The President-Elect, Barack Obama, seems to become more Rooseveltian day by day. He has established a close personal relationship with the American public. Roosevelt used the “fireside chat” on radio to create a very similar personal following. It seems quite possible that, at some stage, President Obama will have to face the same denigration which Roosevelt suffered…
December 23rd, 2008 | William Rees-Mogg | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "barack obama"
“Give us Obama.” America’s voters spoke yesterday.
As Dick Tuck put it, after losing a California State Senate election: “The people have spoken…the bastards.” America’s voters spoke yesterday. And they said, “Give us Obama.” “America is a place where all things are possible,” said the man himself in his victory speech…
November 6th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
U.S. Government Has Bought into 9 Major U.S. Banks
Yesterday, Paulson said he wanted to take over the banks “as soon as possible.” Today, Bloomberg says the U.S. government has already bought into 9 major U.S. banks…
October 15th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Statistically One Vote Doesn’t Make Any Difference
Barack Obama will be elected Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan before my vote makes any difference in a presidential election…
July 8th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 7 comments | Continued
Barack Obama is a Strong Favourite to Win the Presidency
On the whole, I have a better record of forecasting American elections than British. Distance makes one see the developments more clearly. I certainly can claim to be one of the early birds in detecting the strength of the movement towards Barack Obama. I am not sure that those early forecasts are of any importance except to the columnist himself, but they do reassure the writer that he, or she, is in touch with some sort of political reality.
June 5th, 2008 | William Rees-Mogg | 14 comments | Continued
Europe is About to Suffer an Outbreak of Obamamania
There has been an extraordinary shift in the age group which dominates political life, in Europe as well as the United States. Those of us who are older than the baby boomers, saw them take over from our generation and now see our children’s generation taking over from them.
February 25th, 2008 | William Rees-Mogg | 6 comments | Continued
Barack Obama Promises Voters That He Will Deal With Economic Matters in a Level-Headed, Pragmatic Way
Meanwhile, from the 50 states, the Democrats’ own darling, Barack Obama, promises voters that he will deal with economic matters in a level-headed, pragmatic way. He apparently had no economic program of his own, so he took Ms. Clinton’s.
February 19th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
McCain vs. Obama, a Battle of Major Political Figures in the Presidential Election
If the Presidential election is finally a contest between the two Senators, McCain and Obama, it will at least be a contest of major political figures. I would myself vote for Senator McCain, because he has the experience, and the proven character, to fill the role of Commander-in-Chief.
February 15th, 2008 | William Rees-Mogg | 7 comments | Continued