 'War on Terror' Phrase While Taliban Pledges White House Attack
    • 'Bleed Us Dry' Does Tend to Catch the Eye
    • Lots of People 'Rarely Drive'; It's a Question of Getting Around
    • Impact of Obama's Charity Tax Ten Times Worse Than Current Recession
    • It's Election Day, in Two Parts of New York

March 30

    • Simmons on Dodd’s Donations from AIG: It’s a Shakedown That Violates the Public Trust
    • Obama's Approval Is Not Transferring to Geithner
    • In NY-20, Murphy Charges Tedisco Would Work for Bush, Limbaugh, Palin
    • Somebody Had This Right Last Fall
    • Dodd's Strategy on AIG Donation Revelations: Hunker Down and Wait It Out?
    • AIG Financial Products Knew Who Their Friends Were
    • Looking Back to the Last Time Dodd Arranged Taxpayer Aid To AIG
    • The Markets, the Administration, and the Auto Bailout
    • Okay, If You're NOT Running for Governor in Michigan, Raise Your Hand
    • Because Taking Out Large Loans and Making Big Bets Is Always a Wise Strategy
    • The Endorsement Equivalent of Voting 'Present'

March 29

    • Gratitude

March 28

    • How Does the Public Feel About the Way Obama Is Handling the Bank Bailouts?

March 27

    • CBO: Unemployment Will Be Terrible Throughout 2011
    • MoveOn.Org: Bush's Deficits Hurt Kids; Silent on Obama's Twice-as-Large Deficits
    • It's Compelling Speculation, but Still Only Speculation
    • Second-Worst Home Sales Month Ever Touted as Sign of 'Hope,' 'Recovery,' and 'Rebound'
    • Jim Tedisco's Campaign: Our Internal Polls Show Strong Leads
    • Tracing Tedisco's Comments on IBM Back to GE's Layoffs
    • NY-20 Still Close, but Looking Tough for Tedisco
    • What Kind of a Partisan Split Does Chris Dodd Need to Survive?

March 26

    • Tedisco Calls IBM Seeking Stimulus While Laying Off Workers 'Possibly Worse Than AIG'
    • The Obama-Geithner AIG-ish Strategy on Toxic Assets
    • Hillary's Foreign-Soil Sales Pitch for Reinstating the Assault-Weapons Ban
    • Sarah Palin, the Jeb Bush of the 2010 Cycle?
    • He Had Pawlenty of Time to Change His Mind
    • SC State Legislators Fear Sanford Has Right to Turn Down Stimulus Funds
    • Jindal Outraises Obama?
    • How Can Obama Justify Taking $4 Billion or More From America's Charities?
    • Is Ed Rogers Really 'No Different From Rush Limbaugh'?
    • How Optimistic Are the Obama Administration's Economic Projections?

March 25

    • Mitt? Huck? Nope, Don't See the Resemblance
    • A Great Lineup: Mitt Romney, Jim Tedisco, and Some Other Guy
    • Tight, Tight, Tight Polls in NY-20
    • The Most Revealing Moment From Last Night's Press Conference
    • Obama Endorsement, Debate Heat Up NY-20 Race
    • Shocker in Pennsylvania: Toomey Way Ahead of Specter in Primary
    • A Detailed Piece, but the Story's Not Quite What the Headlines Would Suggest
    • Palin: 'How much will this blogger's asinine political grandstanding cost all of us in time and money?'
    • It's a Shame President Bush Dictated the Terms of the Federal Budget the Last Two Years

March 24

    • President Obama's First Fundraiser Isn't a Sellout?
    • Obama: Government Did a Good Job of Cleaning Up a Mess That a Senator Created
    • When I Say 'Responsible' I Mean They Remember to Water Their Plants
    • Listen to Me, Listening to the President Tonight
    • Lefty Foes Attempt to Bankrupt Palin Family
    • Arlen Specter Makes New (Old) Friends, Enemies
    • I Feel Like Maxine Waters Is Following Me -- Or Wants to, at Least
    • A Prominent Businessman Takes a Side in NY-20
    • Deep Blue vs. Deep Blue
    • Impressive Online Fundraising in a Lousy Economy
    • 'You have a huge transfer of wealth that's going from taxpayers to banks.'
    • Diminutive Billionaire Tough to Dislodge From Office
    • Progress, of a Sort

March 23

    • Now We Know, and Knowing Is Half the Battle
    • 'Geithner is starting to look like Obama's Rumsfeld.'
    • NY Governor David Paterson's Job Performance Rating: 19 Positive, 78 Negative
    • Well, the Aim, in Part, Is to Bring Back a Bull Market
    • Romer: We Need to Get Fannie and Freddie to 'Lend Like Crazy'
    • But, You Know, This Is a Hopeful Deficit
    • Meetings Are Boring; Campaigning Is Fun
    • The Markets Love Geithner's Plan -- But What Does It Mean for Taxpayers?
    • Hey, How About Getting Geithner Some Help?
    • Intriguing Obama Doubts from the CNN Green Room

