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Of Financial Capital and Human Capital: Why We're Bailing Out Wall Street While Allowing Our Schools to Get Clobbered (tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

Our preoccupation with the immediate crisis of financial capital is causing us to overlook the bigger crisis in America's human capital. While we commit hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,robert reich,economy,financial capital,human capital,bailouts,wall street,schools,property taxes

Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments |

Breaking: Hillary Is A Human Being (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

A very nice piece by John Harris and Glenn Thrush of The Politico gets at a forgotten dimension to the pick of Hillary as Secretary of State: How extraordinary a moment it is in the context of... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,hillary clinton,secretary of state,cabinet,presidentelect barack obama

Submitted 1 day ago by robertharding on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

Big News Orgs Help Bush Whitewash History Of Iraq War (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

This really isn't complicated. President Bush was not being "blunt" or showing "candor" when he told ABC News in an interview published yesterday that his biggest regret was the failure of... More

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Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on Iraq | 0 Comments |

Bill Clinton Spokesperson: Any Speculation He Wants Hillary's Senate Seat Is "Completely False" (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

We asked Bill Clinton spokesperson Matt McKenna for a response to the speculation that Bill is eying a takeover of Hillary's Senate seat, now that she's set to become Obama's Secretary of... More

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Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on NewYork | 0 Comments |

Trouble on the Horizon (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

There's a lot of speculation about what Obama's foreign policy picks mean. But what was and remains clear to me is that Obama, like most but by no means all Democrats, believes that settling the mess... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,jim jones,national security advisor,presidentelect barack obama,cabinet,national security,israel,palestine

Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

Obama: "I'm A Strong Believer In Strong Personalities" (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

A couple more quick points about today's Obama presser. First, it was striking how comfortable Obama appeared in a take-charge role when on a stage dominated by heavy hitters like Robert Gates and... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,presidentelect barack obama,cabinet,robert gates,hillary clinton

Submitted 3 days ago by robertharding on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

Hillary To Be Named Secretary Of State Tomorrow In Chicago (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

It's official. A person close to Hillary Clinton tells me that she will be in Chicago tomorrow to be named President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of State.

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,clinton,secretary of state

Submitted 4 days ago by SpencerKent on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

Optimism Grows Among Experts That Obama Will Act Quickly On Health Care (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

After an earlier round of hand-wringing about whether President-elect Obama would push off health care reform out of fear of its economic and political costs, some experts and advocates in the field... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,health care,cabinet,presidentelect barack obama,tom daschle,health and human services

Submitted 15 days ago by robertharding on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

Optimism Grows Among Experts That Obama Will Act Quickly On Health Care (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

After an earlier round of hand-wringing about whether President-elect Obama would push off health care reform out of fear of its economic and political costs, some experts and advocates in the field... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,health care,barack obama,presidentelect,health care reform,tom daschle

Submitted 15 days ago by robertharding on Healthcare | 0 Comments |

GOP Plowing Big Money And Big Names Into Georgia Senate Race (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

The Republicans are stepping up their efforts in the heated Georgia Senate runoff, a sign that they may be seriously worried that incumbent GOP Senator Saxby Chambliss could lose to Democratic... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,georgia,gasen,georgia runoff,nrsc,saxby chambliss,jim martin,republicans democrats,2008 elections,campaign finance,december 2

Submitted 15 days ago by robertharding on GeorgiaRunoff | 0 Comments |

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