Conservative pastor withdraws from Obama inauguration
Conservative evangelical megachurch pastor Louie Giglio has withdrawn himself from President Obama’s inauguration ceremony, following the publication of an anti-gay sermon he gave in the 1990s. In a statement, Giglio explained his decision to “respectfully withdraw” his acceptance of the…
Juxtaposition: Christians in the Capital
Yesterday, the inaugural committee announced that Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, would be giving the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration ceremony on January 21. Less attention was given to the selection of conservative megachurch pastor Louie Giglio, who will…
Romney, Bain Capital, and Indiana
On Monday, the Obama campaign launched its latest installment on Mitt Romney’s history as a corporate raider, this time targeting Bain Capital’s takeover of SCM Office Supplies in Marion, IN. In addition to the video, there’s a brief slideshow about…
Juxtaposition: Micro-targeting in retail and politics
Several weeks back, the New York Times Magazine ran an adapted excerpt from Charles Duhigg’s new book, The Power of Habit. Duhigg’s book focuses on the emerging science about habits, and how companies (along with individuals) are using that knowledge…
“The massive resistance Republicans posed to Clinton in 1993 is impossible to imagine,” or it was in 2008.
Paul Krugman linked to this piece in a short blog post about the timidity of Obama’s reforms so far. As Krugman writes, “This is crazy: when you’re well down in the polls, minimal steps that won’t move the economy and…
Obama’s Michigan commencement speech: “Government is us.”
I’ve waited my whole life for a politician to say this. It’s something I’ve been saying for years. I even wrote a quick post about it last fall: “Us” vs “Them”. We need to look at government as what –…
Ezra Klein on the implications of Obama’s question time with House GOP
Good analysis of the implications of Obama’s question time with GOP that I’ve seen – though it’s interesting that Klein loves that a policy debate broke out, but then emphasizes the political implications of that debate. I’m also unsure whether…
Obama’s problem with “the vision thing” – Jeffrey Feldman on what was left out of the #SOTU
Sharp analysis, and Feldman even provides an excellent solution for Obama to adapt what he is saying into what he should be saying to communicate his big-picture view of America. Clipped from jeffrey-feldman.typepad.com No matter how strong President Obama’s performance…
Digby: “Until Democrats take conservative ideology head on…”
As usual, Digby provides the perspective, the analysis, and the spark we need to reframe this issue. Clipped from digbysblog.blogspot.com Now the truth of the matter is that “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter” because he left a much higher deficit…
Lugar Praises Obama’s Cairo Speech
A great catch by Ben Armbruster at ThinkProgress: However, during an interview with Bloomberg News this past weekend, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), ranking member of Foreign Relations Committee, broke ranks with his party’s criticism of Obama. Lugar called it an…
