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Article: Obama needs to start governing
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2009
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You wouldnt have thought so from the matey, almost adoring,
treatment of Barack Obama the other night by that tribune of the
people Jay Leno, the TV host. But this presidency, still so
promising, is at risk of being overwhelmed by the mob.
The rare if not unprecedented appearance by a sitting president
on late-night television from Los Angeles had been arranged a while
in advance. But its timing was perfect. Back in Washington, the mob,
in the form of the peoples elected representatives in Congress, was
venting its fury on Edward Liddy, the hapless government-appointed
chief of AIG, for the bonuses being paid to executives at the
company more than any single other responsible for the global ...