by Robert Borosage | May 20, 2009 | Blog
A crisis that demands fundamental change. A president with a mandate to drive it. A Congress, controlled by Democrats, ready to act. Now comes the hard part: actually getting something real done. These are salad days for Democratic lobbyists, because deep pocket...
by Robert Borosage | May 13, 2009 | Blog
Is the Obama administration saving General Motors or is it saving auto industry jobs in the U.S.? Is it saving GM as an American brand or GM as an American manufacturer? These aren't academic questions. General Motors, which has been buttressed by $15.2 billion in...
by Robert Borosage | May 8, 2009 | Blog
Wrong Way Riegels became a football legend when Roy Riegels, captain of the California football team in the 1929 Rose Bowl picked up a fumble and rumbled the wrong way down the field. He was prevented from scoring a touchdown for the opposing team only when one of his...
by Robert Borosage | May 6, 2009 | Blog
"And the banks -- hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created—are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place" That was Sen Richard Durbin, the powerful Senate Democratic whip, irate as...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
Grading a president after 100 days always strikes me as presumptuous. The only real grade is an incomplete. And as good teachers will tell you, letter grades—as opposed to written evaluations—are inherently arbitrary and misleading. One thing is clear. If we're...
