Posted on January 19th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
The mood of the country was as low as possible a little more than a year ago, just before Barack Obama was elected president. By April 2009, however, three months after he took office, the number of people who felt the country was headed in the right direction actually equaled those who felt it was [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
As Don Rumsfeld once famously declared:
“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
President [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
A new Public Policy Polling survey out Sunday night (1,231 LVs, 1/16-17, MoE +/- 2.8%) shows state Sen. Scott Brown (R) holding on to a lead over Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) ahead of Tuesday’s special election for Senate in Massachusetts.
Special Election Matchup
Brown (R) 51 (+3 vs. last poll, 1/7-9)
Coakley (D) 46 (-1)
Und 4 (-2)
Some [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
“I want to be a role model by showing by example that no job is undignified.” – Forty-six year old father of three Don Gould, who has an MBA and was making 6-figures beforing losing his job and now works as a bag boy at a Publix grocery store to make ends.
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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
The economic recovery needs to be firmly rooted before the central bank reverses course and begins to raise interest rates, a Fed official said Friday.
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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is polling under 50% in a new Rasmussen poll (Jan. 14, 500 LV, MoE +/- 4.5%), which finds her leading three potential Republicans in general election matchups.
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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Is there any elected official in the country who’s more of an arrogant, condescending jerk to people – including his own constituents – than Barney Frank?
Watch him in this interview with CNBC anchor Erin Burnett. The clip begins with Frank stating explicitly that the money the government will receive from Obama’s proposed tax on banks [...]
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Posted on January 15th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
The possibility of a Republican winning Tuesday’s special election in Massachusetts has heads of politicos spinning everywhere. And make no mistake: a loss for Democrats would be unspinnable.
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