June 14, 2011 – 8:56 am
No, really Obama: It’s ‘nonsense’ I’m calm about state of economy In an exclusive interview with TODAY’s Ann Curry that aired Tuesday, President Barack Obama addressed the notion that he is unemotional about the human toll that the economic crisis has taken. “I think ordinary folks understand I spend all my time thinking about this […]
June 13, 2011 – 7:24 am
It’s great that ThePolitico’s Darren Samualsohn is asking questions about Obama’s green jobs agenda, but, he forgot to ask a few others, such as “how many jobs did the green agenda cost?” We learned from Spain that for ever one created, two private sector jobs are lost. Also, how much do the ones actually created […]
June 10, 2011 – 9:00 am
Said default position is to raise taxes As the clock ticks on raising the nation’s debt ceiling to avoid a catastrophic default, Vice President Biden met with Republican negotiators on Thursday in another closed-door meeting that only showed how far apart both sides remained. In the 2 1/2-hour meeting, the sixth one between the administration […]
June 9, 2011 – 11:29 am
Because this has worked so wonderfully since he took over as (not my) President President Barack Obama’s advisers have discussed seeking a temporary cut in the payroll taxes businesses pay on wages as they debate ways to spur hiring amid signs that the recovery is slowing, according to people familiar with the matter. The idea, […]
June 7, 2011 – 4:02 pm
Nate Silver has an interesting piece up at the NY Times entitled The 10-Word Question That Could Cost Obama the Election. Skipping past a recitation of just what Carter was facing, we get to Mr. Reagan would win overwhelmingly, however, claiming 44 states (even Massachusetts and New York) while limiting Mr. Carter to just 41 […]
June 5, 2011 – 8:32 am
Good news! He’ll do what he does best: lie and Blame Others After months of relatively robust job growth, President Barack Obama and his team must now reckon with the reality that the economy probably won’t be on firm ground during the 2012 campaign — and that he must temper some of the Morning-in-America optimism […]
June 4, 2011 – 9:00 am
News for liberals: he hasn’t been able to do anything in the long term, either. He’s had over two years. He had a compliant Congress for the first half of his term. What they’ve done hasn’t worked. But, of course, what the Liberals are worried about is not an actually better economy, but, an economy […]
June 2, 2011 – 8:46 am
So says the NY Times (linked through MSNBC, avoiding the silly paywall), telling us in detail what we already know No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election Day topped 7.2 percent. (except Reagan, which is pointed out later in the article) Seventeen […]
May 31, 2011 – 7:54 am
Gee, if only the administration would shift their focus to jobs…..well, not really, because the Democrat policies on jobs and the economy have so far been a disaster. Anyhow The economy and jobs will be front and center this week — whether investors like it or not. The agenda is heavy on economic reports and […]
May 23, 2011 – 9:09 am
Happy Monday! The start of a new work week. Time to get busy, shift a few paradigms, revolutionize outside the box. How ’bout a beer? Been quite some time since we did a Beer Monday, and, considering this next story, Team Obama must have been seriously imbibing: Barack Obama sees auto rescue as 2012 plank […]
