Palin Making Noise Again Will She Run in 2012

Sarah Palin's support among Republicans has shrunk and there's no evidence she's close to saying whether she will run for president in 2012.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110430/ap_on_el_ge/us_palin2012

Its Obama Versus Bush as Growth Ebbs Before Election

President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats have run out of time and tools to generate growth as a historic government intervention to rescue the economy runs up against the limits of the November.

So the contest with Republicans for control of the U.S. Congress has reverted to arguments that have traditionally defined the parties.

Source:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-20/it-s-obama-versus-bush-as-growth-ebbs-before-election.html

How the fight over tax breaks affects you interactive

Most Republicans want to extend all of the cuts, saying that any increase in taxes will hold back the economic recovery.

Obama and Democratic leaders are proposing to extend many of the cuts but say tax breaks for top earners should expire to help pare down growing national deficits. Click on an option to compare...

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/comparing-the-tax-plans/?wpisrc=nl_natlalert

Poll Cut deficit by investing not cutting Social Security

Note two of the hot political debates at the moment: letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire polls at 54 percent, while raising the retirement age to 70 nets 33 percent.

Republicans are getting this exactly wrong

Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/8/12/892469/-Democracy-Corps-Poll:-Cut-the-deficit-by-investing,-not-by-cutting-Social-Security

Whither Obamas Economic Agenda Will it Speed Recovery

The President is right about the Republicans threatening to make things worse, but is he really making them any better? He seems to prefer shadow boxing than ripping into his opponents, being a mediator rather than a fighter.

Already, he's getting a lot of flack for being "anti-business."

Source:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/danny-schechter/30359/whither-obamas-economic-agenda-will-it-speed-recovery

Charles Krauthammer Obamas next act

I have a warning for Republicans: Don't underestimate Barack Obama.

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071504593.html

BP Slick Reached Mississippi While Haley Barbour Went Fundra

As significant amounts of oil from the BP disaster moved past Mississippis barrier islands this week, Gov.

Haley Barbour (R-MS) partied in Washington DC to raise money for Republicans. On Wednesday, boats were skimming oil near the Petit Bois Island at the Mississippi-Alabama border. He decided to attend to his duties as a political fundraiser

Source:
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/27/barbour-fundraiser-slick/

Rahm Emanuel Joe Bartons BP Apology Represents Difference

President Barack Obama's chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans -- who have defended BP over the Gulf oil spill -- were to run Congress after the fall election.

Rahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for what the congressman called a shakedown.

Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/20/rahm-emanuel-joe-barton-bp-apology_n_618646.html

Ripping the populist mask off GOPBP

With their manic, absurd defenses of BP, certain leading Republicans (echoed by Fox News commentators) have achieved levels of self-parody far too exaggerated for a "Saturday Night Live" sketch.

Everyone understands that politicians of both parties sometimes stooge for corporations.

Source:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/06/17/populist

Ron Paul Barack Obama is Not a Socialist

NEW ORLEANS�Republicans and tea party activists are fond of accusing President Barack Obama of being a socialist, but today party gadfly Ron Paul said they had it wrong.

Source:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/04/10/ron-paul-barack-obama-is-not-a-socialist/?mod=rss_WSJBlog

Why Partisan Bickering Works

Democrats are trying to pin their inability to pass unpopular legislation on the Republicans, instead of on their own extraordinary misreading of the current political tea leaves.

Source:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-23/why-partisan-bickering-works/?cid=hp:exc