Faith or Folly?

Left wing liberals have, for the most part, have been large advocates of Obama and his plans towards the many policies that plague our great nation and its many political offices. Eleanor Clift, an editor for newsweek since 1985 who has held such positions as White House correspondent for both Newsweek as well as The LA Times, speaks of the conflict left sided liberals (mainly noting the Congressional Black Caucus) face with the newly elected President Obama in her article dubbed "The Left's Nirvana." Clift's article delves into a party-leader clash in which democratic liberals such as the CBC, who are completely anti-war, are faced with the problem that President Obama plans on maintaining a military presence in Afghanistan. While Obama did slightly slip on his pre-named Iraq policy of a16 month withdrawal to a recently announced 19 month plan, this isn't that big of a deal relative to the past few years, as mentioned by Clift. She makes sure to point out the difficult task faced by Obama daily which is to remain true to his campaign words and promises so that "Obamists" stay that way. She makes an example of Carter's time in office and his support abandonment by Vernon Jordan and his organization, as Carter had not passed the promised jobs bill.

This article is directed towards anyone from the amatuer politician to a random column skipper and everything in between. While Clift herself seems to be a supporter of the Obama adminsitration, she clearly set out to ask the questions which are needed to create critical thinking within any organization. Do you abandon your leader completely because you don't agree 100% with his policy? Is there ever a time when someone wholey agrees with a Executive Chief and/or his cronies? Clift also makes apparent the changing times and how things aren't run exactly the same as they were even 20 years ago.

As a political journalist of more than 20, Clift's arguements and ideas are deemed worthy of consideration. Her current assignment is to follow the jockeying over policy and politics in the Democratic-controlled Congress, as well as identify key contenders in such feilds.

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President Barrack Obama and his administration have successfully passed a bill allowing for the 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan to go into effect. The link above provides a detailed breakdown of the stimulus plan, and where the plan should take us if everything goes as planned. 281 billion of the original 787 will be used as tax cuts for businesses while the remaining half trillion will be used for government spending. (Schools, jobs, transportation, etc...) As stoked as I am to get some extra money this tax season, I'm left pondering if this stimulus plan will actually lift the dramatically falling economy, or will it just put this country further into debt?. In my eye's we are looking at yet another huge gamble brought on by our government seeing as we really dont have the money to be giving. Credit systems have become a large flaw in our current way of life, and in a large sense is a huge gamble in itself. There are many ways to look at the newly passed 787 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. What's done is done so there is no point getting upset about it. Like most of you, I am waiting to see the final outcome. Only time will tell.

Kyle Tannery

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