Nothing succeeds like success. In the midst of a serious downturn in his popularity and questions about his ability to lead, President Obama has had two notable successes in the last week. First, he was able to muster enough Democratic votes to push through health care reform, the third major revision in U.S. social policy […]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
President Obama’s Learning Curve
Will President Obama learn? Those who are optimists are waiting. The pessimists say it is already too late.
Three issues show how the current President must change to indicate on-the-job learning. First, there is his relationship with the bankers. President Obama thought he could do business with the bankers. This has not happened. Instead […]
The last taboo
U.S Vice President Joseph Biden recently visited the Middle East to try to restart the stalled peace negotiations. His aim was to organize indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians after a year of official inactivity.
He began in Israel, reiterating the importance of Israel for the United States and America’s […]
Getting to yes
The recent actions by Libya towards Switzerland are not easy to understand. Calls for dismantling the country, a jihad and an embargo are not the same as an in person visit to the imprisoned Swiss by the son of President Khadafi.
At the same time that contradictory signals are coming from Tripoli, both sides […]
Health summit symptomatic of US party differences
On Thursday, President Obama held a health summit with Republican and Democrat Congressional leaders to try to resolve differences between bills passed by the House and Senate. Before national television, a roundtable debate took place for six hours that was not only good theatre, but highlighted major philosophical differences on health care reform […]
