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From the Told You So department: Bush needs a loan, capital he gloated over in 2005 all used up
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Everyone remember President Bush’s first press conference after the 11/04 elections, when he talked about how he had earned capital to spend?
Q Do you feel more free, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, in terms of feeling free, well, I don’t think you’ll let me be too free. There’s accountability and there are constraints on the presidency, as there should be in any system. I feel — I feel it is necessary to move an agenda that I told the American people I would move. Something refreshing about coming off an election, even more refreshing since we all got some sleep last night, but there’s — you go out and you make your case, and you tell the people this is what I intend to do. And after hundreds of speeches and three debates and interviews and the whole process, where you keep basically saying the same thing over and over again, that when you win, there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view, and that’s what I intend to tell the Congress, that I made it clear what I intend to do as the President, now let’s work to — and the people made it clear what they wanted, now let’s work together.
And it’s one of the wonderful — it’s like earning capital. You asked, do I feel free. Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style. That’s what happened in the — after the 2000 election, I earned some capital. I’ve earned capital in this election — and I’m going to spend it for what I told the people I’d spend it on, which is — you’ve heard the agenda: Social Security and tax reform, moving this economy forward, education, fighting and winning the war on terror.
We have an obligation in this country to continue to work with nations to help alleve poverty and disease. We will continue to press forward on the HIV/AIDS initiative, the Millennium Challenge Account. We will continue to do our duty to help feed the hungry. And I’m looking forward to it, I really am.
It’s been a — it’s been a fantastic experience campaigning the country. You’ve seen it from one — perspective, I’ve seen it from another. I saw you standing there at the last, final rally in Texas, to my right over there. I was observing you observe, and you saw the energy. And there was just something uplifting about people showing up at 11:00 p.m. at night, expressing their support and their prayers and their friendship. It’s a marvelous experience to campaign across the country.
[emphasis mine]
I cannot be the only one who thought, just like I think no one should call someone a “rising star,” “He is going to be so sorry he said that.”
Well, the way I read this story in Politico about shifts in the White House lobbyist, I’d say he’s looking to take out some loans for more capital. Doesn’t it seem counterintuitive, even if practically necessary, that the person elected as president of the United States would need to amp up the White House lobby efforts? I know, I know – it’s politics.
Still – I’m just saying – it’s fubar. The president is supposed to be the person the country wants, not the person who needs to convince everyone that he or she knows what to do and we better listen.
Sigh.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:05 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 2 Comments
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I’ve been saying it for days to my loved ones, then I heard it on NPR yesterday, as a fear from GOP strategist, Ed Rogers, and now, here’s more, this time, from Dick Morris:
What is McCain’s problem?
Why did he go from the most exciting candidate in the race a year ago to the verge of oblivion today?
Fundamentally, he failed to heed the Shakespeare’s admonition “to thine own self be true.” The John McCain of the 2000 campaign is nowhere in evidence in 2007.
Instead of challenging the party establishment, he pathetically waits at its door, hoping to be invited. Where he used to challenge the religious right, he now panders to them. Once he led the battle against big tobacco, for corporate governance reform, in favor of campaign financing changes, and in support of action against global warming.
Now he has been identified with two issues, neither popular in the Republican Party: The Iraqi troop surge and amnesty for illegal aliens.
Rather than stake out an independent voice apart from the Bush administration, he has become the last survivor at Custer’s Last Stand in its support of its policies.
And, less objectively:
He looks small, shrunken, weak, cowed, and timid. He shows all of his 70 years of age including the roughly lived period at the hands of the tender mercies of the North Vietnamese. It is hard to imagine him as a strong leader as he meekly answers questions from the likes of Tim Russert and George Stephanopoulos.
As for Guiliani, Morris thinks he may have peaked too soon also, but won’t commit.
What I don’t get is, if I could see this, months ago, why didn’t others, as in, the people giving him money and/or encouragement? Ditto Guiliaini. I have news for the GOP: he will not be its ’08 nominee. I don’t know who will be, but it’s not going to be McCain or Guiliani.
