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President Obama Mirrors What The American People Think About Him: “That is not a way to run a government”

April 6, 2011 By Joseph Klein

President Obama summed up yesterday what many Americans have concluded about his own administration and about the Congress, which for the first two years of his term was run entirely by Obama’s friends in the Democratic majority: “That is not a way to run a government.”

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It’s Time To Call Obama’s Bluff On Cutting the Deficit – Start With NPR Now!

March 16, 2011 By Joseph Klein

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The three week continuing resolution (CR) just passed by the House with very modest cuts in order to keep the government running while negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats proceed should be the last olive branch. And the cuts should also include some lefty sacred cows such as elimination of funding for public broadcasting.

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NewsReal Sunday: Record Breaking Deficits Will Enslave Our Children

April 18, 2010 By Paul Cooper Leave a Comment

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Obama’s spending is far worse than those before him and will bury our children in debt. February’s deficit spending numbers were more than ALL of 2007.

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Doomsday for the Eurozone?

February 18, 2010 By Vasko Kohlmayer 4 Comments

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Fiscal recklessness may break up EU’s monetary union.

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Like Toyota, Obama’s Accelerator Pedal Is Stuck

February 10, 2010 By Dick Morris 10 Comments

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The level of red ink just seems inexorably to rise.

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Rep. Paul Ryan clashes with Obama over budget – washingtonpost.com

February 7, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 2 Comments

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Rep. Paul D. Ryan says he is determined to make sure the Republican Party is viewed as “the alternative party, not the opposition party.” That is a goal President Obama embraced when he visited House Republicans at their policy retreat in Baltimore last week, and he singled out Ryan as someone he would like to [...]

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After Brown victory, Obama struggles to control message – AP

January 27, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 1 Comment

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With the president’s State of the Union address coming up on Wednesday, the White House appears to be struggling to find its feet. Republican Scott Brown’s surprise victory in liberal Massachusetts has dominated the national conversation in the last week and made Obama’s goal of signing health care reform impossible before the big speech. Now, [...]

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Budget Deficit to Reach $1.35 Trillion for 2010 – WSJ.com

January 26, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 1 Comment

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Congressional experts pegged the 2010 U.S. budget deficit at $1.35 trillion, a slight improvement from the $1.38 trillion estimate in August, but the overall picture of the government’s finances remains bleak, according to the annual report released Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office said the government will run an aggregate deficit of almost $6 trillion during [...]

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David Axelrod vs. Karl Rove – My deficit or yours?

January 18, 2010 By Jeff Hedgpeth Leave a Comment

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Where has David Axelrod been?
Truth be known, if you were the person in charge of maintaining President Obama’s image, wouldn’t you have gone into hiding after the President’s dismal, and belated response to the Christmas day terror attack? With the President’s adequate handling of the Haiti crisis, Axelrod emerged again, and wasted no time making [...]