jazzman646 (May 17, 12:29 PM): wmo - I'm doing fine thanks! jazzman646 (May 17, 12:37 PM): lisa - I don't really know much about Daniels, but I like what Pawlenty did fiscally in Minn., and feel its similar to what the US needs right now. jazzman646 (May 17, 12:53 PM): Was just …
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...spotted a very interesting Rahm quote in the middle of a WaPo story on the GOP scrambling to take advantage of the Democrats' vulnerability this year:
It has become conventional wisdom, perhaps even cliche, to pin the origins of the credit crisis on the big banks or, AIG or even the practice of financial modeling.
If you closed your eyes during much of the President's speech on Afghanistan Tuesday night and just listened to the words, you easily could have concluded that George W. Bush was still in the Oval Office. Or, at the very least, that Obama had stolen his speechwriters.
With the Federal Reserve under more intense attack than at any time in decades, Ben S. Bernanke, the professorial chairman of the central bank, was schooled last month in how to handle the increased political demands of his job.
Dennis Kucinich talks about his intention to introduce legislation to put the Federal Reserve under government control.
When a big company that gets into trouble is more valuable living than dead, there used to be a well-established legal process for reorganizing it - called chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.
Proud Army Veteran, Beth Ann Kucinich, beloved youngest sister of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, died today, Veteran's Day, at Veteran's Hospital in Cleveland, after a battle with acute respiratory distress syndrome. She was 48 years old.
Suddenly, everything old is New Deal again. Reagan is out; F.D.R. is in. Still, how much guidance does the Roosevelt era really offer for today's world?
To understand the meaning of the U.S. election results, it is worth looking back to the moment when everything changed for the Obama campaign. It was, without question, the moment when the economic crisis hit Wall Street. …