And if it is one of those two, say hello to a Democratic president, way more easily than people may say just yet.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:39 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 8 Comments
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Conflict of laws involving Parma parents who want to represent child in court heard in SCOTUS
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Thanks to the Plain Dealer’s Elizabeth Auster for providing this mid-afternoon update on how the oral argument proceeded in this case.
Here is the SCOTUS Blog’s argument preview.
You can also read the transcript of the oral argument from today here.
Remember, the Bush administration is siding with the parents re: they can represent their kids in a courtroom without a lawyer (the parents’ side is being argued by Jean-Claude Andre). Pierre Bergeron of Squire Sanders is representing the Parma schools. Auster’s article says that Justice Kennedy seemed to show some empathy for the parents, while Scalia was showing it for the school district.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:39 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
From the Told You So department: Bush needs a loan, capital he gloated over in 2005 all used up
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Everyone remember President Bush’s first press conference after the 11/04 elections, when he talked about how he had earned capital to spend?
Q Do you feel more free, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, in terms of feeling free, well, I don’t think you’ll let me be too free. There’s accountability and there are constraints on the presidency, as there should be in any system. I feel — I feel it is necessary to move an agenda that I told the American people I would move. Something refreshing about coming off an election, even more refreshing since we all got some sleep last night, but there’s — you go out and you make your case, and you tell the people this is what I intend to do. And after hundreds of speeches and three debates and interviews and the whole process, where you keep basically saying the same thing over and over again, that when you win, there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view, and that’s what I intend to tell the Congress, that I made it clear what I intend to do as the President, now let’s work to — and the people made it clear what they wanted, now let’s work together.
And it’s one of the wonderful — it’s like earning capital. You asked, do I feel free. Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style. That’s what happened in the — after the 2000 election, I earned some capital. I’ve earned capital in this election — and I’m going to spend it for what I told the people I’d spend it on, which is — you’ve heard the agenda: Social Security and tax reform, moving this economy forward, education, fighting and winning the war on terror.
We have an obligation in this country to continue to work with nations to help alleve poverty and disease. We will continue to press forward on the HIV/AIDS initiative, the Millennium Challenge Account. We will continue to do our duty to help feed the hungry. And I’m looking forward to it, I really am.
It’s been a — it’s been a fantastic experience campaigning the country. You’ve seen it from one — perspective, I’ve seen it from another. I saw you standing there at the last, final rally in Texas, to my right over there. I was observing you observe, and you saw the energy. And there was just something uplifting about people showing up at 11:00 p.m. at night, expressing their support and their prayers and their friendship. It’s a marvelous experience to campaign across the country.
[emphasis mine]
I cannot be the only one who thought, just like I think no one should call someone a “rising star,” “He is going to be so sorry he said that.”
Well, the way I read this story in Politico about shifts in the White House lobbyist, I’d say he’s looking to take out some loans for more capital. Doesn’t it seem counterintuitive, even if practically necessary, that the person elected as president of the United States would need to amp up the White House lobby efforts? I know, I know – it’s politics.
Still – I’m just saying – it’s fubar. The president is supposed to be the person the country wants, not the person who needs to convince everyone that he or she knows what to do and we better listen.
Sigh.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:05 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
The Death of Senator John McCain – his candidacy, silly
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I’ve been saying it for days to my loved ones, then I heard it on NPR yesterday, as a fear from GOP strategist, Ed Rogers, and now, here’s more, this time, from Dick Morris:
What is McCain’s problem?
Why did he go from the most exciting candidate in the race a year ago to the verge of oblivion today?
Fundamentally, he failed to heed the Shakespeare’s admonition “to thine own self be true.” The John McCain of the 2000 campaign is nowhere in evidence in 2007.
Instead of challenging the party establishment, he pathetically waits at its door, hoping to be invited. Where he used to challenge the religious right, he now panders to them. Once he led the battle against big tobacco, for corporate governance reform, in favor of campaign financing changes, and in support of action against global warming.
