According to Mitt Romney adviser Ed Gillespie, the campaign will refocus its message this week to hone in on President Obama’s vulnerabilities in the Rust Belt, particularly in Ohio. “We are talking not only on the president’s performance over the
The Romney campaign is taking a simple message on the road to Ohio this week: “Stop Obama.” That’s the catch-all for a variety of economic policies–on energy, trade, and taxes–that Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan will be highlighting
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan Minister puts out $100,000 contract on filmmaker Japanese companies begin resuming operations in China Militant attacks in Sinai may force Egypt-Israel peace treaty to reopen Germany and France commemorate de Gaulle’s speech 50
Speaking near the Space Coast in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan blasted the president’s “broken promises” on the space race, warning that “China may one day be looking down on us from the moon.”
More than six million revellers from around the globe are set to descend on Munich from Saturday for the world’s biggest beer fest, complete with lederhosen, pretzels and plenty of the amber nectar. With the traditional cry of “O’zapft is”
In keeping with his administration’s philosophy of “leading from behind,” President Barack Obama filed a new complaint against China with the World Trade Organization (WTO) this week–after Republican nominee Mitt Romney began highlighting Obama’s failure to out-compete China in trade
Not long ago I was talking to an old friend who has spent his life in behind-the-scenes electoral politics in Chicago (and as a Republican has never even tried to get elected to anything). He got to know Barack Obama
(AP) Market mood sours after downbeat economic newsBy PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONThe mood in financial markets turned sour Thursday after a round of disappointing economic news illustrated the scale of the global economic downturn. Figures from Europe, Japan and China
The LA Times: The car of the U.S. ambassador to China was surrounded Tuesday by a small group of demonstrators who damaged the vehicle and briefly prevented it from entering the U.S. Embassy compound in Beijing. A YouTube video of
The Obama administration broke its own rules for how stimulus money could be spent. The General Services Administration bought Chinese-made solar panels and installed them on a three-story federal building that houses the local offices of Illinois Senator Dick Durbin
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Afghan suicide attack kills 13 in revenge for anti-Islamic movie Appearing to panic, U.S. announces end of joint operations with Afghan soldiers China’s nuclear weapons dilemma China discovering billions of dollars in fraud over
(AP) BEJIINGChina is returning to normalcy after angry protests over Japan’s wartime occupation and Tokyo’s recent purchase of islands also claimed by Beijing. Beijing sanitation workers were using high-pressure hoses Wednesday to erase the stains of paint bombs hurled at the
ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOScores of Japanese-owned factories and stores in China were shuttered Tuesday as anti-Japan demonstrations erupted in dozens of cities. At stake are billions of dollars in investments and far more in sales and trade between Japan and
By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONForeign demand for U.S. Treasury securities rose to a record level in July and China increased its holdings after two months of declines. The Treasury Department says total foreign holdings rose 0.7 percent in July to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Japan bolsters defenses as 1,000 Chinese fishing boats approach China declares economic war on Japan Chinese Communist Party urges punitive sanctions against Japan Quote: ‘There won’t be a war because it’s bad for business!’
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Violent anti-Japan protests in China spread to more cities Taiwan rejects China’s request to join forces against Japan Leon Panetta says that China and Japan are heading toward war Jund al-Sharia jihadists clash with
Violent clashes between protesters and riot police continued on Sunday afternoon in southern China, sparked by a dispute between China and Japan over a series of tiny islands between the two countries.
(AP) Panetta: violence leveling off; protests to go onBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFTU.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world is likely to continue into the days ahead, but he says
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com State Dept. orders evacuations of Americans out of Tunisia and Sudan Libyan officials say that the Benghazi attack was very well planned Huge Anti-Japan protests spread across China, turn violent Japanese do not believe
Apple’s iPhone 5 is one of the biggest product launches ever in the sector, and may also deliver a well-timed stimulus to the US economy ahead of the presidential election, analysts say. Apple is expected to sell as many as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Egypt’s ‘million man march’ fizzles as protesters attack in Sudan and Tunisia Japan/China confrontation brews as China sends warships to Senkaku islands Attacks on Japanese in Beijing increase as September 18 approaches Chinese expats
Rolling Stone magazine worships at the altar of President Barack Obama. So the magazine’s writers apparently assume a musical legend like Bob Dylan does the same. Not quite. The magazine’s latest edition interviews Dylan in connection to the singer’s newest
The Obama campaign cited a notorious state-owned Chinese propaganda network to attack Mitt Romney on Friday morning. The statement was a response to a new Romney ad, which declares, “Under Obama, we’ve lost over half a million manufacturing jobs. And
If Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis want to make a sequel to “The Campaign,” the summer comedy that slammed the influence of money in politics, they’ve got great material here. DreamWorks studio head Jeffrey Katzenberg bundled a grand total of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: U.S. military forces converge on Libya for terrorist hunt Anti-Islam film that triggered riots was a scam Attack on U.S. embassies spurs renewed American nationalism Diplomat killed in Libya told fellow gamers: ‘Hope I
