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Working in the West Wing: Doing a TV news interview on the North Lawn
This is the second in a series of occasional posts about the nitty gritty of working in the West Wing of the White House. I am describing things as they were in the Bush Administration. YMMV in the...
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Dr. Goolsbee gets it wrong on the auto loans
This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace moderated a discussion about the auto industry. One of his guests was Dr. Austan Goolsbee, who is a Member of President Obama’s Council of Economic...
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Government Motors discussion on Fox News Sunday (continued)
In an earlier post I attempted to correct Dr. Austan Goolsbee’s incorrect and inflammatory statements about President Bush.I would like here to add my views to one additional question on the auto...
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Director Orszag’s 10th year test and the health spending gap
The President and his Budget Director Peter Orszag argue they are being fiscally responsible when they support a massive new health entitlement. They are proposing savings in Medicare and Medicaid, and...
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Yesterday Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed me to be a member of a new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. I thank the Leader for the appointment, and will do my best to...
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20 questions for the President's press conference
President Obama is scheduled to hold a press conference tomorrow (Wednesday) evening at 8 PM EDT. I hope the questions are better than the one asked by Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times at the...
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Hennessey's health care reform plan, v2
President Obama has sent a letter to his White House mailing list that warns against “an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo.” I am not one of...
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Are we pointed in the right direction yet?
Here is President Obama in the Rose Garden last Friday: Today we’re pointed in the right direction. We’re losing jobs at less than half the rate we were when I took office. There is a difference...
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Incorrect conventional wisdom about health care reform
Here are ten pieces of conventional wisdom about health care reform that I think are wrong. CW #1. The Obama team learned and avoided the mistakes of HillaryCare. The Obama team avoided the mistake of...
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A checklist for the President's health care speech
Here is a checklist I will use this evening as I watch President Obama’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress (8 PM EDT). I hope you find it helpful. Deadline - Does the President set any hard...
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