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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 1 April | 94 comments (94 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Living off the Planet (none / 0)
If Obama would only approach our involvement in AfPak the way he has approached Health Care Reform and Climate Change we could be out in no time. When he took office he would have given Kabul and Kandahar to the Taliban to encourage them to compromise with the Karzai Government and reach a consensus. If that failed to do the trick, he would then call off strikes into Pakistan. Then convince Karzai to form a coalition with the Taliban so the USA could leave. In that setting those tactics would be progressive.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Mar 31st, 2010 at 11:06:38 PM EST
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'Obama's governing style' (none / 0)
Who'd Obama please with his offshore oil drilling plan? | McClatchy

The policy's framework fits Obama's governing style: To accomplish a liberal goal, in this case climate change legislation, take a centrist stance that may appeal to enough Republicans to win some bipartisan support, or at least justify action without bipartisan support.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., part of a bipartisan team working on compromise climate-change legislation in Congress, said of Obama's remarks, "I intend to answer the call by working with my Republican and Democratic Senate colleagues to put our nation on a pathway to energy independence and a cleaner environment."

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"Where are the Republicans out there talking about how crude is going to go down" when drilling is allowed, "because oil certainly isn't reacting to it today," said Michael Masters, a hedge fund manager who's testified repeatedly before Congress that big inflows of investment dollars are driving up oil prices, not supply shortages. "It's not a supply and demand issue. ... Crude is detached from the fundamentals."



The point is not to be right, but to get to right.
by marco on Thu Apr 1st, 2010 at 03:15:36 AM EST
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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 1 April | 94 comments (94 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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