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Election 2010

O’s McCarthyite Moment
Obama discovered a nefarious plot by foreigners to influence the U.S. election, and included it in his stump speech.
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Our Growth Deficit

The report showing another 95,000 jobs lost in September is, of course, bad news. If recent private and government forecasts are to be believed, things won't get better anytime ... More »
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Tax-Cut Deception

With just weeks to go before the midterm elections, Americans have made it clear they don't want their taxes raised. So what do congressional Democrats do? Nothing — at least until the elections are over. For months, Democrats have hammered Republicans for trying to keep ... More »
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Something Stinks

NYT: Just a reminder that the Obama recovery has lost more jobs than it created

The New York Times throws a healthy dash of cold water on an attempt by Democrats and their allies to claim that Barack Obama has created more jobs in the US than George Bush, or even George Washington.  Far from adding net jobs, Catherine Rampell correctly states that the US economy has lost jobs since the start of the recovery, now pegged at June 2009 by the NBER

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Stones, Glass Houses, And Epic Fails

Pelosi took in twice as much lobbyist cash as Boehner

The White House eagerly tweeted the link to a New York Times hit piece on John Boehner that accused him of taking in loads of lobbyist cash.  They called his connections to lobbyists “especially deep” — but not, apparently, if one compares them to current Democratic leadership in both the House and Senate.  As Timothy Carney reports for the Washington Examiner, not only has Nancy Pelosi taken in twice as much lobbyist cash in this election as Boehner, but Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer have collected more in the last six months than Boehner has in six elections

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Information

President Obama will stare down the media today at his first press conference since the spring. He will attempt to defend his economic policies and fend off questions about his weakened political standing.

A federal judge in California ruled today that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is an unconstitutional violation of 1st Amendment and due process rights.

More policy from the bench: a federal appeals court ruled that the City of Hazleton, Pa., cannot punish businesses or landlords who hire or rent to illegal immigrants, while another court lifted an injunction on federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.

President Obama today will promote economic adviser Austan D. Goolsbee to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, replacing outgoing Christina Romer.

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Remembering Labor's Legacy Of Violence

To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka's organizing record ... More »
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Research Fail

WaPo: Hey, that Oval Office rug quote got botched

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