The Obama administration shot down the idea, but in January, Mr. Obama called for a $90 billion, 10-year levy on banks to recoup the cost of the bailouts, also known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Bush administration shot itself in the foot time and time again, to the detriment of the legitimacy and efficacy of its policies, by indifference to process and presentation.
Yet every year, the administration shoots itself in the foot, alienating the U.S. and Cuban academics whose cooperation it needs, by arbitrarily denying visas to Cuban scholars invited to participate in the Latin American Studies Association's international congress.
The Clinton administration has shot its bolt on the terrorist problem with small effect, and a flashy show of force during the next few months will not change the record.
Since the presidential race was effectively fought to a draw and the Republican majorities in both houses of Congress have shrunk, incremental change is probably the most that a Bush or a Gore administration can shoot for in the next two years.
"My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration," he shot back.
Laughing at his error, Mr. Christie replied, "In this administration, Jim, we're shooting for five".
And the two N.R.A. leaders blamed the administration today for the shooting death of a sheriff's deputy, Ricky Kinchen, in Atlanta last week.
The Donetsk region administration said snipers were shooting from rooftops in Kramatorsk, shops were closing and there was an atmosphere of panic.
They will charge a fee to cover their costs (editing, shooting assistants, administration etc). and the profits will go straight to local shelters like PAR.
The administration seems intent on shooting itself and Democrats in the foot by appointing a conservative pro-business executive who will reassure its fair weather friends on Wall Street of its "pro-business" street cred, rather than a proven fighter for the economic interests of the middle class who would reassure voters that Obama and Democrats are on their side.
