California "Always" Liberal? Ross Douthat Must Be Dreaming
In yesterday's New York Times, conservative columnist Ross Douthat accuses President Obama of "pushing a blue-state agenda during a recession that’s exposed some of the blue-state model’s weaknesses,...
View ArticleThe Key to the Fall Debate: Staying Focused on the Economy
The last few months have not been particularly good ones for Democrats. That's the bad news. The good news is there a clear roadmap for how they can use the coming months to get back on track, and it...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Weekly Address Focuses on Economy, Bipartisan Cooperation...
In his weekly address, President Obama talks about his focus on the economy in 2010 and covers his commitment to deficit reduction. Notably, he covers some of the politics that conservatives have been...
View ArticleQuoting Simon on Jeb Bush and Meg Whitman
What will the Republicans have to do in order to win in 2012? Simon has pointed out a few times that with the right presidential ticket, the Republicans could be unexpectedly competitive in the Latino...
View ArticleLesson from the New York Times Poll: Have a Plan for the Economy
Today’s poll from The New York Times tells the story of a country focused solely on frustration over the bad economy. Jobs and the economy, added together, are the top concern of 60% of Americans. (No...
View ArticleWhy It Doesn’t Matter Much that Obama’s Jobs Record is Better than Bush’s
The great partisan squabble of 2011 over the economy begins this week with the new Congress. Even if some of the rhetoric seems fresh, the core issues likely to become the stuff of real political...
View ArticleThe Truth about Job Creation under Obama and Bush
Everyone knows that unemployment is high today and unlikely to fall by much soon. Yet, a longer view of the official jobs data would startle most people, including virtually everyone in the media....
View ArticleAn Economic Program for the Fall Campaign and the Next Four Years
With the presidential election turning on the economy, the debate has focused on what’s right or wrong with the current recovery, and who’s responsible. They agree that growth is too slow and deficits...
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