Now he has been identified with two issues, neither popular in the Republican Party: The Iraqi troop surge and amnesty for illegal aliens.
Rather than stake out an independent voice apart from the Bush administration, he has become the last survivor at Custer’s Last Stand in its support of its policies.
And, less objectively:
He looks small, shrunken, weak, cowed, and timid. He shows all of his 70 years of age including the roughly lived period at the hands of the tender mercies of the North Vietnamese. It is hard to imagine him as a strong leader as he meekly answers questions from the likes of Tim Russert and George Stephanopoulos.
As for Guiliani, Morris thinks he may have peaked too soon also, but won’t commit.
What I don’t get is, if I could see this, months ago, why didn’t others, as in, the people giving him money and/or encouragement? Ditto Guiliaini. I have news for the GOP: he will not be its ’08 nominee. I don’t know who will be, but it’s not going to be McCain or Guiliani.
And if it is one of those two, say hello to a Democratic president, way more easily than people may say just yet.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:39 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
360 degree review of Obama: all live blog posts in one narrative entry
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This is a must-read. Wow. Thanks for the work, Wendell.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:42 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Conflict of laws involving Parma parents who want to represent child in court heard in SCOTUS
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Thanks to the Plain Dealer’s Elizabeth Auster for providing this mid-afternoon update on how the oral argument proceeded in this case.
Here is the SCOTUS Blog’s argument preview.
You can also read the transcript of the oral argument from today here.
Remember, the Bush administration is siding with the parents re: they can represent their kids in a courtroom without a lawyer (the parents’ side is being argued by Jean-Claude Andre). Pierre Bergeron of Squire Sanders is representing the Parma schools. Auster’s article says that Justice Kennedy seemed to show some empathy for the parents, while Scalia was showing it for the school district.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:39 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Obama coverage: MSM versus Blogs
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I’ve provided numerous links below to MSM accounts of Barack Obama’s Cleveland appearance at Tri-C last night and the Blog accounts.
Decide for yourself:
What was the event like, based on these reports?
What do you know now that you didn’t know before, simply by reading these news sources, all firsthand accounts (I know Mark Naymik and Bill Hershey were there – I’m going to vouch for the others because I can’t imagine that they weren’t if they’re on the byline)?
Which kind of news provision do you want more of?
What are the strengths/weaknesses of each method?
From the MSM:
The Plain Dealer
Dayton Daily News
Columbus Dispatch
Youngstown Vindicator
From the Blogs:
Blue Ohioan
Buckeye State Blog
Photoset: The Chief Source Prose entry: The Chief Source
Psychobilly Democrat
Wenblog
Writes Like She Talks
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:52 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 9 Comments
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27
Strickland not supportive of mandatory HPV
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Major hattip to Lisa Renee for posting from this Toledo Blade article re: Governor Strickland’s stance on the HPV vaccine:
While calling a new vaccine that protects against a virus that causes cervical cancer a “major medical breakthrough,” Gov. Ted Strickland said he does not favor making it mandatory.
“I think there are problems in trying to make it mandatory, and so that’s not where I’m going,” Mr. Strickland said.
“I think there are legitimate questions about when it should be administered,” he said.
The Blade should also talk to State Senator Kevin Coughlin, a Republican who expressed support for making the HPV vaccine mandatory. His name seems to have disappeared from the stories.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:33 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 6 Comments
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27
At the University of Akron, 3/12.
Frances Strickland to speak at luncheon Frances Strickland, First Lady of Ohio, will speak at the Women in Politics Luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 12, at Martin University Center. Strickland will talk about her experiences in politics and share her ideas on how to empower others to get involved.
The luncheon is being co-sponsored by The University of Akron, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and Women’s Studies Coordinating Council in honor of Women’s History Month.
Reservations are required and the cost of the luncheon is $6. Those planning to attend must R.S.V.P. by Monday, March 5, to the Bliss Institute at ext. 5182.
