Jonathan Alter, Author

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Jonathan Alter of "Newsweek" discusses his book "The Promise: President Obama, Year One"

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    1. NeilMacCallister  06/23/2010 04:10 AM Report

      "Oh, Rob!" (..Mary Tyler Moore) .."Are you kidding me?"

      Did GWB add nine trillion to the national debt like Obama has????? ..(see outgoimg Peter Orszag)

      Sorry Rob, ..forget it, ..it's only America.

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      As I listened to this interview (..did you hear the first 15 minutes????), I could not believe a national published author could be so chaotic in his thoughts!

      I remember thinking, "I hope he has a good editor"!

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      Then I found out he sat with the rest as Paul McCartney seranaded the President and the First Lady with "Michelle".

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      Tonight on the radio, I listened to Paul sing "Maybe I'm Amazed".

      Wouldn't that have been a much closer tribute to Michelle Obama?

      Standing by her man?

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      We are so thin as a culture.

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      But our individuals are strong.

      Bless them.

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      "Baby won't you help me understand."

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84zXffLRKwQ

    2. robdverity  06/09/2010 06:14 PM Report

      On things that matter Bush and Obama are not that dissimilar.

    3. bratschekind  06/08/2010 01:42 PM Report

      As to Jonathan Alter's unabashed gushing over Obama: Man, just get a room, why don't you!! And will someone please tell me when Obama and his sycophants will start taking responsibility rather than everything being Bush's fault. Obama has been in control for 16 months now, but the supposed lax oversight by MMS is Bush's fault? That's rich.

    4. REMant  06/08/2010 11:47 AM Report

      For sure Obama was slow to see the political damage in the oil spill Carville pointed out. I mean that IS what he said, when you read between the lines, and the admin jumped. If you talk about the TARP as needed infrastructure, etc, spending, instead of stimulus then you can argue it was successful, but not otherwise. Two years into the Depression, long before FDR was elected, there wasn't that much of a depression either, and I think it remains to be seen what the effect this and the Fed's actions will be beyond maintaining employment, and at what cost. This administration has only just begun hinting at deficit problems like Cameron and Merkel have.