Letter from Washington: Money Talks

New Yorker by Ryan Lizza | Apr. 28, 2009 (Special Report)

Aides who thought that they were coming to Washington to achieve universal health insurance, rescue inner-city schools, or save the planet from global warming tend to view the Administration’s work on the financial system as a black hole threatening to swallow the real Obama agenda, with all its Rooseveltian ambition—an agenda crafted in the pre-crisis innocence of the early Presidential campaign. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
Topics: U.S. Budget, U.S. Economy, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Apr 27, 2009 - 5:18 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Scott Nearman (review), Kathryn Moffet (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Natasha Shebloski (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), mohamad sater (review), dkandme (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Apr 27, 2009 - 5:18 PM PDT
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Apr. 27, 2009

The flotilla of butts on the balcony, as it turned out, was not much more unsightly than the state of the economy left behind by the Bush Administration. More »

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 27, 2009
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Apr. 29, 2009
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Scott Nearman
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 by Scott Nearman - Apr. 27, 2009
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Natasha Shebloski
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 by Natasha Shebloski - Apr. 28, 2009

After reviewing the article I felt the article was somewhat biased. The authors didn't really do a good job at explaining both sides of the argument. I seemed to have lost interest as I continued reading.

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Kathryn Moffet
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 by Kathryn Moffet - Apr. 27, 2009

I think it has too much of the author's personal views (example: "apple-cheeked").

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