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Obama Could Reverse Erosion of Federal Service by Restoring Funding and Reducing Political Appointees

As The Washington Post reported this week, President-elect Barack Obama wrote American Federation of Government Employees in October promising that he would do everything in his power to rebuild the federal service. He also promised to protect collective bargaining rights and to restore funding c...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-18-2008
Bill Clinton's Global Reach Would Have Pluses and Minuses for a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

If Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is named the next secretary of state, she and her husband could be positioned to lead a public-private partnership on the global stage unlike any before it, one that experts say would bring with it a host of potential benefits and pitfalls for the new president.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-16-2008
Up and Down on Main Street

Paula A. Crouch still uses a traditional gray typewriter to clack out the civil bonds she sells from a tidy storefront office in downtown Fairfax City. Her Roseberry & Foster Bonding Co. originally sold jail bonds, though she left that business in the 1990s. Her mainstay in recent years has been...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-26-2008
Paulson Moves On to Nuts and Bolts of Rescue

With the political battle over the Bush administration's $700 billion financial rescue package at an end and the real work of rescuing the financial markets just beginning, all eyes are turning to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-03-2008
For Many Americans, Fear and Distrust Run High

The leaders of the country said: Trust us. The people said: Not this time.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-29-2008
Bush Calls Bailout Vital to Economy, Will Meet With McCain and Obama

President Bush said yesterday that the credit crisis that has seized world markets could devastate the U.S. economy unless Congress acts quickly to approve a $700 billion bailout plan for the nation's financial system, a message aimed at reluctant lawmakers as much as a deeply skeptical public.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-24-2008
David Brooks, Rankling Folks Right and Left

David Brooks is used to hanging around with liberals -- his wife and three children, among others, support Barack Obama -- but has grown angry at the condescending talk about Sarah Palin.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 09-21-2008
Fed Cuts and Signals Halt

The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate yesterday by a quarter of a percentage point, its latest step to try to bolster the ailing U.S. economy. But the modest cut came with a strong signal that the Fed's seven-month rate-cutting campaign is probably over for now.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-30-2008
Brokering Power In Business and Politics

Three guys in suits came strolling down the hallway. Fred Malek, chairman and senior adviser of a District buyout group, waited for them in his corner office. One of the men was Scott Rued, a managing partner at Malek's firm. He was with an investment banker, who was representing the third man, a...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 04-20-2008
Hillary Clinton and the Action Bias

On Oct. 10, 2002, Hillary Rodham Clinton stood in the Senate to explain why she was authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq: "In balancing the risks of action versus inaction, I think New Yorkers who have gone through the fires of hell may be more attuned to the risk of not acting....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 03-30-2008

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