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Jimmy Carter Is Best-Case Scenario

Obama isn't just a failed leader. Unlike Carter, the Smartest Man in the Room™ has proven unable or unwilling to learn on the job. Obama can't recognize mistakes — even though the evidence is as plain as last month's hideous jobs report.

IPO view: Bankers grumble as United States bargains on fees| Reuters

Underwriting fees on recent deals as the U.S. government sells out of companies it rescued during the financial crisis have reached an all-time low.

Poll:"Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney," said a prominent Democratic strategist aligned with the White House."Is this bad?

Should someone aligned with the Obama's White House, "he will have to kill Romney"? This after Rep Gabby Giffords shooting by a madman?   “Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney,” said a prominent Democratic strate …

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Looking Ahead, Latino Voters See A Choice Between Disappointment And Menace

As much as he loathes the harsh immigration policies and rhetoric espoused by many on the right, he is dismayed by the President's record on the economy and of all things, immigration. He's also deported more than a million illegal immigrants, a record number.

Nervous Democrats say President Obama must be bolder on economy - The Washington Post

With President Obama’s reelection on the line, Democrats are increasingly anxious about what they see as his failure to advance a coherent and muscular strategy for addressing the nation’s economic ills. Growing numbers of Obama’s allies, beyond the liberal act …

BREAKING: Pelosi's Picks Round Out Deficit Reduction Super Committee

Pelosi chose Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (South Carolina), the third-ranking member of House Democratic Leadership, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra (Calif.), and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (Maryland).

2008 REPLAY: Europe Will Start To Ban Short Selling As Crisis Spreads

The European Securities and Markets Authority is considering a ban on short selling, reports The New York Times. The authority would ban betting against just financial stocks or stocks in general.

Mr. President, It's 3AM!-Either Answer The Phone Or Resign!

It's now 3AM and the world is wondering who is going to answer the phone.

Ignoring the past doesn't erase our responsibility for it: The US needs its own 'Chilcot Inquiry' into the Iraq War

[Britain] is interested in finding out how it came to participate in an unnecessary, illegal and immoral war.

Spurs-Everton Soccer Match Postponed Because of Rioting in North London - Bloomberg

Tottenham’s home match against Everton on the opening day of the English Premier League soccer season was postponed because of this week’s rioting in London.