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To: stockman_scott who wrote (95495)	1/14/2007 3:17:28 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361700

Will Obama Announce This Week? by MissLaura Sun Jan 14, 2007 at 11:57:35 AM PST Political Wire is reporting that Barack Obama may announce his candidacy for president on Wednesday's Oprah Winfrey Show, citing an inside source and the fact that: The Oprah schedule for Wednesday, January 17 says to "check back later" for more details on the show. Since all shows are taped in advance, this suggests something is up. More signs of the imminence of his announcement come from his appearance on Face the Nation. "I will have something to say about that fairly soon," Obama told Bob Schieffer. "Obviously, there's been a lot of talk. It's something that I've been considering. I've said I've been considering it. And we'll be making an announcement fairly soon." When pressed for a more specific timetable, Obama only smiled and said, "It will be pretty soon." And the Washington Post has Sen. Harry Reid pointing to a prospective Obama visit to Nevada as a sign of the viability of the Nevada caucus. Political Wire also points to a Chicago Tribune article on "Obama's Inner Circle." The article several times stresses Obama's willingness to be challenged by his friends and advisors. "He really wants to know all the points of view in the room. He doesn't want to shut people down or force a consensus," said Michael Froman, an informal Obama adviser who was a Harvard Law classmate and chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Bob Rubin. Obama "pushes back" in those conversations, said Jarrett, a friend of both Obamas whose dining room table in Hyde Park has sometimes been the setting for consultations. He's intent on thinking through ideas thoroughly, she said. In other words, the article, perhaps guided by his friends, works to show that he may not have the most experience of anyone in the race, but he's no George W. Bush, simply accepting what he's told by Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. According to the article, Obama has many pieces of a presidential campaign lined up: David Plouffe, an Axelrod partner who worked on Obama's 2004 Senate campaign, is the likely campaign manager. Bill Burton, national press secretary for the House Democrats' midterm campaign, is likely to join up, associates said. Direct mail consultants, a pollster, and a finance director are also named. Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times has an article on someone not named in the Tribune article, reporting that Louis Susman, John Kerry's national finance director in 2004, is an Obama supporter - in fact, it is unclear whether the article should be read as a portrait of someone involved in the campaign or as a public job application. Whatever the case, things are clearly coming together and it may be an interesting week in Obama news. dailykos.com

To: stockman_scott who wrote (95495)	1/14/2007 11:23:24 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 361700

The Texas Strategy, The Urge to Surge, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times select.nytimes.com Excerpts here: economistsview.typepad.com Hundreds of news articles and opinion pieces have described President Bush’s decision to escalate the Iraq war as a “Hail Mary pass.” But that’s the wrong metaphor. Mr. Bush isn’t Roger Staubach, trying to pull out a win for the Dallas Cowboys. He’s Charles Keating, using other people’s money to keep Lincoln Savings going long after it should have been shut down — and squandering the life savings of thousands of investors, not to mention billions in taxpayer dollars, along the way. The parallel is actually quite exact. During the savings and loan scandal..., people like Mr. Keating kept failed banks going by faking financial success. Mr. Bush has kept a failed war going by faking military success. ...