It’s looking like a good day for me…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:15 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 4 Comments
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27
Lorain Morning Journal editorial: dump the stigmatizing language
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Sounds like something else I read recently…
Glad to see it anyway.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:44 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
360 degree review of Obama: all live blog posts in one narrative entry
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This is a must-read. Wow. Thanks for the work, Wendell.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:42 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Conflict of laws involving Parma parents who want to represent child in court heard in SCOTUS
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Thanks to the Plain Dealer’s Elizabeth Auster for providing this mid-afternoon update on how the oral argument proceeded in this case.
Here is the SCOTUS Blog’s argument preview.
You can also read the transcript of the oral argument from today here.
Remember, the Bush administration is siding with the parents re: they can represent their kids in a courtroom without a lawyer (the parents’ side is being argued by Jean-Claude Andre). Pierre Bergeron of Squire Sanders is representing the Parma schools. Auster’s article says that Justice Kennedy seemed to show some empathy for the parents, while Scalia was showing it for the school district.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:39 pm February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
360 degree review of Obama: all live blog posts in one narrative entry
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This is a must-read. Wow. Thanks for the work, Wendell.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:42 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Strickland not supportive of mandatory HPV
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Major hattip to Lisa Renee for posting from this Toledo Blade article re: Governor Strickland’s stance on the HPV vaccine:
While calling a new vaccine that protects against a virus that causes cervical cancer a “major medical breakthrough,” Gov. Ted Strickland said he does not favor making it mandatory.
“I think there are problems in trying to make it mandatory, and so that’s not where I’m going,” Mr. Strickland said.
“I think there are legitimate questions about when it should be administered,” he said.
The Blade should also talk to State Senator Kevin Coughlin, a Republican who expressed support for making the HPV vaccine mandatory. His name seems to have disappeared from the stories.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:33 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 6 Comments
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27
At the University of Akron, 3/12.
Frances Strickland to speak at luncheon Frances Strickland, First Lady of Ohio, will speak at the Women in Politics Luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 12, at Martin University Center. Strickland will talk about her experiences in politics and share her ideas on how to empower others to get involved.
The luncheon is being co-sponsored by The University of Akron, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and Women’s Studies Coordinating Council in honor of Women’s History Month.
Reservations are required and the cost of the luncheon is $6. Those planning to attend must R.S.V.P. by Monday, March 5, to the Bliss Institute at ext. 5182.
It’s looking like a good day for me…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:15 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | 4 Comments
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27
Lorain Morning Journal editorial: dump the stigmatizing language
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Sounds like something else I read recently…
Glad to see it anyway.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:44 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Strickland not supportive of mandatory HPV
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Major hattip to Lisa Renee for posting from this Toledo Blade article re: Governor Strickland’s stance on the HPV vaccine:
While calling a new vaccine that protects against a virus that causes cervical cancer a “major medical breakthrough,” Gov. Ted Strickland said he does not favor making it mandatory.
“I think there are problems in trying to make it mandatory, and so that’s not where I’m going,” Mr. Strickland said.
“I think there are legitimate questions about when it should be administered,” he said.
The Blade should also talk to State Senator Kevin Coughlin, a Republican who expressed support for making the HPV vaccine mandatory. His name seems to have disappeared from the stories.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:33 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Frances Strickland, Women in Ohio Politics Speaker
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At the University of Akron, 3/12.
Frances Strickland to speak at luncheon Frances Strickland, First Lady of Ohio, will speak at the Women in Politics Luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 12, at Martin University Center. Strickland will talk about her experiences in politics and share her ideas on how to empower others to get involved.
The luncheon is being co-sponsored by The University of Akron, Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and Women’s Studies Coordinating Council in honor of Women’s History Month.
Reservations are required and the cost of the luncheon is $6. Those planning to attend must R.S.V.P. by Monday, March 5, to the Bliss Institute at ext. 5182.
It’s looking like a good day for me…
By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:15 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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27
Lorain Morning Journal editorial: dump the stigmatizing language
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Sounds like something else I read recently…
Glad to see it anyway.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:44 am February 27th, 2007 in Politics | Comments Off
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