It seems a lot of the right is gaga over Rick Perry and his entering the 2012 race. The media is working hard to talk him up and he will most likely become the front runner at a pretty rapid pace. So what do we know about Rick Perry? Unless you live in Texas or […]
How many times have we heard Rick Perry trash the federal government and taxes? He’s even hinted at secession from the union in protest to this. Now ole’ slick Rick just loves him some federal money: Texas Gov. Rick Perry sought additional federal help in battling wildfires across his drought-parched state as a woodland blaze […]
For two years we have heard Republicans complain that the stimulus didn’t spark any projects in Ohio. Even John Boehner repeated this claim over and over again. So then why this legislation? A measure banning signs that tout federal stimulus spending along Ohio’s roadways cleared the Republican-led Ohio Senate and is expected to pass the […]
This has to be one of the worst smears in the history of smears: In one of the most cynical displays in recent memory, following the lead of Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, several conservative websites – including Fox Nation and MRC arm CNS News – suggested that President Obama lied last night when he said […]
For someone who is always out campaigning against federal spending, Rick Perry sure seems hell bent on seeing some federal money: Texas officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking to overturn the federal agency’s rejection of the state’s application for more than $830 million in aid that has been tied […]
Like many others, I have spent the last few days really contemplating what will happen in the elections this November. As much as I want to be optimistic, I just can’t bring myself to it. Democrats are looking at a very dark mid-term and, as Peter Daou puts it, these are “dark days for the […]
Well imagine that. S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was out for months blasting the stimulus. All the media covered it and his declarations of not taking any stimulus money almost nonstop. Well that has changed: Two months ago, however, with the bright lights of political promise dimmed by a scandal involving an extramarital affair, Mr. Sanford […]
That’s what leading economists are saying (via Cesca): The recovery is shaping up to be stronger than expected and there is little risk the economy will slip back into a recession, according to USA TODAY’s quarterly survey of 46 leading economists. Yet most still say the rebound will fall short of the sharp, V-shaped upturns […]
From a Washington Post breaking email alert: Sales at U.S. retailers rose more strongly than expected in March as consumer stepped up purchases of vehicles and wide range of goods, government data showed on Wednesday, suggesting a broadening of the manufacturing-led economic recovery. The Commerce Department said total retail sales jumped 1.6 percent, the largest […]
It amazes me every time I hear Boehner decry federal money as being a failure. He tried to do it on the stimulus by saying there were no stimulus projects happening in Ohio, despite one going on a couple of miles from his own house. Now we have this issue: Nearly a year and a […]