March 21

    • Michael Steele Had a Better Month Than Tim Kaine

March 20

    • Palin Hits Obama on 'Special Olympics' Joke
    • Congress Probably Won't Recognize That It's Not a Serious Proposal
    • Terry McAuliffe, Trying on Other Jobs and, Apparently, Identities
    • 2.500 Tickets Available to See Sarah Palin . . . by Video Remote
    • Another Obama Statement Expiration Date, and a Recognition That This Is Not the Turkey I Knew
    • I Wonder If President Obama Will Put Out an APB for 'Suicide Bombers'
    • No Meetings of Financial Stability Oversight Board Under Obama Administration
    • Fundraising, Spending About Even in NY-20 Special Election
    • America's Not In a 'No Nukes' Mood

March 19

    • Tedisco: Geithner Must Go
    • Palin to Feds: You Know, I Only Need About Half of That
    • Obama Stimulus Auditor: 'Some waste or fraud is regrettably inevitable.'
    • Larry Kudlow, Currency Arsonist
    • No Independent Bid for Arlen Specter
    • This Isn't That Much Better Than the Democrats' Angry Letter
    • It's Like Whack-a-Mole With Bad Ideas
    • American Legion on Obama: 'He realized this was the wrong time to ruin what was turning out to be a very good first impression.'
    • Dodd Admits Initial Lie on Bonus Amendment; Increasingly Resembles Toast
    • I'm Wondering if the New Policy Is to Give Suicide Bombers TARP Money
    • 'Like AIG, Scott Murphy gave huge bonuses to executives in a company losing millions.'

March 18

    • First Look at February RNC Numbers . . . Eh, Not Too Bad
    • Why Did the Administration Want the Language Protecting the AIG Bonuses?
    • 'This is like giving USAir Captain Sullenberger a ticket for not having a boating license.'
    • The Obama Show Continues
    • We'll Meet You at the Modified Limited Hangout
    • President Obama, the NCAA Tournament Bracket Conservative
    • President Obama: Geithner Making 'All the Right Moves' With a Bad Hand
    • This Is Not As Exculpatory As You May Think, Senator Dodd
    • Steele Aide: Report of Lousy RNC Fundraising 'Not a Serious Article'
    • Palin: Approval Is High, but Staff Performance Is Low
    • Well, People Are Spitting Mad About the AIG Bonuses
    • Geithner Can't Leave, Even If He Ought To Go
    • A Ten-Point Poll Drop Is Tough, but Easier to Take When You Start High
    • AIG Employee: 'Perhaps if Obama would trouble himself to staff his Cabinet, he might find himself better informed of important issues.'

March 17

    • After Writing a Letter Re: AIG Bonuses, Claire McCaskill Feels Better
    • The Stimulus Bill Explicitly Guarantees Contractual Bonuses Executed Before February 11
    • Democratic Governors' Collapsing Poll Numbers Intriguing But Extremely Early
    • Sometimes a Statement Reaches Its Expiration Date More Than Once
    • Almost 20K For NY-20
    • What The Heck Was This Guy Thinking?
    • Apparently Those 'Retention Bonuses' Didn't Retain The Workers
    • No Limits On How These Guys Can Use the Money?
    • Sanford to Obama: Paying Down State University Bond Debt Is Investing in Education
    • Obama's Vet Aid Proposal 'Clearly Angers' The American Legion
    • House Republicans Continuing Journeys To NY-20

March 16

    • AIG Bonuses -- It Keeps Getting Better
    • A Painfully Obvious Question
    • Robert Gibbs, Master of Nuance
    • Palin's Coming to Washington . . . but Not Until June
    • Markets Up, but So Are Layoffs (UPDATE: Eh, Nevermind.)
    • Maybe the Other Three Basketball Players Could Be His Three Democratic Opponents
    • Schock Treatment in NY-20
    • The White House Is Slow, But the DNC Is Fast
    • Beating Dodd Will Probably Be Easier Than Taking Bleach to the Face
    • The Economy 'Crashed' Because of 'One Word'?
    • Who Watches Those Who Watch the Business World?
    • Ron Silver, RIP
    • Internal Polls Show 'Extreme Republican Self-Suppression' in NY-20
    • Rendell on Sanford: ‘There is at least a fiscal reality to that argument.’

March 13

    • I'm Sure It's Coincidence They're Aiming at the President's Boyhood Home
    • Are Missing Nominees Really Victims of 'Republican Obstructionism' Over 'Tax Trivia'?
    • A Diagnosis of What Ails Tedisco, From New York's 20th District
    • Can We Use Stimulus Funds to Attend the Conference on How to Use Stimulus Funds?

