by Bill Scher | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog
On Monday, I not only noted that Sen. John McCain's health care plan represents a bigger political risk than Sen. Barack Obama's, but also that the Beltway punditocracy would presume the opposite. That didn't take long. Here's yesterday's Boston Globe analysis...
by Bill Scher | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog
In a story about fluctuating oil prices, The New York Times quotes Carrizo Oil and Gas CEO Chip Johnson: I can’t see oil getting cheap again ever. It’s just too hard to find, and too many people want to use it. That's the bottom line. If we want an energy policy to...
by Bill Scher | Jul 8, 2008 | Blog
Over the weekend, Talking Points Memo called out the Associated Press for "demonstrably false reporting" in support of McCain campaign talking points about Iraq. Now the bias appears to extend to health care. Yesterday, the AP's analysis of McCain's health care plan...
by Bill Scher | Jul 7, 2008 | Blog
As Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama both plan to engage each other on the economy this week, this presents an opportunity for reporters and voters to focus on one of the biggest contrasts between them: health care. As Paul Krugman observes today, "[health insurnace]...
by Bill Scher | Jul 3, 2008 | Blog
A disturbing but sadly predictable jobs report was released today by the Department of Labor: 62,000 jobs lost in June, 438,000 jobs lost during the past 6 months. This is no limited recession. The New York Times observed that: "June’s job losses affected a range of...
