–Obama is set to unveil his new business tax credits proposal today in Cleveland. You can bet he’ll work in some jabs at one Ohio native in particular: “the man with the plan to be Speaker.”
–The White House will reportedly draw a line in the sand on extending the Bush tax cuts: no dice on cuts for the top 2 percent. The policy …
On this Labor Day, President Obama announced that he’s calling on Congress to pass an additional $50 billion in infrastructure investment. While I’m sure this pleased the construction, steel, plumbers and transportation unions – and, let’s face it, unions haven’t been the happiest of groups of late – I see several problems …
–The unemployment rate ticked up to 9.6% in August as the economy shed 54,000 jobs. The somewhat silver lining: It’s not as bad as predicted, private companies continued to expand their payrolls and some who feared a precipitous drop into a double dip are breathing a sigh of relief. But the hard reality remains that job creation has …
–Second quarter growth is revised down to a crawling 1.6% annual rate.
–Fed Chair Bernanke is set to speak at 10 am ET in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
—Krugman: “This isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters.” He writes Team Obama is “sugar-coating economic reality” and “evading responsibility.”
–Doomsayer Nouriel Roubini …
The buzz this week is about a 43-year-old Fairbanks lawyer who seems to have knocked Senator Lisa Murkowski out of the Alaskan Republican primary for U.S. Senate. So, who is Joe Miller? Right now, he’s not talking to journalists, so it’s hard to tell but here’s what I’ve managed to gather about him:
The bearded self-described …
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–With the recovery sputtering, second quarter growth numbers due out and the Fed still divided on what, if anything, to do, Ben Bernanke is preparing a speech for tomorrow. It could be a big one.
–Writing in the Wall Street Journal, economist Alan Binder argues the central bank has nothing but weak ammunition …
Based off of the enormously successful Old Spice commercials, this is probably the most unique intern recruiting video I’ve ever seen. Apparently, it’s working. Rep. Blunt is running for Senate in Missouri.
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–Read Jay’s write-up of last night’s primaries!
–The Daily Beast’s Tunku Varadarajan unleashes on John McCain.
–Mayor Bloomberg offered a renewed defense of Islam and Cordoba House at an iftar dinner last night:
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–The administration will
Tuesday night’s primaries reminded us that nothing this election season is as we expect it. A third Senate incumbent is fighting for her political life this morning: in a surprisingly close race Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski is trailing Tea Party fave Joe Miller by 2,000 votes with 98% of precincts reporting. The results of this …
TIME’s Katy Steinmetz and Feifei Sun have this fun compilation of the best TV ads thus far this campaign season. The gallery is well worth the click through — many of them are, intentionaly or not, hysterical.
My favorite for oh, so many reasons (the gun slinging, the close up of his horse’s face when he calls his opponents dummies, …
If you like the kind of comedy that makes you cringe as you’re watching someone train wreck their life, then this is the show for you. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich hit the Daily Show last night. Here’s the interview.
Part 1:
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The theme of this Tuesday’s primaries is: if you’re an incumbent and you love your base and you hug it close — really, really tightly — you might just win your party’s nomination. Though, some might argue that running so hard to the right (or the left) might be a Faustian bargain from which you risk never regaining your soul …
–Israelis and Palestinians will talk.
–Joe Donnelly puts Nancy Pelosi in another ad.
–The DNC still puts W. in its ads.
–Jeb thinks that’s lame.
–Charlie Cook says the House will flip.
–Bill Clinton will have to save ’em all.
–Health care messaging gets retooled. (Here’s why.)
–Maes won’t go.
–The …
