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Is the Gang of Six Headed for a Shootout with the House?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets072011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss the Gang of Six plan to settle the budget deal and what

2012 Fundraising and the Tough Road to the GOP Nomination

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Aaron Blake from the Washington Post to discuss the latest quarter of 2012 fundraising numbers, the importance of Iowa

The Failing Economy, the Debt Ceiling and 2012

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the poor economic productions for 2012, how the economy may impact Obama’s

Can Republicans Force Obama's Hand on Debt Ceiling Deal?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the possibility of QE3, Italy, and the latest on the debt ceiling

Eric O'Keefe Talks About the Health Care Compact

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Eric O’Keefe to discuss the Health Care Compact, Medicaid and Medicare reform and the financial danger

With Rhetoric Rising, Is Syria the Next Libya?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss Hillary Clinton’s latest comments about Syria’s Resident Assad and ask, is Syria

Doug TenNapel Talks Comics, Games and the Politics of Hollywood

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Doug TenNapel to discuss Ratfist, his new socioeconomic satire of the modern world, what it’s like

Debt Crises Abroad and at Home

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the worsening debt crisis in Greece, it’s spread to Italy, and the

More than 14 Million Americans Still Unemployed

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070811.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the dismal unemployment numbers for June, a constitutional showdown over the debt

The Bluegrass State's Battle with Medicaid Costs

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Ben Domenech is joined by John Garen a professor in economics at the University of Kentucky and adjunct scholar at the Bluegrass Institute to

The Devilish Details of a Debt Ceiling Deal

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss what a debt ceiling deal might look like, if Republicans should even

Ken Cuccinelli Talks About Challenging Obamacare and the EPA

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. We’ll get an update on his challenge to Obamacare, then talk

Senator Tom Coburn's Plan to Save Medicare

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets070111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the debt and Tim Geithner’s potential exit from Obama’s cabinet. Then Senator

Sarah Palin, the Quotable Rogue

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets063011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Matt Lewis from the Daily Caller to discuss his new book, The Quotable Rogue about Sarah

Jon Huntsman and Michele Bachmann, a Tale of Two Campaigns

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Ben Domenech to discuss Jon Huntsman’s recent comments on Afghanistan and how he appeals to the

Congressman Sean Duffy Discusses Debt Ceiling Negotiations

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to talk about the latest consumer spending and savings numbers that came out this

Obama's Sinking Economic Ship

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062411.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Congressional Budget Office’s scathing report on the debt, Ben Bernanke and

Challenging the Constitutionality of Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Mario Loyola to discuss the court challenge of Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid, how the Tenth Amendment

TSA Wants to Search You Even When You're Not in an Airport

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062211.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss TSA’s growing search efforts outside of airports, state efforts to restrict intrusive

How Children Get Left Behind by Medicaid

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the recent McKinsey health insurance survey, the inability of children to gain access to medical care through Medicaid,

How to Handle the Debt Ceiling

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets062011.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the impending debt ceiling deadline, Mitch McConnell bowing to the Democrats, and how Francis would

Obama's Failed Outreach to Business

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the Barack Obama’s ATM comments this week, and his administration’s failed outreach

Washington's Fight Against the Future of Higher Education

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Ben Boychuk to discuss how new regulations from Washington will make it harder for the next

Lying – The Most Fun a Politician Can Have with His Clothes On

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets061511.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss the GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire, and John Mearsheimer’s new book,