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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
No Boiled Carrots — Barack Obama even needs a teleprompter to get mad. — On St. Patrick's Day, the president spoke a bit of Gaelic, dyed the White House fountains green and talked about his distant relatives in the tiny Irish town of Moneygall, aptly named since money and gall are the two topics now consuming him.
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Steven Pearlstein / Washington Post:
Wall Street's Dangerous Refusal to Learn — You have to wonder what else has to go wrong, how much more wealth will need to be destroyed, before the people on Wall Street get the message that it's no longer business as usual. — The latest outrage, of course, is over the $400 million …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:Paying Workers More to Fix Their Own Mess
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Edward M. Liddy / Washington Post:
Repairing AIG and Repaying the Public — The government rescue of American International Group (AIG) and other financial firms has produced a palpable wave of anger on the part of Americans and a rising public demand for accountability from corporate and government leaders.
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White House Calls Bonuses a Late Surprise — Congress Moves to Impose Hefty Tax on Executives Who Don't Return Money — Senior White House officials said last night that President Obama did not learn that bonuses worth $165 million were to be paid to executives of American International …
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Associated Press:
Begorra! Irish PM trips over White House speech — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen was just a few paragraphs into an address at a St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House when he realized something sounded way too familiar.
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Tom LoBianco / Washington Times:
Obama climate plan could cost $2 trillion — UPDATED: — President Obama's climate plan could cost industry close to $2 trillion, nearly three times the White House's initial estimate of the so-called “cap-and-trade” legislation, according to Senate staffers who were briefed by the White House.
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
President's Budget Strategy Under Fire — Tactic May Break Obama's Bipartisan Pledge, GOP Says — Senior members of the Obama administration are pressing lawmakers to use a shortcut to drive the president's signature initiatives on health care and energy through Congress without Republican votes …
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Obama axes GOP in new budget push — President Obama ditched his bipartisan budget sales pitch Tuesday and went on the offense against his Republican critics. — The move comes after the president felt substantial pushback from lawmakers in both parties who sharply attacked key elements in his $3.55 trillion proposal.
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David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
There are fates worse than bonuses — Here's an idea: If you stop nationalizing banks, there will be no need to engage in phony-baloney indignation over bonus payments anymore. — This cockamamie populism in Washington really hit its stride when Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley suggested …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:Washington knew AIG was preparing to pay bonuses
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Bush says it's ‘essential’ to help Obama — CALGARY, Alberta - Former President George W. Bush, making his first public speech since leaving office in January, says he wants Barack Obama to succeed and that it's “essential” to support the new leader. — Bush declined to critique …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:Bush promises not to attack Obama
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Serena Ng / Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds May Get AIG Cash — Some Bailout Money Is Set Aside to Pay Firms That Bet Housing Market Would Crater — Some of the billions of dollars that the U.S. government paid to bail out American International Group Inc. stand to benefit hedge funds that bet on a falling housing market …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Stayin' Alive — The inside story of health care reform's near-death experience. — In early January, most of Barack Obama's senior staff assembled with the president-elect for a meeting inside a windowless, eighth-floor office at the transition headquarters in Washington.
Wall Street Journal:
Financial Journalists Fail Upward — “Listen, you knew what the banks were doing and yet were touting it for months and months,” said “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart to CNBC superstar Jim Cramer in their much-discussed confrontation last week. “The entire network was, and so now to pretend …
The Politico:
Some Dems want brake in Obama plans — Barack Obama's Big Bang Theory of Governance is starting to face its first big test among the new president's fellow Democrats. — At the White House Tuesday morning, Obama began the day with a sharp push-back against the idea that his far-reaching agenda …
Marybeth Hicks / Washington Times:
Men are women's ‘issue’ — Last week, President Obama signed an executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. He did so with a speech in which he praised the perseverance and pluck of his own single mother, the grandmother who ultimately raised him, and especially his wife …
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Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Specter won't rule out run as an Independent — Sen. Arlen Specter said Tuesday that he will not run for reelection in 2010 as a Democrat, but might run as an Independent. — The Pennsylvania Republican has been under tremendous pressure from the GOP base since being one of just three Republicans …
Pamela A. MacLean / LAW.com:
In a First, Bankruptcy Judge Rules Calif. City Can Void Union Contracts — Post a Comment Printer-friendly Email this Article Reprints & Permissions — In the first ruling of its kind, a bankruptcy judge held the city of Vallejo, Calif. has the authority to void its existing union contracts …
CNN:
Obama's Final Four picks revealed — (CNN) — President Obama's NCAA Men's basketball Final Four picks, unveiled Wednesday, reveals the nation's first hoops fan picked Big East powerhouses Louisville and Pittsburgh, along with Memphis and the University of North Carolina.
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