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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 For Obama, back in campaign mode
President derides GOP efforts, pushes spending bill for infrastructure
BY PETER SLEVIN
milwaukee — Faced with the twin challenges of boosting the economy and saving Democratic congressional seats inNovember, President Obama tried to do a little of both on Monday at a Labor Day rally that heralded a prominent role for him in a fiery fall campaign. Obama defended his record
and criticized Republicans and hisWashington foes asopponents of the middle class “who talk about me like a dog.” He told several thousand cheering labor union members that the Republi- can Party is peddling failed eco- nomic policies, and he vowed to “make this case across the coun- try between now andNovember.” “Their slogan,” he said of Re-
publicans, “is ‘No, we can’t. No, no, no.No.’ ” The crowd answered by chant-
ing Obama's signature 2008 slo- gan, “Yes, we can.” Under pressure to show that
he is doing all he can to deliver jobs, Obama announced a pro- posal to spend $50 billion in the next year on roads, railroads and airport runways. The moderniza- tion plan, a more formal version of a long-standing pledge to im- prove the nation's crumbling in- frastructure, is one of several economic proposals he is to make this week. “So many Americans have
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been idled for months, even years, at a time when there is so much of America that needs re- building,” Obama said. “We used to have the best infrastructure in the world.We can have it again.” White House officials said the
$50 billion in new government spending would be the first in- stallment of a six-year transporta- tion strategy that would include investments in high-speed rail and air traffic control. To pay for it, the administration would raise taxes on oil and gas companies. In addition to his infrastruc-
ture plan, Obama will lay out on Wednesday two new tax breaks for business: a permanent exten- sion of the research tax credit worth $100 billion over 10 years, and a plan to let companies write off 100 percent of their new in- vestment in plant and equipment this year and next. The latter proposal would cost
the Treasury about $30 billion over the next decade, but it would provide a much bigger boost to business in the short term, an administration official saidMon-
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President Obama greets supporters before speaking about the economy atMilwaukee’s Laborfest.He said of theGOP’s approach to the country’s problems, “Their slogan is ‘No, we can’t.No, no, no.No.’ ”
day night,byencouragingcompa- nies to investnow, tax-free. White House economists say the plan would cut business taxes by near- ly $200 billion over the next two years, though much of the money would be recouped thereafter. If approved by Congress, the
infrastructure money would be used to build or repair 150,000 miles of road, 4,000 miles of railroad track and 150 miles of runways, the officials said. The proposal includes creating an “in- frastructure bank” to prioritize projects and attract private funds. The officials declined to esti-
mate how many jobs would be created at a time when the eco- nomic recovery is proving more sluggish than the administration hoped or predicted. “Just more of the same,” the
Republican National Committee said in an e-mail to reporters, shortly before Obama spoke to theMilwaukee Area Labor Coun- cil's annual Laborfest. “I hope his changes are to
finally promote some private-sec- tor growth, not just the growth in government or throwing billions of more dollars at every perceived problem,” Wisconsin GOP Chair- man Reince Priebus said. Some elected Democrats, see-
ing their prospects dim because of an unemployment rate near 10 percent, have been pushing for a second stimulus bill to juice the economy. Eight weeks before midterm elections, in which they anticipate big gains, Republicans
are campaigning heavily on the argument that Obama is mort- gaging the country's future. Injetting intoMilwaukee from
Washington for two hours, Obama returned to the event in which he kicked off his 2008 general election campaign. He arrived in full campaign mode, delivering a spirited speech that devoted far more time to winning votes than to detailing economic remedies. Obama defended a string of
policies, from the Democratic health-care overhaul and Wall Street regulation to the remaking of the college student-loan busi- ness. “We've given tax cuts, but we've given them to folks who need them,” he said. He declared to cheers that no
part of Social Security will be privatized while he is president, and he entertained the crowd by lambasting Republicans. He said that “powerful interests”have not been happy with him. “When it comes to just about
everything we've done to strengthen the middle class and rebuild our economy, almost ev- ery Republican in Congress says ‘No,’ ” Obama said. “If I said the sky is blue, they'd say no. If I said fish live in the sea, they'd say no. They just think it's better to score political points during an elec- tion than solve problems.” He added, “We've tried what
they're peddling.” During his long slide in popu-
larity since the early days of his presidency, Obama has struggled
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to show voters that he under- stands the economic calamity for unemployed workers and that he is doing what he can. He told the audience that he knows “there's still a lot of hurt out there.” Obama intends to speak in
more detail about the economy on Wednesday in Cleveland, where House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) urged him last month to fire his eco- nomic team and start over. When it comes to the midterm
elections, neither his audience nor the Democrats who preceded him at the microphone on Mon- day were under any illusions. Obama is not on the ballot, but the future of his agenda could be riding on theNov. 2 results. “We were great in ’08,” one
speaker warned the audience. “But if you’ve got this president’s back, you'd better be back in 2010.”
slevinp@washpost.com
Staff writer Lori Montgomery contributed to this report.
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Hurd, ousted by HP, joins Oracle as a president Bloomberg News Former Hewlett-Packard chief
executive Mark Hurd will be- come a president of Oracle, the
world’s second-biggest software company, it announced Monday night. Hurd will also join the board of
directorsandreport to chief exec- utive Larry Ellison, the company
said in a statement. Hurd leftHewlett-Packard last
month after the company said he violated standards of business conduct. While there, he more than tripled profit by cutting costs and expanding beyond the company’s core business of com- puters and printers. He oversaw an acquisition spree of more than $20 billion, letting the company branch out into services, net- working equipment and smart- phones. Oracle, which also has bulked
up through takeovers, would draw on Hurd’s background blending software and hardware as it expands into server sales.He will serve alongside President Safra Catz. “Mark did a brilliant job at HP
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Phillips resigned as president and a director. Phillips “expressed his desire
to transition out of the company” in December, Ellison said Mon- day. He said he asked Phillips to stayonthrough the integration of Sun Microsystems Inc. Oracle bought Sun for $7.3 billion earlier this year.
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