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[See note at bottom that explains what "Hope Train" posts are, and are not.] (via: AP): “In the speech, the president juggles a glass-half-full take on the economy with a determination to not be seen as naive about how well … Continue reading →

(via: AFP) President Obama today said he sees “glimmers of hope” that the US economy may be wrestling free of a paralyzing recession but warned of “a lot of work” ahead to nurse it back to health. “We’re starting to … Continue reading →

According to a new NYTimes/CBS News Poll, the number of people who think the country is heading in the right direction has jumped from 15 percent in mid-January, just before the inauguration, to 39 percent today, while the number who … Continue reading →

The New York Times today ran an essay by Peter Baker about the Hope Train. Well, not exactly. He didn’t mention the term Hope Train. But it’s a look at the challenge President Obama has in communicating confidence to the … Continue reading →

Exactly one month ago, the President started to include hopeful messages in his speeches, answers and comments about the economy. Before that, he had stuck to a steady drumbeat of fear-inducing warnings, often evoking “The Great Depression,” in an effort … Continue reading →

I don’t envy the President and his economic team. No longer must they merely balance the optimism/pessimism message (the optimistic “Hope Train” message to prop up the nation’s psyche and the pessimism message to get congress to enact more stimulus … Continue reading →

In an extremely rare media interview with a Federal Reserve Board chairman, Ben Bernanke said the U.S. has averted the risk of plunging into a depression. “I think we’ve gotten past that,” he said. Not quite as poetic as, “The … Continue reading →

This morning, President Obama’s top economics advisor Lawrence Summers delivered a talk at the Brookings Institution during which he fell to one knee and burst out singing, “The sun’ll come up tomorrow; bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there’ll be … Continue reading →

[Note: "Hope Train" posts celebrate President Obama's journey from mongering "fear" of the economy to preaching "hope" for the economy.] I hear the Hope Train a-comin’ whenever I read a headline that begins: “Obama suggests buying stocks.” Quote: “After being … Continue reading →

I feel this is the first time I’ve ever written the following four words on this blog: Bill Clinton is right. From ABC.com last Friday : "Bill Clinton says Obama needs to sound more hopeful: Former president Bill Clinton tells … Continue reading →