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No Teaching Job Left Behind
Iowa Democrat Sen. Tom Harkin wants to see $23 billion spent to keep school districts across the nation from laying off teachers. The Senate'…
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The Certainty That It's Not Uncertainty
Kevin Drum sticks a much-needed fork in the "Obama and the Democrats created regulatory uncertainty and crippled the economy" myth. Why do…
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Another Milepost On The Road To Oblivion
The NY Times fails at financial math. Whatever the policy debates, households at President Obama’s dividing line might be wealthy, but that doesn’…
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The Real Deal Appeal Of Repeal, Part 5
Tim Kaine and the DNC are pretty confident that health care reform legislation is growing on the American people. While the Tea Party crowd is screa…
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TARP O' The Mornin' To Ya
Turns out all those banks that took TARP money? A fair number are going to fail anyway. On Nov. 6, United Commercial Bank of San Francisco failed, b…
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In Which Zandar Answers Your Burning Questions
Steve M. points out GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's Medicare and Social Security killing budget plan and wants to know why the Dems aren't jumping all o…
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The Kroog Versus Rep. Paul Ryan Yet Again
Pro Tip: if you're going to publicly pick a fight with a Nobel laureate economist about economics, bring your A game. GOP Rep. Paul Ryan fails …
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The Weekend Waltz
So now the Dance of the Honeybees begins this weekend around who gets Wachovia's honeypot, and who gets to deal with all the stingers.Wachovia ha…
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The Obvious Question
News today in the NY Times that the drug companies' industry group PhRMA is going to be running $150 million in pro-health care reform ads should…
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Pulling The Plug And Letting It Die
More and more Republicans believe they will win a House majority and are looking forward to forcing Obama to shut down the government for as long a…
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Mitt Romney Starring In "Wormhole X-Treme!"
E.J. Dionne makes the excellent case that Rick Santorum's reckless social extremism is giving Mitt Romney cover for Romney's own (even worse)…
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Sale Of The Century
Retail sales down sharply in March, always bad news in a consumer-driven economy.Sales at U.S. retailers unexpectedly fell in March, snapping two mon…
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In Which Zandar Answers Your Burning Questions
Jim Pethokoukis asks (in what has to be the dumbest burning question evah):There was a lively exchange last night on The Daily Show between Jon Stewa…
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CIT Is DOA
CIT Group officially filed for bankruptcy this afternoon, as widely expected.CIT, which filed for bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of N…
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Totally Unplugged
Several news outlets reporting Circuit City is liquidating all assets: 35,000 more jobs lost as the company goes under.It will not be the last major …
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Paycheck To Paycheck
The Governator keeps juggling the numbers in order to keep California solvent, and the state is now down to playing shell games with monthly payments…
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Timmy's Sensei
I don't like Tim Geithner. But Tim Geithner learned everything at the feet of the master, Larry Summers. It is important to know this, as while…
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And At The Door Ask For The Special
Anyone on Earth surprised by Goldman Sachs playing favorites?Some investors are shrugging their shoulders at reports that Goldman Sachs Group Inc giv…
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Home, Home I'm Deranged, Part 27
The Obama administration will reveal this week their newest effort to try to fix the housing depression, focusing on homeowners underwater on their m…
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