Jul

8

Bring Back the Lobbyists

Category: David V. Johnson, lobbyists | Leave a Comment

by David V. Johnson
Last November, President-elect Obama declared he wouldn’t appoint lobbyists to his administration, because he sought to curtail the influence of “special interests” and “stop the revolving door” between big business and political power.  His advisers ballyhooed the lobbyist ban as part of “the strictest, and most far reaching ethics rules of any [...]

Jul

8

When It’s Okay To Be Stubborn

Category: Obama Pundit, Stimulus | Leave a Comment

by Obama Pundit
Apparently, it’s okay if you are Barack Obama.
George W. Bush was lambasted for his entire presidency for the way he would doggedly stick to a decision, even when things didn’t appear to be going his way.
Now, Obama has said that there is ‘nothing’ he ‘would have done differently’ about his stimulus plan.
Really?  Nothing?  [...]