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• Boehner: Obama 'whining,' 'childish'

  Thu Jul 1, 2010
  • Boehner does have a point on one thing. Instead of rushing off to eat macaroni salad and watch fireworks, Democrats should be rolling the cots into the Senate and forcing Republicans to stand there and actually filibuster an extension of unemployment benefits.

• Do you think Goldman Sachs executives helped their case today?

  Tue Apr 27, 2010
  • We put petty criminals in jail. Why not people who crashed the entire U.S. economy because of sheer greed?

• Which party has the better approach on financial reform?

  Mon Apr 26, 2010
  • The Republican approach is just to do nothing, so this is just kind of like a forfeit.

• What do you think of President Barack Obama's plan to increase offshore oil drilling?

  Wed Mar 31, 2010
  • I don't think the plan addresses the need for greater refining capacity. That's the real bottleneck, as I understand it.

• Which tech company made the biggest error?

  Wed Aug 19, 2009
  • The Facebook deal would have been broadcast.com in reverse. It would have launched Yahoo to the top and kept them there. Alas.

• Does it feel to you like the recovery has begun?

  Fri Jan 29, 2010
  • I work for a staffing company, and the outlook for 2010 is brighter than for 2009. It will take time, but we're seeing improvement.

• Should Sen. Harry Reid step down as majority leader after the disclosure of his comments about then Sen. Barack Obama's good prospects as a presidential candidate because he was 'light skinned' with 'no Negro dialect'?

  Mon Jan 11, 2010
  • What he said was a commentary about the American electorate. More faux outrage from folks who need to look in the mirror.

• Is the government within its rights to cut the pay of top executives at the companies that received the most bailout money?

  Thu Oct 22, 2009
  • Welfare recipients have to comply with conditions. Why shouldn't corporate welfare recipients have to do the same?

• Should President Obama have bowed to Japan's emperor?

  Mon Nov 16, 2009
  • Dumbest criticism I've seen yet. Another day, another example of the outrage meter dialed to 11 by right-wing whiners over something silly.

• Does the health bill proposed by Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, with its option for co-ops instead of a government-run insurance plan, offer a good middle ground?

  Wed Sep 16, 2009
  • Baucus means well, but if you're going to have an individual mandate, include a public option so we don't all become slaves to the insurers