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...Barack Obama faces in trying to sell America on his nearly $900 billion stimulus package is that, as it stands, it's not his. Rather, it is the product of the all-powerful House and Senate committee leaders on Capitol Hill to whom Obama and his team turned over authorship even before the new Administration entered the White House...
Consider the events of the past two weeks: President Barack Obama, fresh from sky-high approval ratings and an Inauguration that filled the National Mall, met with Republicans in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Disowning any "pride of authorship," he asked both publicly and privately for the two major political parties to work together in Congress on a crucial bill to stimulate the tanking economy. And what happened? While the bill passed by a comfortable margin in the House, it earned not a single vote from a Republican. What's more, 11 Democrats opposed it as well...
...were not given a concrete set of lines to memorize, the intimidation of being in front of the camera was largely eliminated. “They welcomed the idea that I truly wanted their voices,” he said. “There is nothing more powerful than authorship, a sense of ownership.” In a move consciously contrary to typical Hollywood filmmaking styles that stress linearity, Hammer constructed his film’s narrative around what he called a series of “elliptical moments.” The emotional complexities of these moments...
Biden, who for years chaired the Senate Judiciary committee, went on at length about his authorship of the Violence Against Women Act and how the Court had ruled against him on a particular provision. Expect to see more of that tonight at the debates...
...firmer handle on Manny's Time work. We can't speak with certitude, since other names - probably the researchers', less likely other reviewers' - occasionally appear with his. When Polito compiles his Complete Manny Farber edition, we'll know for sure. For now, I'm taking on faith his authorship of all Time movie reviews from Sept...