Maegan Carberry

W&W: Politicking Yields Winning Time for Obama, Oscar

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ February 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

NOTE FROM MAEGAN: Please forgive the awful sound of my scratchy Darth Vader voice!! I’ve been pushing myself too hard in New York and I’m permanently sick.
How about that? Mr. Obama came to Washington and got his stimulus. Of course, he didn’t have the “presidential mojo” to sign the bill in DC. But here’s [...]

CNN’s Ali Velshi on Wilshire & Washington

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When you look at that $825 billion bailout, what do you see? Massive government spending? Necessary infrastructure changes? Something shiny? It’s like a Rorschach test for political dogma. So if you’re confused by Rush Limbaugh’s explanation – who isn’t? – here’s a balm: stop listening to self-involved blowhards and listen to people who actually studied [...]

Selling the Stimulus Plan

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ January 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you missed the President’s first official YouTube address, here it is. A portion of it is dedicated to his plan to save the economy, which has been widely regarded on both sides of the philosophical spectrum as too much or too little. Today Paul Krugman debunks what he calls Republican myths about the plan, [...]

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