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Bobby Jindal's Brave Move

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:34:00 -0400

Bobby Jindal, the 38-year-old Indian-American governor of Louisiana, and a rising star in Republican circles, did a brave thing on Monday morning: He took to the op-ed page of The Washington Post to urge his fellow GOPers to "join the battle of ideas" on health care. That is, Republicans should put forward their own health care plan. And to get that process rolling, he put forth ten ideas of his own.

What Obama Doesn't Get About Americans and Health Care, Part 2

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:05:00 -0400

In the first part of this two-part piece, I noted that the hot issue-within-an-issue for Washington health care wonks is "bending the curve" on health care costs--that is, reducing future increases.

Even Barack Obama is talking the "bend" talk. In an interview with The Washington Post in July, the president used the "b-word" no less than 11 times. In this particular passage, he said that he wants to "bend" the cost curve, not only for government expenditures, but also for private-sector expenditures:

Analysis of President Obama's Health Care Speech | FOXNews

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:46:00 -0400

James Pinkerton gives his reaction to the president's speech on health care reform, and other FOX Forum contributors offer their analysis of President Obama's prime time address to a Joint Session of Congress. ...

Obama Needs to Focus on Health Not Health Insurance

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:19:00 -0400

Should health care be about activism and adrenaline, or about actual health and wellness? Perhaps we can agree that health care should not be about reckless driving--because car wrecks bad for America's health, and costly, too. Please keep reading, as I report, and you decide.

Obama's Class War

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:17:00 -0400

This week has brought retreat and retrenchment on healthcare. The headline in Politico was, "Health reform hits Senate speed bumps." As Politico explained, the bumps began on Monday, when "The Congressional Budget Office returned a $1.3 trillion price tag on Sen. Ted Kennedy's bill--a number that far exceeds what most lawmakers are willing to pay." And here's how the Associated Press summarized the Capitol proceedings:

The Obama Doctrine: Turning Missile Defense into Collective Security

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:50:00 -0400

President Obama campaigned on the repudiation of Bush-era policies, most notably the neoconservative idea of military pre-emption. The Bush Doctrine--regime change, followed by democratization and reconciliation--is indeed in disarray, but Barack Obama has yet to offer a fully complete alternative.

Face Off: Obama vs. Cheney | Russia Today

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:32:00 -0400

“Foreigners have a hard time understanding about American politics, that is, in a divided government system like we have here with the separation of powers,” explains James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation. “The Congress really has more power ...

US Congress to Obama: “You Can't Bring Them Here!” | Russia Today

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:07:00 -0400

But political analyst James Pinkerton of the New America Foundation thinks that Obama may have promised more than he could actually deliver. “As the saying goes, the more things change – the more they stay the same. There is a kind of protocol ...

Obama's 100 Days: Wall Street Crowd Makes His Administration Like Grant's

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:42:00 -0400

President Obama might be modeling his presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's. In hard times, most Democrats think fondly of the New Deal--certainly Obama's media fans are making the connection--but thus far, he is shaping up less like the 32nd president and more like the 18th, Ulysses S. Grant.

Medvedev and Obama: Competition or Cooperation at G20? | Russia Today

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:36:00 -0400

James Pinkerton from the New America Foundation says a transatlantic rift will cause big problems. Pinkerton remarked that “There is a substantial difference in views on the big issue of how to re-stimulate the economy. Germany will not follow the same ...

Obama Fever Alive and Well in Europe | Christian Broadcasting Network

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:13:00 -0400

Click play to watch David Brody's report followed by a CBN News interview with Jim Pinkerton of the New America Foundation. Besides working with world leaders to address the global financial meltdown, he will also be meeting with European leaders who ...

The Once and Future Reagan

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:58:00 -0500

Where have you gone, Ronald Reagan? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

And now, thanks to a remarkable new documentary film, "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny," all Americans can take inspiration from the life and works of our 40th President.

The world premiere was held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Friday night-the Gipper's 98th birthday.

GOP Has New Face, But Brand Has Far To Go | Christian Science Monitor

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:26:00 -0500

Jim Pinkerton, an adviser to Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign and veteran of past GOP White Houses, began his comments at the forum by asserting that “on competence, the Republican Party deserved to lose” last November. But he disagrees about the lack of parallels between now and the late 1970s. Pointing to a chart showing an explosion in the money supply in 2008, he predicted massive inflation, and thus, a return to GOP economic principles.

A Plan that Could Work for All of Us

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:22:00 -0500

On Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) unveiled a plan for helping homeowners to hang on to their homes--and hang on to the value of their homes. It’s a great idea, because it targets economic relief to the middle class in the Heartland, not the upper class in Manhattan and Beverly Hills. It’s a shame, though, that McConnell and the Republicans waited until after the 2008 elections, because this plan was available back in September, when the fiscal meltdown began. With a different response to the meltdown, history might have been a lot different.

Americans Are Not Your Enemy Obama Tells the Muslim World | Scotsman

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:04:00 -0500

"This is one of those instances where the medium is the message," said James Pinkerton, of the New America Foundation, a Washington think-tank. ...

Repairing the Republican Brand

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
01/27/2009 - 10:00am

On January 27, 2009, the New America Foundation hosted a panel of GOP thinkers and policymakers to discuss the current status of the Republican Party, the lessons of its defeat in the 2008 election and the challenges it faces in the years ahead. Featured speaker Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Policy Advisor to McCain for President and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, was followed by responses from New America

Beam Us Up, Barack!

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0500

The projected size of Barack Obama’s “stimulus package” is heading north, from hundreds of billions of dollars into the trillions. And the Obama program comes, of course, on top of the various Bush administration bailouts and commitments, estimated to run as high as $8.5 trillion.

Will this money be put to good use? That’s an important question for the new President, and an even more important question for America. The metric for all government spending ultimately comes down to a single query: What did you get for it?

Democrats Set Vote to Expand Kids' Health Plan | The Washington Times

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:18:00 -0500

... something else," said James Pinkerton of the New America Foundation, who worked in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush. ...

Fox News Watch, January 11, 2009 | Fox News

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:59:00 -0500

JIM PINKERTON, FELLOW & COLUMNIST, NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: Well, I think that the consensus in the middle of the press, the center left press, is, yes, we need a big stimulus package. And Paul Krugman and, for that matter, Nancy Pelosi ought to get out of the way and let this get enacted. Now, that's the argument, in January. Come February, when this thing gets voted on, we'll see. ...

Swift Confirmation Likely for Most Nominees | The Washington Times

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:36:00 -0500

"Absent some scandal, absent something bad, I wouldn't be surprised if all of them get confirmed," said James Pinkerton of the New America Foundation, ...