From The Hill: President Obama’s new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts. They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012,
From the Associated Press: : The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with
Its probably about time for another Obama vacation. His polls suck. The economy sucks more. And with friends like Jimmy Hoffa Jr…Of course, it is always possible another SPEECH turns things around.
From Reuters: The powerful healthcare industry hopes a congressional “super committee” tasked with slashing America’s debt will fail and is lobbying instead for automatic spending cuts that will kick in if the panel deadlocks. Much of the health sector believes
From AFP: Republican US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney unveils his economic plan Tuesday, focusing on lower taxes, less regulation, scrapping the Obama health plan and ending trade “surrender” to countries such as China. The former front-runner in his party, Romney
From the Associated Press: Public support for both President Barack Obama and the US Congress has hit news lows, as a pair of polls Tuesday reflected Americans’ frustration with the stalled economy and rancorous partisan squabbling. A Washington Post/ABC News
You’ll want to read up on Media Matters for America (MMfA) editor, Erick Boehlert’s blunder this morning. Everyone knew he’d be big – and they were Right. Now, Boehlert has been left looking like the biggest dummy on the Internet
No doubt, Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa Jr meant his declaration of ‘war’ against the tea party metaphorically. Because the Teamsters have no history of violence. Metaphor. Yeah, that’s it.
From the Associated Press: World stock markets took a beating Monday over fears that the U.S. economy was heading back into a recession just as the European debt crisis was heating up and the eurozone’s economic indicators were slumping. Any
From the Associated Press: President Barack Obama is previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a Labor Day rally with union members in Detroit. Obama’s speech at the annual event sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO was
In honor of labor, instead of taking the day off, do some kind of work, somewhere today.
From the Associated Press: Asian stock markets took a beating Monday after U.S. job creation ground to a halt in August, reviving fears of a recession in the world’s largest economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average was down 1.7 percent
Ouch. Maureen Dowd in today’s The New York Times: The leader who was once a luminescent, inspirational force is now just a guy in a really bad spot. His Republican rivals for 2012 have gone to town on the Labor
Today, in 1957, Ford introduced the Edsel. Think Chevy Volt.
From The Washington Post: Sarah Palin tantalized supporters on the eve of her appearance at a tea party rally by telling reporters “there’s room for more” candidates in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. But she gave no hint
Tropical Storm Lee is bearing down on the Louisiana coast. The storm isn’t expected to threaten New York City, so your cable news programming this weekend should be normal.
From The Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration’s controversial plans to tighten smog rules, bowing to the demands of congressional Republicans and some business leaders. Obama overruled the Environmental Protection Agency–and the unanimous opinion of its
Recovery Bummer: The economy added ZERO jobs in August. “Economists” had been expecting a significant increase. In a continuing pattern, job growth estimates for both June and July were revised downward. We expect today’s report to be revised downward next
Today, in 1945, Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II six years and one day after it began.
From The National Journal: The president’s dismal poll ratings, should they continue into next year, could sink Democratic hopes for reclaiming ground in the House and retaining control of the Senate — especially in battleground states and swing districts. “If
From The Associated Press: Worker productivity fell this spring more quickly than previously estimated while labor costs were rising at a faster clip. Both developments could pose threats to a fragile economic recovery. The Labor Department reported Thursday that productivity
Yesterday was Speech-apalooza ’11 with the GOP vs. Obama and Palin vs. Iowa Tea Party as the top bouts. Palin and the Tea Party seem to have gotten things straightened out, while the GOP vs. Obama remains contested for the
Today, in 1939, World War II began with Germany’s invasion of Poland.
From the Associated Press: Justice Department officials say they’ve filed suit to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA. The government contends that the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T
