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The Spectacle Blog
What to Watch For:
Chinese Premier set to meet with Japan, South Korea at third trilateral summit; hints at cautiously holding North Korea responsible for sinking of South Korean ship (Xinhua News Agency) (Wall Street Journal)
In the midst of two wars and a repeal of DADT, Obama will forgo traditional Memorial Day address at Arlington Cemetery to spend time in Chicago (Washington Post)
House Dems hope to push jobless benefits and tax measures bill to Senate floor as current benefits set to expire May 31 (Reuters); CBO estimates it will add roughly $115 billion to deficit over FY 2010 and 2011, and roughly $84 billion over 2010-2015 and 2015-2020 time periods (Congressional Budget Office)
Clip of the Day:
So much for the end of “politics as usual.” The National Republican Senatorial Committee contrasts Obama’s criticisms of Katrina with the handling of the current Gulf crisis.
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Deborah D | 5.31.10 @ 6:49AM
Pretty powerful. James Carville -- amazing! Maybe some of the Dems are starting to actually wake up. You can't just BE a president -- you actually have to DO something (that helps) when you're the president. I believe Obama suffers from the paralysis of analysis. (I think that's an academic's main problem.)
Pat Spooner| 5.31.10 @ 7:02AM
You are so correct. Obama, and most of his staff, has no real world experience with which to base decisions and so the natural tendency is to delay, to try to convey that some thoughtful, logical analysis is taking place - all the while he is searching for the politically "correct" answer. An experience person can draw from their experience and understands that generally decisions are made with 80% of the data couple with reliance on experience to guide you to the appropriate anwer. Some who do this will occasionally make mistakes but many good decisions get made.
Curly Smith| 5.31.10 @ 8:08AM
It's the opposite of the "fake turkey" escapade where the media created a false story claiming that the shiny, crispy-skinned, delicious looking turkey was, in fact, a photo-op plastic turkey.
In this case, the media spun the story that the fake, plastic, inexperienced photo-op candidate was the most caring, charismatic, intelligent and competent candidate in a field full of competent candidates. Fortunately, the Ken Doll is still in his original packaging and will be a collectors item in a couple of years.
Tim*| 5.31.10 @ 8:19AM
We don't want Obama near Arlington Cemetery. It's about American Patriots , something Obama wouldn't understand.
ZerObama| 5.31.10 @ 1:08PM
Obama doesn't belong anywhere near Arlington Cemetery--neither did Willy Nilly Clinton.