March 12

    • Special Election in NY-20 Within a Point?
    • Can't Anybody Survive the Vetting for Department of the Treasury Jobs?
    • Michael Steele, Sharing the Stage With Sarah Palin in April
    • Well, Maybe He's There to Provide the 'Contrarian' View
    • Can We Count on a Stronger Economy in 2010?
    • Obama Considering McCain Tax Idea He Denounced on the Campaign Trail
    • NY-20 Starting to Have the Drama of a Cliffhanger
    • Better Days Were Ahead for at Least Two Clients
    • McKay to Be Steele's Chief of Staff at RNC
    • Some Year, Some Republican Will Win a Statewide Race in New Jersey

March 11

    • Young Biden Vulnerable in Delaware in 2010?
    • Today's Economic Update: Run for Your Lives
    • If You're Going to Print the Accusation . . .
    • Thinking Over the State of the Economy and Obama's Reaction to It
    • Katon Dawson: I Don't Want to Oust Steele
    • What We Know About the Palace Intrigue Within The RNC
    • Meanwhile, in Sarah Palin News . . .
    • Numbers Going in Wrong Direction for GOP in NY-20
    • Michael Steele, in the Eye of the Storm

March 10

    • Look, When I Said 'Line by Line,' I Didn't Mean 'Line by Line'
    • Another Sign of Economic Growth
    • Let Him* Who Has Never Erred in Predictions Cast the First Stone
    • There's at Least $3,000 Waiting for Her If She's In
    • Depression? Or Depressing News for Specter?
    • Show Us You Mean It, Mr. President
    • President Obama, Forgetting About Sen. Bob Menendez
    • Curtains for Steele This Early?

March 09

    • Why Are the Markets Falling?
    • Unexpected (Mild) Obama Critic, Warren Buffett
    • Of Course He Won't Be 'Lobbying.' Just 'Consulting With Clients.'
    • Powell's Office Denies He's Among Those Expressing Fears About Obama to U.K. Telegraph
    • Five Ways Obama’s Economic Stimulus Is Already Working
    • Optimism!
    • Questions About Bailout Recipients' Overseas Deals

March 08

    • 'Obama is overwhelmed.'
    • How Much Effort Counterbalances How Few Results?

March 06

    • A Committee Flush With Cash -- For Now
    • It's Like We're Playing Limbo
    • RNC Conference Call Underway
    • Three Sinkable Obama Proposals
    • Another Short Rise, Another Quick Drop
    • The Latest Obama Plan: $1 Trillion Loan to Hedge Funds and Private-Equity Firms
    • Did the White House Really Want Rush's Audience to Grow?
    • Geithner Could Use Some Help There
    • The Country Continues the Transition to Obamanomics

March 05

    • 'Orange Alert' at RNC
    • Omnibus Opponents Are Getting Close, But...
    • Omnibus Coming Down to Six Key Republicans on Appropriations?
    • The Price of Crossing Obama
    • Those Extra Two Years Make a Difference, Huh?
    • Obama Breaks Promise on Government Aid for Second Homes and Investment Properties
    • 250,000 New Federal Workers, Each with a 29-Page Job Announcement, Equals . . .
    • Do Obama's Fans Really Want to Make an Issue of Opponents' Drug Use?
    • FBI Raids and Allegations of Fraud Are No Reason to Remove Earmarks, Democrats Conclude

March 04

    • Tune In Tonight!
    • Break Out the Dancing Shoes!
    • Checking in with John Edwards
    • Some of the 77, Wondering How Many of the 91 Have Buyer's Remorse
    • We Have Good Reason to Feel Like Obama Just Sold Us a Bridge
    • Where Is This Economy Going?
    • Tim Geithner, on the Case Against Tax Cheats
    • Is Michael Steele Really in Trouble? Or Standard Transition Bumps in the Road?
    • How Long Are TARP Managers Planning on Being Around?

March 03

    • Does the President Know What 'P/E Ratio' Stands For?
    • 'Their agenda is destroying the life savings of millions of Americans.'
    • President Obama, Portfolio Adviser
    • How on Earth Will Private Hiring Keep Up with the Federal Government Expansion?
    • Geithner Loves Rosy -- Rosy Scenario, That Is
    • Don't Start a Drinking Game That Includes Counting the 'Uh's
    • Your Midday Obama Market Update
    • What Kind of President Seeks to Effectively Tax Charitable Contributions?
    • 'As many as a third of potential [Obama] nominees were found to have had some tax questions to answer.'
    • Hillary to Arabs: Our Policy of Outreach to Iran Probably Won't Work

March 02

    • Tune In
    • Will 'Obama-Resistant' Be the Investing Adjective of 2009?
    • If at First You Don't Succeed, Try the Exact Same Thing Again?
    • Will Offshore Drilling Be a Big Issue in Virginia's Governor's Race?
    • Durbin: Bobby Rush Intimidated Us Into Accepting Burris
    • Obama Reaches His Expiration Date on Earmark Rhetoric
    • Economic America Continues Its Vote of No Confidence
    • I Thought the Ides of March Was Supposed to Be Trouble

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