Washington Post editorial board: Obama deserves benefit of the doubt. Senate bill worth it

[mcablue]

Their bottom line: "Given his willingness in his first year to make some tough decisions -- on financial rescue, on Afghanistan -- it seems to us he has earned the benefit of the doubt."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121902334.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR

[brentspeak]

1. Gee, what a surprise

Beltway fish-wrapper supports a K-Street policy.

[depakid]

12. +1

The Post must be following health insurance stocks (and thanking their "lucky" stars that Obama has no intention of upsetting the K Street apple cart, regardless of the suffering on Main Street).

[valerief]

15. Ding ding ding! nt

[NJmaverick]

2. Seeing how he was given a horrible mess to deal with

people shouldn't be screaming at him that he isn't cleaning fast enough or he missed a spot.

Obama's life's work speaks for itself as to being a good man, and it's wrong to doubt him. Almost all the accusations against him are driven by bias or agenda rather than the facts

[Captain Hilts]

5. I see Obama and the senate as separate entities.

I'll support this bill, but I don't like it.

[NJmaverick]

8. They are separate. It's not like when the GOP was subservient to Bush

which was a historical deviation

[Captain Hilts]

3. Only 4 out of 33 op-ed writers are female. All recent hires are conservatives:

Kathleen Parker
Bill Kristol
Michael Gerson

Ugh!

[mcablue]

4. Froomkin is liberal though. Isn't he?

He's one of my favorites in the Washington Post. I like the fact they also have liberals in the mix.

[Captain Hilts]

6. They fired Froomkin and hired a conservative weblogger. nt

[mcablue]

7. Wow. That's a shame

Sucks.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Yes. Froomkin was one of the best things at the paper. No toadie for anyone. nt

[RBInMaine]

10. GOBAMA ! GO DEMS !

[Enrique]

11. escalating the war was the easy way to go

ending the war would have been the tough decision, and he didn't do it. Ending it will be tough and we'll see if Obama has what it takes.

[O is 44]

13. That is not possible.....

Obama has already turned into Bush; this is now settled fact.

[Armstead]

14. "benefit of the doubt" that has bad conotations considering Iraq, rich tax cuts, NAFTA....

and all the other times we give leaders that power.

[Clio the Leo]

16. No one else could have done it....

.... and still have capitol to spare.

[jeanpalmer]

17. Thank God WAPO is going under

It has become a spokesperson for the MIC.