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It’s the Middle Class, Stupid! (Review)

…what they consider some of the political failures of the Obama Administration, particularly with regards to messaging. For example, they argue that Americans are not persuaded by Team Obama’s continuing…

Bull In a China Shop

…the line to draw an implicit contrast with President Obama, saying the world — and, by definition, the United States — should emulate Poland’s economic and societal transformation toward smaller…

BREAKING NEWS: Bain Capital Really, Really, REALLY Did Not Want to Lend GM and Chrysler Money For Their Managed Bankruptcies!”*

…a blog posting regarding Bain Capital, GM and Chrysler, which is incorrect. Refer to the CNBC retraction below. Please update your story accordingly. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/288038/withdrawn-cnbc-report-bain-advised-obama-administration-auto-company-bailout-has-been- Best, Charlyn Lusk Charlyn Lusk Stanton…

The Time I Offered to Bet $10,000

…started tweeting about how Obama’s recent activities meant that liberals need to double-down and work to get large Democratic majorities for Obama in 2013. Since that worked so well in…

Learning To Owe

…online petition supporting student loan forgiveness has collected over a half million signatures. President Obama announced a plan last week to provide student loan relief. First, he is reducing the…

The Monetary Policy Debates

…At least one of the 12 seats has been vacant since Mr. Obama took office, and two are now.” as Leonhardt knows perfectly well, the Obama administration can’t fill Fed…

THE Reason for the Downgrade

Or, Barack Obama sucks at 11-dimensional chess. On July 14, 2011, S&P was assuming that 2001 and 2003 tax fraud deferrals would expire at the end of 2012 [Update: link…