Barack Obama

Weak Republican Field Means Obama’s Re-Election – Second Term President Would Have The Opportunity To Lead By Fashioning Bipartisan Consensus Behind Major Reforms. Will He Do it?

Posted by on February 22, 2012 at 10:37 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 22, 2012 WASHINGTON – Whatever happens with the Republican nomination process, the winner is unlikely to truly inspire America. For different reasons, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are all very weak candidates. (I shall not even try to assess Ron Paul, who lives all by himself in a [...]

America Hit By 2009 Recession As Wages Were Stagnant Due To Global Competition – Citigroup Peter Orszag Argues That US Should Invest Smartly In Education As A Way To Regain Strength

Posted by on February 19, 2012 at 11:44 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 19, 2012 WASHINGTON – America is short of breath because we have to deal with the impact of two major issues. The first one is stagnant or declining wages, a global “tectonic shift“ affecting most developed economies that started several years ago. The second one is the gigantic financial crisis that we are very slowly trying [...]

UN General Assembly Voted To Condemn Syria – Nice Gesture, But Toothless – US Uses Strong Language But It Will Do Nothing – America Still A Superpower?

Posted by on February 16, 2012 at 11:54 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 16, 2012 WASHINGTON – The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on February 16 in favor of a resolution that condemns Syria’s government violent repression of the ongoing uprising. The vote was 137 to 12, with 17 abstentions. So, the  message is clear. The world condemns Syria.

Greek President Papoulias Gave Up Salary To Help With Budget Crisis – However, For Only Ceremonial Duties He Was Making $ 370,000 – Obama, Chief Executive Of The World’s Largest Power, Makes $ 400,000 – The Greeks Live In A Fantasy World

Posted by on February 15, 2012 at 9:50 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 15, 2012 WASHINGTON – The President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, made headlines by criticizing the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schauble, because he has said unkind things about Greece being a bottomless pit, or something to that effect. So, the old patriotic President got irritated and reacted against the  arrogance of [...]

Perfect Agreement Between Democrats And Republicans On Pro-Growth Policies At GE Event on Competitiveness – Can These Centrists Take Control Of Their Parties In Washington? This Is Only Way To Pass Reforms

Posted by on February 14, 2012 at 11:36 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 14, 2012 WASHINGTON – General Electric is hosting a major event in Washington, DC, titled American Competitiveness: What Works. Given GE’s convening power, lots of interesting people from industry, government, the media and think tanks are attending and speaking. And mostly the panelists and speakers talk about the right things. [...]

Obama Will Stay Out Of Syria – Lack Of US Engagement Shows That Weakened US Is Unwilling To Lead – Have We Just Entered A Post-America World?

Posted by on February 10, 2012 at 11:45 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 10, 2012 WASHINGTON – The normally level headed The Economist came up with a fanciful and really complicated plan that should lead to the forced retirement of Syria’s Bashar Assad. It would not be an invasion, nor a bombing campaign against Assad’s loyal army relentlessly pounding the lightly armed rebels in Homs [...]

Confused Republicans Will Have A Weak Candidate – Four More Years For Obama – Bad for America, As This President Has No Convincing Pro-Growth Plan

Posted by on February 9, 2012 at 11:28 pm

By Paolo von Schirach February 9, 2012 WASHINGTON – The confused and fractious Republicans appear terminally incapable of getting their act together, as the latest contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri won by comfortable margins by conservative Rick Santorum show. By now it is pretty obvious: a large chunk of the rank and file GOP activists really do not [...]

Attempts At Injecting New Vigor Into The Atlantic Community Linking America And Europe Will Fail – US Short Of Breath, EU In Serious Trouble – Societies In Decline Are Inward Looking – No Interest In Cooperation

Posted by on January 31, 2012 at 10:52 pm

By Paolo von Schirach January 31, 2012 WASHINGTON – Wolfgang Ischinger, former German Deputy Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, former Russian Foreign Minister, and San Nunn, former US Senator, and once Chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, in their current role as co-chairmen of the Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative voice their concern about the future [...]

DOE Revised Down US Natural Gas Estimates – But There Is Still Plenty, And Cheaper Than Renewable Energy – Yet NYT Pretends Gas Does Not Exist

Posted by on January 30, 2012 at 11:15 pm

By Paolo von Schirach January 30, 2012 WASHINGTON - The US Department of Energy, DOE,  just cut down significantly its previous estimates about the amount of recoverable shale gas in the US. This is largely about having reduced the outlook for one of the biggest basins, the Marcellus shale, located in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York. However, even assuming that these [...]

Obama’s Election Strategy Is To Push “Fairness”, As If This Would Solve Anything – Taxing The Rich Will Not Get Higher Growth, Nor Will It Get Better Educated Children

Posted by on January 26, 2012 at 11:49 pm

By Paolo von Schirach January 26, 2012 WASHINGTON – It is quite depressing to observe Washington total political paralysis, accompanied by cheap and openly divisive populism. Admittedly, it is difficult to govern when the two parties are so deeply divided. But the president has to try. This is what he was elected to do and what he gets paid [...]

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