At the annual Democratic Party meeting there should be a mandatory seminar on communication. Not properly communicating has cost the Democrats dearly. It was a big nail in the coffin on health care. People couldn’t understand things like “health exchanges” or “public option”. Even the one simple word left a bad feeling with voters – […]
I keep hearing the media say that Obama is “fear mongering” when talking about the stimulus plan. Here’s an example from today: The Note, 02/11/09: Fear Itself — A $3 trillion day, a bailout bust, as the president stokes fear to prod action So we are losing a record number of jobs, businesses are closing […]
If there was ever any doubt that FOX news is the media wing of the GOP, then those doubts can be put to rest thanks to Media Matters: During the February 10 edition of Fox News’ Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott claimed that “the Senate is expected to pass the $838 billion stimulus plan — […]
Paul Krugman has some advice for Barack Obama: Whatever the new administration does, we’re in for months, perhaps even a year, of economic hell. After that, things should get better, as President Obama’s stimulus plan — O.K., I’m told that the politically correct term is now “economic recovery plan” — begins to gain traction. Late […]
And not in a good way Wall Street resumed its downward trek Friday as skittish investors, unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy, drew little comfort from President Bush’s stimulus plan. Investors had already pulled back from a big early gain, with the major indexes trading mixed as Bush began to speak. […]