by Bill Scher | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I noted that the highest ranking Senator on the White House deficit commission, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, heeded the recent warning from 300 economists to put jobs before deficit reduction when he told Bloomberg that we shouldn't embark on deficit...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
In keeping with the Western-themed title of Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders, allow me to set the scene: It's well past high noon, and as the dust settles the economy lies bleeding. Looks like it's all over but the dyin' and the buryin'. But wait!...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
Digby confirms a suspicion I've held since the Clinton years: part of the method to the right's madness is to exhaust their opponents with their insanity. It's related to what I previously dubbed "The Tyranny of the Tantrum." Those of you who went through the 90s will...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will be in New York this week to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Reuters reports that Press Secretary Gibbs said in the White House briefing today that the President will meet with him tomorrow and will bring up the problem of...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Now that Larry Summers is leaving, the President has a decision to make. His choice of a replacement will send a signal about the next two years of economic policy. That signal can restore consumer confidence and reinvigorate the electorate, or it can lead to even...
