Financial Crisis

All that, after 12 years of Republican control of the State Legislature and the Governor's office. Yet such was the failure of Democratic messaging in 2010 that those same Republicans, even ones like Scott with huge ethical clouds hanging over the…

Senate Republicans' "Dr. No" spending hawk warned Sunday that America would experience "apocalyptic pain" with 15-18 percent Unemployment and the "Middle Class destroyed" if it didn't get its fiscal house in order. "If we don't fix the problems …

Just over a year ago, Saturday Night Live lampooned President Obama for his record, or lack thereof. "There are those on the right that are angry, they think that I'm turning this great country into something that resembles the Soviet Union, or …

As the GOP prepares to seize control of the House in January, its members on the Financial Services Committee are vowing to reexamine the wide-ranging financial regulatory Legislation passed earlier this year. This Story As GOP takes House rein…

MEASURED OPTIMISM.... By the middle of spring, plenty of folks watching The Economy were feeling relatively good. Economic growth in the First Quarter was pretty strong, and in April, we saw more jobs created than at any point in four years. Con…

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. economy is poised for its greatest strength since the Financial Crisis started, although the jobless rate will ease only slightly, Economists say. "The recovery in 2011 will be strong enough for us to see sust…

Over the last 30 years, no one has waited longer to take the number two position at the Justice Department. For over five months, James Cole, a lawyer and longtime friend of Attorney General Eric Holder, awaited a Senate vote on his nomination t…