Swampland (Free subscription) | yesterday
For anyone out there who shares my enjoyment of poring over these things and reading too much into them, I've pasted after the jump a list of the expected attendees at tonight's White House State Dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. Which Emanuel brother wasn't at the dinner? Does the fact that Peter Orszag went stag [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Add David Obey to the increasingly vocal foes of General Stanley McChrystal's proposed escalation of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a group that includes Arlen Specter and the 57 Congresspeople who signed Massachusetts Congressmen James McGovern's letter to the President. "There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
American president's, regardless of party, usually pick an economic team friendly to Wall Street. In fact, key Wall Street players usually are the heart and "soul" of presidential economic teams. Peter Orszag may be a decent OMB director but the team is mostly a bunch of predatory bankster shills, barely an iota better than the disastrous team Bush fielded. Tim Geithner, Lawrence Summers,...
Brutally Honest (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
A week ago, in The New York Times: In a July meeting, Chinese officials asked their American counterparts detailed questions about the health care legislation making its way through Congress. The president’s budget director, Peter R. Orszag, answered most of...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
By GottaLaff Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) says that a whole lotta libs are not thrilled with Tim: A Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) member said there's "growing consensus" among liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down . [...] DeFazio said that lawmakers have not yet drafted a plan to remove Geithner . The lawmaker also took aim at top Obama economic adviser...
Choosing Democracy (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
A Wake Up Call on Jobs by Robert Kuttner President Obama has announced a White House Jobs Summit for next month. At least that's the beginning of recognition that the unemployment rate is unacceptable. The measured rate is now 10.2 percent, but if you count people who have given up or who are involuntarily working part time, the real rate is over 17 percent. This spells political catastrophe for Democrats...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
For the last several days Obama has been on a “deficit reduction” kick. “Debt-driven growth cannot fuel America’s long-term prosperity” he says. Which is a funny turn-about given that in his first 10 months in office Obama has tripled the deficit. But let’s not pretend like he’s not serious about this. Which begs the question, how is he going to accomplish...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Bloomberg TV will focus on Washington tomorrow and Friday for the "Bloomberg Washington Summit: Power Players Speak," hosted by Peter Cook . The summit will include key moments from interviews with OMB director Peter Orszag, T. Boone Pickens, commander of Central Command David Petraeus and others. The first hour-long program airs Thursday at 9pm. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best...
RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
WOLF BLITZER: Let's discuss this and more with Peter Orszag. He's the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Thanks very much for coming in, Peter. PETER ORSZAG, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET: Good to be here, Wolf. BLITZER: Trillion-dollar plus deficits as far as the eye can see? That's going to cause enormous long-term damage to average folks. Explain why you're so concerned...
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Today’s Hope and Change… White House Budget Director Peter Orszag warned about the serious and unsustainable national deficit today. The Hill reported: White House Budget Director Peter Orszag warned Tuesday that large federal deficits will eventually imperil the U.S. economy because they will lead to higher interest rates and more borrowing from overseas. Orszag, in a speech in New [...]...
JustOneMinute (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, has gotten himself into an argument with a man who buys pixels by the barrel. Last week WaPo editor Fred Hiatt opined that the Democrat's risky health reform schemes failed...
The Caucus (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Peter R. Orszag, President Obama's budget director, said on Tuesday that the White House economic team is considering "a range of options" so the president can keep his promise to reduce federal budget deficits.
FREEDOM EDEN (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Who has been the most frequent visitor to the Obama White House , according to the records released by the administration? The Obama administration on Friday released a partial roster of visitors in the first six months of President Obama’s term, a disclosure that shows business executives, labor leaders, lobbyists and a sprinkling of celebrities were cleared into the White House for meetings,...
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Wall Street Journal reports today on Obama's estimated $1.4 trillion deficit and how it seems to be having little impact on Congress' spending plans. As White House budget director Peter Orszag was reporting...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Over the past month, the White House and Democratic leaders have been upping their pressure on Maine senator Susan Collins to cross party lines and vote for their proposed health-care reform. According to the Washington Post , she's met with White House budget guru Peter Orszag, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and even sat down with Rahm Emanuel for an hour (a meeting during which the president...
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