I've been defending Hillary a lot lately-the way I used to have to defend President Obama. What changed? Well for years, Obama was attacked relentlessly while Hillary's public standing was better-as she was a nonpartisan figure.
In 2011 even most Republicans polled had a positive favorability rating for her. In 2013, I was initially annoyed that there was so much talk of her running in 2016-to me this ignored the important work still ahead for the President and I read this as a kind of rebuke against her.
Now the tables have turned because she's the candidate and he's the not so lame duck. After last year's big GOP gains in November. the media and GOP expected the President to come out on bended knee and talk pitifully of his 'shellacking.'
He startled them by not doing this and basically taking the attitude of 'Stuff happens, anyway I got to get back to work.'
He then became increasingly bold in taking executive action on immigration, Cuba, wages. Having no more elections has unloosed him. Now he is once again going to the mat for workers.
"President Obama plans to sign an executive order on Monday requiring federal contractors to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave a year, his latest use of executive power to change the rules of the American workplace, the White House said."
"The president will announce the order during a Labor Day trip to Boston, where, aides said, he will also renew his call on Congress to pass legislation expanding paid sick and family leave in the private sector. He chose Boston as the venue because Massachusetts voters approved a new paid sick-leave law last year. It took effect in July."
"The executive order will have no real effect until after Mr. Obama’s presidency; because it must first go through a public comment period, it will apply only to new federal contracts starting in 2017. But the White House hopes it will set a standard that will prod lawmakers, private employers, and state and local governments to expand their leave policies."
"We have to do better, and we can do better,” Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, told reporters on a conference call on Sunday. “It’s good for business, it’s good for our economy, and it’s good for the American family.”
"The order is the latest move by Mr. Obama to use his power over federal contracts to institute changes on a small slice of the labor market that he cannot persuade Congress to enact for the whole country."
"Among other things, he has signed orders requiring contractors to pay higher minimum wages, ban retaliation against workers who discuss their compensation, provide employees more information about their pay and protect gay and transgender workers from discrimination."
"The administration has also used its regulatory power to affect workplaces outside the federal orbit. Among other things, it has advanced rules aimed at guaranteeing millions more Americans the right to extra overtime pay; it has cracked down on employers who deny workers basic protections by classifying them as contractors; and its appointees have made it easier for employees of contractors and franchises to bargain collectively with corporations with sway over their operations."
In 2011 even most Republicans polled had a positive favorability rating for her. In 2013, I was initially annoyed that there was so much talk of her running in 2016-to me this ignored the important work still ahead for the President and I read this as a kind of rebuke against her.
Now the tables have turned because she's the candidate and he's the not so lame duck. After last year's big GOP gains in November. the media and GOP expected the President to come out on bended knee and talk pitifully of his 'shellacking.'
He startled them by not doing this and basically taking the attitude of 'Stuff happens, anyway I got to get back to work.'
He then became increasingly bold in taking executive action on immigration, Cuba, wages. Having no more elections has unloosed him. Now he is once again going to the mat for workers.
"President Obama plans to sign an executive order on Monday requiring federal contractors to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave a year, his latest use of executive power to change the rules of the American workplace, the White House said."
"The president will announce the order during a Labor Day trip to Boston, where, aides said, he will also renew his call on Congress to pass legislation expanding paid sick and family leave in the private sector. He chose Boston as the venue because Massachusetts voters approved a new paid sick-leave law last year. It took effect in July."
"The executive order will have no real effect until after Mr. Obama’s presidency; because it must first go through a public comment period, it will apply only to new federal contracts starting in 2017. But the White House hopes it will set a standard that will prod lawmakers, private employers, and state and local governments to expand their leave policies."
"We have to do better, and we can do better,” Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Mr. Obama, told reporters on a conference call on Sunday. “It’s good for business, it’s good for our economy, and it’s good for the American family.”
"The order is the latest move by Mr. Obama to use his power over federal contracts to institute changes on a small slice of the labor market that he cannot persuade Congress to enact for the whole country."
"Among other things, he has signed orders requiring contractors to pay higher minimum wages, ban retaliation against workers who discuss their compensation, provide employees more information about their pay and protect gay and transgender workers from discrimination."
"The administration has also used its regulatory power to affect workplaces outside the federal orbit. Among other things, it has advanced rules aimed at guaranteeing millions more Americans the right to extra overtime pay; it has cracked down on employers who deny workers basic protections by classifying them as contractors; and its appointees have made it easier for employees of contractors and franchises to bargain collectively with corporations with sway over their operations."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/us/politics/obama-to-require-federal-contractors-to-provide-paid-sick-leave.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Yes, the anti lame duck President:
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/08/president-obama-anti-lame-duck
All we need now to make sure we keep and build on the President's moves is electing Hillary.
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