Presidential Scold

New Orleans Paul Krugman in the New York Times makes the dead-on point that the President needs to be a little more “populist” – appealing to the masses rather than the elites – about the gross excesses of Wall Street pay and reining in the bankers.  There his comments would be welcome because the federal [...]

Obama Immigration Drop-in Drop-Out

New Orleans One of the Obama pop-ups yesterday that was NOT in the news, probably for obvious and deliberate reasons, was President Obama’s drop by at a meeting between Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and an array of people who are strongly committed to comprehensive immigration reform from business, religion, labor, [...]

Obama on Faith Call

New Orleans There were technical problems and it was a weird experience, but I have to say, of the millions of conference calls I do in a year, it’s still special to have the President of the United States pop on to one.  What a powerful political tool with such huge potential – I want [...]

Healthcare Reform by Email

Baltimore An email comes from the POTUS or President Obama as he’s more widely known, and you think, gee, something’s up.  Maybe they are taking this fight seriously for a change?  But, then you remember this is just an email, which is different from a real fight.

Nonetheless those who are intent of fear mongering and [...]

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