Economic Team Announcement

Good morning. The news this past week, including this morning’s news about Citigroup, has made it even more clear that we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions. Our financial markets are under stress. New home purchases in October were the lowest in half a century. Recently, more than half a million jobless claims were filed, the highest in eighteen years – and if we do not act swiftly and boldly, most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year. While we can’t underestimate the challenges we face, we also can’t underestimate our capacity to overcome them – to summon that spirit of determination and optimism that has always defined us, and move forward in a new direction to create new jobs, reform our financial system, and fuel long-term economic growth

Obama Approval Rating Continues To Slide In NH 4/28/2011

President Barack Obama’s job performance rating in New Hampshire has dropped to its lowest level since his election. Obama’s handling of the economy and health care reform continue to drag down his popularity

Obama Begins Presidency with High Marks in NH 2/16/2009

President Barack Obama has high approval ratings in New Hampshire during the early stages of his presidency

Book review: who cares?: public ambivalence & government activism from the New Deal to the second gilded age

Alastair Hill finds some important advice for both Barack Obama and David Cameron on the ‘policy moods’ in Britain and America

PLAN TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS AND ENSURE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL

Health care costs are skyrocketing. Health insurance premiums have doubled in the last 8 years, rising 3.7 times faster than wages in the past 8 years, and increasing co-pays and deductibles threaten access to care. Many insurance plans cover only a limited number of doctors’ visits or hospital days, exposing families to unlimited financial liability. Over half of all personal bankruptcies today are caused by medical bills. Lack of affordable health care is compounded by serious flaws in our health care delivery system. About 100,000 Americans die from medical errors in hospitals every year. One-quarter of all medical spending goes to administrative and overhead costs, and reliance on antiquated paper-based record and information systems needlessly increases these costs. Tens of millions of Americans are uninsured because of rising costs. Over 45 million Americans— including over 8 million children6—lack health insurance. Eighty percent of the uninsured are in working families. Even those with health coverage are struggling to cope with soaring medical costs. Skyrocketing health care costs are making it increasingly difficult for employers, particularly small businesses, to provide health insurance to their employees. Underinvestment in prevention and public health. Too many Americans go without high-value preventive services, such as cancer screening and immunizations to protect against flu or pneumonia. The nation faces epidemics of obesity and chronic diseases as well as new threats of pandemic flu and bioterrorism. Yet despite all of this less than 4 cents of every health care dollar is spent on prevention and public health. Our health care system has become a disease care system, and the time for change is well overdue

DOMINANT IDEOLOGY IN PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN HIS OWN WORDS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

The problem of this study is how the dominant ideology is reflected in President Barack Obama in His Own Words. The objective of this study is to analyze the President Barack Obama in His Own Words based on the critical discourse analysis and to reveal the dominant ideology underlying the book. This study is qualitative study. The data sources used in this study are primary and secondary data sources. The primary data source is the President Barack Obama in His Own Words book. The secondary data sources are both the article on the internet and news paper review which contains Barack Obama’s ideology and other sources, which are related to the analysis. The method of data collection is library research and the technique of data collection is descriptive technique. The conclusions of the study are as follows: Firstly, the dominant ideology in the book of President Barack Obama in His Own Words is democracy ideology. Secondly, the ideologies in the book of President Barack Obama in His Own Words are capitalism, globalism, democracy, and liberalism. Thirdly, the book of President Barack Obama in His Own Words represents Obama’s media socio-political account of his campaign to access power relations and supports character of Obama’s Ideology. It also serves as political representations in Obama’s minds to communicate events in the reproduction of dominance and inequality

NH Race Tightens After Debate 10/09/2012

The race for president in New Hampshire has tightened in the past week. President Barack Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney but by a smaller margin, 6 percentage points compared to 15 percentage points a week ago. Three of five voters predict that the Obama/Biden ticket will ultimately win the election. Election: 201

Obama Opens Lead In NH 10/01/2012

President Barack Obama has opened a lead over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. Independent voters who had been supporting Romney have swung to Obama in recent weeks. A slim majority of voters predict that the Obama/Biden ticket will ultimately win the election. Election: 201