Washington Week | Aug. 7, 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/washingtonweek/ In this online-only extra, Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill and panel discuss the Obama administration's mixed messages on taxes and the new unemployment numbers, Congress's recess plans as the health care debate shifts into a new gear and President Clinton's humanitarian trip to North Korea.

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This weeks panelists:
John Harwood, CNBC & The New York Times
Peter Baker, The New York Times
Martha Raddatz, ABC News

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Unemployment
• health care
• North Korea
• Clinton
• Obama
• Laura
• Ling
• Euna
• Lee
• humanitarian
• Kim Jong Il
• Al Gore
• townhall
• debate
• recess
• Congress
• clunkers
• cash
• economy

[voyeurdug]

"Less-than-expected unemployment numbers" isn't the only thing that's going on with the U.S. economy. The stock market has been moving faintly, tentatively and vaguely UPWARD for about four months. Four months! That little factoid seems to have escaped the major commercial and non-commercial media.

Unemployment is the laggingest indicator in any economy, but especially in a recovering economy. Your viewers are looking for: "what's next?"

[lordcron]

As an African American I know that Obama is and will be held to a more stringent level of scrutiny then any other president before and after him.That's the nature of being African American. Any mistake he makes will be magnified 50 fold by people who didn't want him in office in the first place.

There are a minority of Americans who never wanted to see the day an African American shows them how to run the country they think they own. Some people think this country belongs to them exclusively.

[t3rm1nat0r999]

Well, they made it to six months before the facade came down. It will be very painful for the Democrats in 2010 and 2012. If President Obama keeps this up, he will be a one term President. Here's an idea, stop spending on worthless programs and issues. Send the Illegals home and you may be able to balance the budget and make jobs available to Americans. You don't do they by selling American corporations to foreign corporations. Wait until Inflation hits, then everyone will be miserable.

[STEEEVVYZ]

well said lordcron!!!

[MichaelASchwartz]

this is silly. did the white house write the script for everyone? such a crao show.

[jtoptimistic]

"american of african descent"...

not born in africa/doesn't enjoy dual citizenship

how can you let words leave your lips/fingertips without thinking about what those words mean...

[donutsandwich]

i don't believe it is the nature of being an african american that leads to one being scrutinized more than others.

he got elected president with a very favorable margin. i think that he really has some very bold agendas that a lot of people aren't comfortable with.

i'm sure there are a minority of americans that have true disdain and contempt for blacks, but they are the minority.

i don't understand why you would bring up the race card when in fact majority of americans support this man.

[maskedphrogg]

In a vastly overvalued market, "faint, tentative, and *vague*" vacillations upward are rather meaningless.

The general trend, once freed from artificial means to prop up the market, will be to bottom out as the market comes to equilibrium.

An infusion of cash has conned some into believing the Stock Market will rally. Unfortunate for them, as the true devaluation these faux dollars brought to bear in the market become apparent, the market will drop like a rock.