Supercommittee Meltdown: Tax Pledge

20 November 2011 |permalink | email article

THE ODDS increase the supercommittee, a bipartisan group of legislators, will fail to meet their deadline well before Wednesday. The so-called “Grand Bargain” has capsized and, as the columnist Paul Krugman wrote, in this case “failure is good.” Turns… read full story

Obama: Poll Uptick On Key Issues

18 November 2011 |permalink | email article

A new Pew poll (Nov. 9-14) confirms a trend that’s been apparent for several weeks. With constant changes in the GOP primary race, President Obama has seen an uptick in a few key metrics if not the economy, Talking… read full story

What’s Next for Occupy Wall Street?

17 November 2011 |permalink | email article

Possibly encouraged by similar actions in Oakland and Portland Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally accomplished what he had long wanted to do: clearing the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park. The larger question is where at the O.W.S movement… read full story

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