The Party of Maybe
Democrats were smiling Thursday night as President Obama presented his latest jobs plan to a joint session of Congress, but Republican Congressional leaders were notably unhappy. After all, they had...
View ArticleWho’s the Biggest Spender of Them All?
Republican leaders and presidential candidates have blasted President Obama for adding more federal debt than any president in history. And there… More...
View ArticlePoliticians Have Wrecked the Markets
On Friday, July 22nd, the Standard & Poor… More...
View ArticleCongress Plays Chicken with Debt Again
UPDATED November 20th It’s looking worse and worse… More...
View ArticleAnother DC Deadlock
Here we go again. A likely vote in the House of Representatives Tuesday will confirm what we already know: The bill passed by the US Senate extending the payroll tax cut is dead. In a deal struck by...
View ArticleSix Big Political Predictions for 2012
I wanted to take a quick break from the day-to-day primary and caucus coverage–it resumes in earnest when I head for New Hampshire Friday–to do my first post predicting what’s going to happen in...
View ArticleThe President May Be Peaking Too Early
President Obama has been on a roll of late. Unemployment has fallen steadily to 8.3%, and we’ve had 24 consecutive months—two years—of private sector job growth. The rate itself is much higher than...
View ArticleDomestic Spending Already Has Been Cut–a Lot
When you listen to former Gov. Mitt Romney and other Republicans on the campaign trail, you’d think federal spending is out of control and still growing. And, in a curious bit of jiu-jitsu, some even...
View ArticleMore Reasons Why Fixing the Debt Crisis Is Hard
The drumbeat of worry is growing as the US approaches the fiscal cliff, when the Bush tax cuts and Obama payroll tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts kick in just as Congress debates extending...
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