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September 11, 2009
Obama channels Reagan to win over over America
...established the then un-American idea that government should save capitalism from itself by aggressively regulating it, and Ronald Reagan, who led the backlash against FDR’s New Deal half a century later. Mr Obama wants to restore faith in the powers of...s Republican leadership has ceded much of the initiative to conservative talk radio hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, both of whom have stoked the idea that Mr Obama is a Nazi in sheep’s clothing. Such talk may rally the conservative base... By Edward Luce
April 15, 2008
Germany agrees partial sale of Deutsche Bahn
...company declined to comment, but Kurt Beck, who chairs the SPD, said Hartmut...28. The pact is also important for Mr Beck, who has been under political attack...holding company’s supervisory board, Mr Beck said, assuaging SPD and public fears...election by a second privatisation tranche. Ronald Pofalla, CDU general secretary, said... By Hugh Williamson
April 15, 2008
Germany to sell off part of Deutsche Bahn
...company declined to comment, but Kurt Beck, who chairs the SPD, said Hartmut Mehdorn...28. The pact is also important for Mr Beck, who has been under political attack...holding company's supervisory board, Mr Beck said, assuaging SPD and public fears...election by a second privatisation tranche. Ronald Pofalla, CDU general secretary, said... By Hugh Williamson
April 15, 2008
Germany agrees partial sale of Deutsche Bahn
...company declined to comment, but Kurt Beck, who chairs the SPD, said Hartmut Mehdorn...28. The pact is also important for Mr Beck, who has been under political attack...holding company's supervisory board, Mr Beck said, assuaging SPD and public fears...election by a second privatisation tranche. Ronald Pofalla, CDU general secretary, said... By Hugh Williamson
July 31, 2008
Germany’s SPD expels former economics minister
...s Christian Democrats in the ruling coalition. The party is trailing badly the CDU in opinion polls, and its leader Kurt Beck, has struggled to impose his authority. The SPD, traditionally Germany's largest party, was this week for the first time...the decision. Even though the comments about Ms Ypsilanti were “stupid” Mr Clement should not be expelled, he said. Ronald Pofalla, CDU secretary general, said the expulsion marked a “further rejection by the SPD of the Agenda 2010 programme... By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
September 25, 2009
American libertarianism is dancing to the shock-jocks
...near-fawning profile. I find that Mr Beck, deliberately or not, sometimes walks...bombast and heavy-handed sarcasm, Mr Beck, often near real or fake tears, comes...unquestioned stature and political savvy (Ronald Reagan was never a true believer and...tunes of Mr Limbaugh, and increasingly Mr Beck, than to its leadership, assuming... By Jurek Martin
November 2, 2009
You can read too much into an election
...now, a bellwether state. The narrative was to see if the rightwing Republican resurgence evident two years earlier when Ronald Reagan ran Gerald Ford close for the party’s nomination was alive and kicking at a time when Jimmy Carter’s presidency...nominated a moderate state assemblywoman as its candidate, incurring the wrath of the national rightwing brigade – Limbaugh, Beck, Palin, Kristol etc. The upshot was a Conservative party carpetbagger candidate, the withdrawal this weekend of the poor... By Jurek Martin
January 8, 2008
Coalition tensions erupt in populist showdown
...within Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition. Kurt Beck, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) and junior partner...national minimum wage of €7.50 ($11, £5.60) an hour. Ronald Pofalla, CDU general secretary, said that the SPD plan had been "derailed". Mr Beck denied this, arguing that it was higher wages and living standards... By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
January 8, 2008
Coalition tensions erupt in populist showdown
...within Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition. Kurt Beck, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) and junior partner...national minimum wage of €7.50 ($11, £5.60) an hour. Ronald Pofalla, CDU general secretary, said that the SPD plan had been "derailed". Mr Beck denied this, arguing that it was higher wages and living standards... By Hugh Williamson in Berlin
October 20, 2008
SPD poll hopes boosted by crisis
...biggest change since the Berlin Wall fell. The rule of the free-market radicals that started with Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan has ended with a big bang,” he said. The hastily convened congress was an opportunity for Mr Steinmeier and new...Saturday to prove that he has the mettle to lead his unruly party and take on Mrs Merkel's CDU. The resignation of Kurt Beck as SPD party chief six weeks ago, prompted in part by his dithering over relations with the radical Left Party, has given... By Chris Bryant in Berlin