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Monday, September 07, 2009

David Sirota: Van Jones’ Departure “A Serious Tragedy for the Progressive Movement”

Progressive activist Sirota expresses his dismay: “First and foremost, Jones was one of the only movement progressives in a policymaking position in the Obama White House. By that I mean, he was one of the only people in the White House who came out of grassroots movement work and not just political/partisan hack work, and one of the only movement progressives put in a policymaking job, and not ghettoized into a political/tactical job. Whenever I got sick to my stomach at the thought of Obama’s Team of Corporate Zombies - people like Rahm Emanuel, Tim Geithner, Larry Summers and Jim Messina - running the show, I was able to at least tell myself that hey, someone like Van Jones is at least in there somewhere fighting the good fight as he always has. No more - and that’s a damn shame…”

Topics: obama, van-jones, summers, progressive, rahm-emanuel, geithner, sirota

Posted by Peter Daou on 09/07 at 07:51 AM

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Why David Gregory’s Numbers Are Weak - Giving Summers a Pass on Bonuses

On Meet The Press, a brief exchange between Larry Summers and David Gregory perfectly encapsulates Gregory’s problem. He asked Summers, whose soporific style is hard to endure for more than a few minutes, about Wall Street bonuses. This is a good line of questioning - and a terribly neglected one. One of the great travesties (and news stories) of 2009 is the highway robbery perpetrated by the likes of Goldman Sachs.

Topics: goldman-sachs, summers, wall-street, banks, gregory, mtp

Posted by Peter Daou on 08/02 at 09:56 AM

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