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Has America reached its economic peaked?
Examiner.com - 17th Dec 2010NY Times economic reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin made the front page of the Japan Times yesterday morning by putting the U-S economic crisis in terms that hit home in Tokyo: He predicted that we're at risk of a "Lost Decade" similar to the one Japan …
Read more >>Political Rashomon on Financial Crisis Panel
The New York Times - 16th Dec 2010Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg Phil Angelides, the chairman of the crisis commission, is facing a revolt by its Republican members. What caused the Financial Crisis? You might want to check someone’s political voting record before asking. It comes d…
Read more >>Understanding John McCain
Andrew Sullivan - 3rd Dec 2010Fallows' readers try to parse the bitter career end of the Arizona senator. I wish I understood McCain. I thought I did once, but it seems increasingly clear that he is a man of near-suicidal vanity and misjudgment (remember suspending his e…
Read more >>Kasich ODOT pick Wray of sunshine to some, death Wray to others
Examiner.com - 1st Dec 2010COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - To take charge of Ohio's $6 plus billion transportation agency, Gov.-elect John Kasich chose someone who's been down that road before, Jerry Wray, who successfully steered the giant agency under two previvous Republica…
Read more >>States on the brink
New York Post - 17th Nov 2010Nicole Gelinas Congress could face a fresh fiscal mess: a state -- or a pack of 'em -- calling for cash. The Republicans, newly in charge of the House, will be inclined to "just say no" and let markets punish the profligate. But it won't work --…
Read more >>Geithner says Congress must resolve tax issue by end of year
Washington Post - 16th Nov 2010Economic agenda: Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 At some point in the last couple of years--we would place it sometime after Lehman Brothers went down but before the automakers were bailed out--Washington became the financial capital of the world. "Now tha…
Read more >>Obama's rescue mission in Madison
Washington Post - 17th Oct 2010When President Obama steps onto the stage Tuesday evening at the University of Wisconsin, it will be back to the future. But for how long? The Madison rally likely will be a feel-good moment for Obama and those around him, a reminder of the gl…
Read more >>Suddenly Barney Frank’s ... reticent?
Boston Herald - 30th Sep 2010H ere’s how I know that Barney Frank’s re-election race is tighter than he’d like. Yesterday I asked him some questions. I was bracing to get hammered by his reply. This time, though, he didn’t tell me I was asking somethi…
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