So, Rick Perry, the guy who invests in porn, hates accessible healthcare for women, and who thinks that President Obama is evil believes he's more suited to be the President? Perhaps the candidate from Texas should talk to the folks he grew up with in Haskell County.
"Hoover wasn't able to print gold, but can be blamed for supporting the Fed's tight money policies," writes Scott Sumner.
Concerns have grown over Secure Communities since the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency this month said the program would be extended nationally by 2013, even if Illinois and several other states that have opposed it don't agree to participate. Gov.
August 15, 2011 Obama Begins Bus Tour as Approval Slides First Read: "A long and very fluid GOP race might be exactly what the doctor ordered for President Obama, whose job-approval rating sunk to 39% in Gallup's daily tracking poll.
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Fitch Ratings on Tuesday confirmed the United States' top-notch credit rating and, in blatant disagreement with rival Standard & Poor's, gave a vote of confidence to Washington's deficit-reduction efforts. Fitch also kept a stable outlook on its U.S.
A letter from a former News of the World reporter, who was jailed in 2007 for hacking the phones of British royalty, further calls into question the veracity of testimony from Rupert Murdoch and his son James at last month's sensational phone hacking hearing. The letter from Cliv …
If I had a dime for every white female or white male editor who has told me or my publicist that the book is just "not for them" or that "it is nice but not for their audience," I would be rich.
Perry has been the opposite kind of chief executive: dismissive of Democrats and fond of political maneuvers that put the heat on moderates within his own party.
Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan is strongly considering a run for president. Ryan, who has been quietly meeting with political strategists to discuss a bid over the past three months, is on vacation in Colorado discussing a prospective run with his family.
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