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 […]
May 23, 2011 – 8:22 am
Obama zombies tell us we should be more positive about the economy, ones such as Robert Samuelson at the Washington Post It may be time to move beyond pessimism. Ever since the financial crisis, Americans have wallowed in fear and anxiety. Understandably. Although a recovery — as defined by academic economists — started about two […]
May 15, 2011 – 9:00 am
The Politico explores how Team Obama is grasping for any sort of positive news to campaign on for 2012. OK, they don’t say “grasping,” but, when even The Politico can’t cheer-lead, it might not be the best campaign idea President Barack Obama and his allies in two big industrial unions appear poised to make the […]
May 11, 2011 – 9:49 am
Exactly what was the point of NotMyPresident Obama heading down to the border and giving a speech about “immigration reform”? Other than an excuse to be able to use Air Force 1 on “official business”, meaning he didn’t have to pay for the entire flight from campaign funds, as he was scheduled to attend several […]
May 9, 2011 – 8:28 am
So says cheerleader Alexandra, sorry, Alexander Burns at The Politico So much for campaigning against Jimmy Carter. In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death, Republicans are adjusting to a new political reality: with the bin Laden trump card now in President Barack Obama’s possession, it’s looking increasingly likely the 2012 campaign will ride on […]
May 2, 2011 – 10:00 am
Now it’s personal, and, as DrewM points out, it’s a friggin’ brilliant DC idea to turn food and feed into fuel Mr. Pope is the chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer by volume. He doesn’t mince words when it comes to rapidly rising food prices. The […]
