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Obama says recovery efforts will trump deficit concerns

World Nov. 26, 2008 - 04:32AM JST ( 10 )

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rajakumarNov. 26, 2008 - 09:58AM JST

President Obama doing well at his job so far.

Nice to hear wiser comments on CNN from president Obama administration.

Obama needs to be himself and fix up the economy that needs more jobs,rebuild economic confidence and fight america's economic fears. The only fear that we need to fear is the economic fear itself.

Economic fears is now doing much more damage than necessary in economy.

How much more trillions /wealth will make USA better in future.

Repairing USA image/values/global relations via Obama administration may bring more money more easily than many other mission impossible ways.
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WolfpackNov. 26, 2008 - 10:56AM JST

Barack Obama is going to spend even more than Bush did - oh great! Republicans need to do just what the Democrats did, oppose everything that the opposite party does and blame them for everything. That was the Democrats strategy to regain power in Congress and Republicans should do the same. The one exception should be foreign affairs. Unlike the Democrats, Republicans should not try undermine their the president abroad - although I am sure they will be tempted to seek revenge for the blatant attacks against their own President over the past eight years.
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SezWho2Nov. 26, 2008 - 11:05AM JST

Wolfpack,

George W. Bush was not, for the Republicans, "their own President". At least he was not supposed to be. He was supposed to be the President for all Americans and he was not. His criticism did not just come from Democrats. It came from Democrats, from Independents, from Republicans who were not blinded by party loyalty. It also came from abroad. Bush undermined himself.

As far as spending is concerned, the division between Republicans and Democrats is not of recent vintage. They have been opposing each other on these issues for years and I don't necessarily expect it to stop soon. However, to pretend that it is either party which is responsible for this division is unduly partisan.
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BetzeeNov. 26, 2008 - 11:33AM JST

Thank you for pointing that out, SezWho. The bitterness in Wolfpack's post is palpable. I remember those "Sore Loserman" taunts; I'm not aware of any Democrat throwing the Republican loss in the face of the other side. Anyway, there's no need; Obama understands he is the president of all Americans, not just those who voted for him. And he's expressed a willingness to give other points of view a fair hearing. Most importantly, he's making appointments based on experience, not ideology or loyalty.
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skipthesongNov. 26, 2008 - 11:33AM JST

“They don’t want ideology, they don’t want bickering, they don’t want sniping. They want action and they want effectiveness.”

and a lot less politicians and a much reduced size of the Federal Government. Why don't they get that in their thick skulls?
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SuperLibNov. 26, 2008 - 02:28PM JST

Wow, is he really going to tackle farm subsidies? It's about damn time.
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mcheekyNov. 26, 2008 - 03:27PM JST

“Budget reform is not an option. It is an imperative. We cannot sustain a system that bleeds billions of taxpayer dollars on programs that have outlived their usefulness, or exist solely because of the power of a politician, lobbyist or interest group.”

Hallelujah and look out Senator Byrd and West Virginia!

While I salute budget cuts, and I mean BIG ones, I disagree with throwing more non-existent money at the problem. The U.S. could use a recession and the common sense and humility that comes with one.
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Helter_SkelterNov. 26, 2008 - 05:08PM JST

Yet he pledged a “page-by-page, line-by-line” budget review to root out unneeded spending.

Oh, sure. What a joke coming from a guy who's never met a government social program he didn't like. There's only one line he's going to review, and that's military spending. That oughta make the socialists and enemies of America happy!
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skipthesongNov. 26, 2008 - 06:18PM JST

root out unneeded spending" that's scary, coming from any politician.

90% of the programs out there shouldn't even be here as they were created in the 30's.
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SargeNov. 27, 2008 - 02:32PM JST

"he hopes to create a recession-busting 2.5 million jobs"

He won't be able to create that many jobs, and the majority of the jobs he does create won't be private sector jobs, they'll be make-work government jobs.

"Obama said he possesses a mandate to move the country in a new direction"

Nearly half the voters disagree.