On 2011-01-16, at 8:31 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > > [from Politico's Morning Money, January 12, 2011] > > CHAMBER SIGNALS RIFT EASING - WP's Jia Lynn Yang reports: "The U.S. Chamber > of Commerce signaled Tuesday that its rift with the administration is > beginning to ease. ... In a speech at the Chamber's headquarters, directly > across the street from the White House, Tom Donohue, the group's president, > said disagreements with the administration have never been personal. He noted > 'a new tone' at the White House and praised President Obama's selection of > William Daley as his new chief of staff, calling him 'a real pro.'
Translation: "real pro-business". As president of telecommunications giant SBC, angered by a decision of the FCC, Daley told CNBC's Larry Kudlow he wished "government would just get out of the way." "Mr. Daley, you sound an awfully like a capitalist," Kudlow jibed. "Oh, we're all capitalists, Larry," the the jocular Daley replied. A perfect fit for the Obama administration, as it seeks to displace the the Republican party, with its unruly right populist base, as the more reliable instrument of corporate America. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010603473_2.html?sid=ST2011010503537 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
