Word: obamamania
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...Barack Obama's election tended to evoke two different reactions. Many officials were curious to see what new deals he would offer, but others, in the tradition of the Cold War, dismissed him as just the latest mouthpiece of the old American élites. If any of them experienced Obamamania, they sure kept it to themselves. So it's little wonder that Obama's drive to put aside old grudges and start fresh with Moscow has come up against stubborn resistance from the Kremlin in recent months. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will likely face a tough test when...
...priorities. The respected Washington wise man Les Gelb, former head of the Council of Foreign Relations, channeled the Beltway's conventional wisdom when he wrote that a full-scale personnel shake-up is the only way Obama can save his presidency. The media has largely shaken off its febrile Obamamania and adopted a "can't this gang shoot straight?" posture toward nearly every Administration action, reverting to the standard reflexive skepticism of the Washington press corps. The shared subtext is most dangerous of all: that perhaps the country elected someone who was all about hope and change...
...method used for the report is based on the same algorithm used to determine the top three words of 2009 to date: “Change,” “Bailout,” and “ObamaMania...
Despite the apparent Obamamania, however, some remained skeptical. James S. DeLuca, a volunteer for Green Peace was one of a crowd of environmentalists protesting outside the speech. He said before the speech that Obama had not come out to say exactly what course of action the U.S. needs to take. “You can’t just put a piece of electrical tape over the check engine light,” DeLuca said...
...This is what we came for.”We had thrown ourselves headfirst into the epicenter of Inauguration madness. Streets were closed. Newsstands were indistinguishable from vendors of Obama merchandise. Burger joints served “Eggnoguration”-flavored shakes. Given the extent of Obamamania, we had been surprised the night before when the restaurant we had gone to served no such drink as “The Obama.” Street vendors sold Obama condoms, but this overflowing eatery hadn’t thought to create a celebratory cocktail? Unacceptable. “If you come...