April Trade Deficit Decreased 8.2% on Lower Imports of Consumer Goods and Automotives, Commenter and blogger RJS Our trade deficit was 8.2% lower in April, as our exports increased and…

…political strategy. However, here is Linda Beale’s take on the issue: Obama not standing up to radical right attempting to undo America’s Social Insurance ProgramObama seemed to get a spine…

…in both respects. The first part of Dickerson’s article proves false the lazy political analogies offered by so many pundits between Obama’s situation and LBJ’s, and between Obama’s situation and…

Speaker John Boehner @SpeakerBoehner House GOP has voted to replace the president’s sequester twice. Here’s why, courtesy @whitehouse: http://j.mp/WzhNgY #obamaquester — Twitter, h/t Politico, Boehner’s office dubs it “Obamaquester,” Feb….

…on the Deficit Commission. Yet again, we read about all this agreement to “stabilize social security finances” by raising future retirement ages, because “The current Social Security program will not…

by Mike Kimel Obama, Romney & Enthusiasm We live in lesser times. The election is coming up, and our choices for President are pretty dismal. I mean really, Barack Obama…

…inadvertent overdrafts—something that matters even to people who are not waitress moms? PrioritiesUSA, the pro-Obama PAC, has a new ad that I love. But so many of the pro-Obama ads…

…Rubio (R-Fla.) to pay his respects to victims’ families. McCain answered the question about the gun debate by citing Obama’s culpability for the attack through his foreign policy: “Barack Obama…

…date for the Obama Deficit Commission) to $3.9 trillion in 2019 and the end of the projection period. Now opinions vary on whether we are in imminent risk of attack…

…generally triangulated his way toward whatever he wanted. Here’s a China that Obama can go to that Bush 2 wanted to visit but couldn’t… “fixing” Social Security. Obama has already…