He’s liberal, but refuses to acknowledge it. Is this intentional?
Why Obama’s left leaning is no tactical feint
By Clive Crook
On this page last week I argued that Barack Obama’s first budget showed him to be more of a left-leaning liberal than I and many others – sceptics and admirers alike – had previously supposed. People I respect have accused me of going off the deep end about this, or of neglecting Mr Obama’s tactical finesse, or both.
Mr Obama is calling for little that he did not promise in the campaign, I am reminded, so he cannot be accused of springing a surprise. I welcome many of the budget’s main elements, notably healthcare reform and the cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions, and the president made it clear all along that he wished to reverse the Bush tax cuts for the high paid. So the revelation that Mr Obama is a progressive liberal must arise from the proposal to curb high earners’ income-tax deductions. That was a surprise, but a small matter: hence the charge that I am getting carried away.
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Obama Bets Need for Speed Trumps Risk of Overloading Congress
By Julianna Goldman and Michael Tackett
March 9 (Bloomberg) — After his landslide electoral victory in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson acted urgently because his power would wane with time.
“This honeymoon won’t last,” Johnson said to aide Jack Valenti. “Every day I lose a little more political capital. That’s why we have to keep at it, never letting up.”
Barack Obama, who during his 2008 campaign talked about Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, is governing more like LBJ. Halfway to the 100-day mark in his presidency, Obama has committed more than $2 trillion to stimulate the economy, rescue Citigroup Inc., American International Group Inc. and other financial companies, expand health care and wean the U.S. from its dependence on foreign oil.
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