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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Washington Post's Eugene Robinson wants Obama to explain why regulation creates jobs

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - I’d 'love' to hear that explanation as well.  The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson worries that Barack Obama’s pledge to reduce damaging and redundant legislation will give up too much rhetorical ground to Republicans, whose arguments against the encroachment of the regulatory Leviathan certainly resonated with voters in the midterms.  Robinson tells Rachel Maddow that Obama has to rebut that argument or else watch as Republicans dismantle the regulatory state (via Greg Hengler):

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