My guess is he's indifferent about 2012 ... he's doing as much as he can in this term to push his own (i.e. TPTB's) agenda ... TPTB will take good care of him regardless of whether he runs/wins in 2012 or not.

Quote: Nah...these companies would NEVER skimp on maintenance in order to boost the bottom line a recession....would they?

Depends. Is it cheaper to do the maintenance or settle the lawsuits? The answer here appears to be the latter if they ran their numbers right.

Quote:At Yale, he was a member of the Yale Political Union, the improv comedy troupe Just Add Water, Skull and Bones and the Yale Debate Association.

Owebama

Quote:Not anymore. I think he just lost himself the nomination in 2012.
How so?

Phif, well duh. But it is precisely why Goolsbee is perfect for the job.

Quote:Yet he is a religion to 40% of Americans. Scary as hell.Not anymore. I think he just lost himself the nomination in 2012.

Quote:how do we create ladders for communities and individuals to climb into the middle class

So transfer payments like black reparations and entitlements are a way to "climb" into the middle class ???????????????

Oh just stick a fork in it, this is so perverted. Someone who lives on the government dole is equated to someone who works for a living ???????

Un-frickkin-real. Please transport me into another universe; this one just sucks.

No Asimov, it's the American people who had their collective heads up their asses for voting for him.

Hardly surprising to see this ludicrous appointment from a guy who gave Summers & Geithner big jobs they can't do right.......

Just got back and watched most of it on TV.


He truly puts real meaning into the phrase "one trick pony".


I can barely make myself watch him.


Yet he is a religion to 40% of Americans. Scary as hell.

MSNBC says he's clearly leaving an opening to extending tax cuts for the wealthy, and they're discussing his passionate defense of Islam.

Fox News going back to Obama's statement last year that the last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession.

David Gergen, CNN: Mostly passionless and frankly boring other than the last answer on the mosque, but once again he impresses everyone with his confidence.

And I think tomorrow is an excellent time to reflect on that.

Done. John King says that was an hour and seventeen minutes.

They're our neighbors, they're our friends, they're our co-workers. When we start acting like their religion is somehow offensive, what does that say to them? I've got Muslims fighting for us in Afghanistan. We've gotta make sure we are crystal clear they are Americans and we honor their service and we don't differentiate between them and us.

Muslims have rejected this violent ideology for the most part. Overwhelmingly. They have the same interests we do, jobs, kids, etc.

We've gotta be clear about that... we've gotta be clear about that if we're gonna successfully reduce the terrorist threat. We need all the allies we can get. The people most interested in a war between Islam and the West are al Qaida! That's what they've been banking on!

We are gonna be able to stamp it out, but it's gonna take some time.

Q: The wisdom of the mosque. We know they have the right. Hasn't the threat itself of burning the Korans put American lives in danger, sir?

A: When someone goes out of their way to be provocative in a way that we know can inflame the passions of over a billion Muslims around the world...

With respect to the mosque in New York, I think I've been pretty clear. All men and women are created equal, religion is a fundamental right, if you could build a church on a site, you could build a synagogue or a Hindu temple, you should be able to build a mosque. Now I recognize the extraordinary sensitivities around 9/11, but we are not at war against Islam.

...that we don't start losing who we are or over-react if there is the threat of terrorism out there. We go about our business. We are tougher than that. Our churches and mosques and synagogues, that's what gives us strength.