Comments on: A New Dawn

By: Catrina

Catrina — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:41:10 +0000

A new thread from Chris B taking on an important and immediate issue in the Australian political landscape. Censorship

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:21:24 +0000

Whoops! EC we need to tie this one off.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:20:35 +0000

76% say Obama can fix economy – poll

CNN survey shows about three-quarters believe Obama will improve economic conditions and calm markets.
A poll released Thursday found that a majority of Americans believe that President-elect Barack Obama can fix the economy.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll, 76% of Americans said they believe it’s likely that Obama will improve economic conditions.

In addition, 73% of those surveyed said they believe that Obama will bring stability to the financial markets.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/news/economy/obama_poll/?postversion=2008111316

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:08:37 +0000

Minnesota recount.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/34485189.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

By: Enemy Combatant

Enemy Combatant — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:58:54 +0000

New thread up; Chris has cut loose!

Yeah, Kirri, The Kid is a classier and less flawed act that Bubba. More of a doer than a show pony.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:51:46 +0000

Obama makes a play for college football playoff.

It’s not exactly at the top of his agenda, but President-elect Barack Obama says there should be a college football playoff to determine a national champion. In fact, he knows exactly what he wants — an eight-team playoff.

This may not seem like much, but doing something positive like this can increase his popularity especially amongst white males, which was his weakness in the election.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxPX-tiHZTvNT3am9-M2aqrP7ELgD94FKRLG0

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:31:04 +0000

643 Kirribilli Removals There seem to be a pattern of governments learning from the previous governments mistakes, two that I can name off the top of my head are Hawky learning from Gough and Bracks learning from Cain. Second time around they are more cautious and are around for a lot longer.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:26:09 +0000

641 Gaffhook Good idea. I’ll do it when my thread goes up.

By: Kirribilli Removals

Kirribilli Removals — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:10:40 +0000

We know that history does not repeat, but occasionally likes to rhyme, and the more I read of the Clinton autobiography and compare his presidential victory against Bush the more Obama’s race seems to have strong parallels. In fact you could easily mistake large slabs of Clinton’s speeches in both primary and general campaigns for Obama’s. These are the main Democratic issues, but the similarities of the political landscape and the way the Republicans operated sometimes make me wonder which election I’m reading about.

The parallels are quite uncanny, even allowing for the irony of an incumbent Bush. But consider that both economies were in recession, (although the current one is off the seismograph), the sitting President had waged war in Iraq, Clinton ran on ‘bringing the nation together’ and health care and education, and Clinton’s demeanor was to rise above the personal attacks which the Republicans launched at him. Bush Snr of course ran the argument that Clinton was a liberal lefty who could not ‘keep us safe’ while he could.

Even the way Clinton’s campaign used new technology has parallels, and I keep feeling that Obama is the Clinton we wished Clinton had been! Instead of getting bogged down with gays in the military and a long and dreary investigation of his personal peccadilloes, we all feel certain that Obama will be more sure footed, more steady, and probably more able to deliver on his promises.

By: Enemy Combatant

Enemy Combatant — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:37:19 +0000

Mornin’ All,

Chris, you’ve got gmail.