I’m up to my eyeballs everyday in the latest financial and economic news because it’s my job. That said, I wasn’t surprised at all when I read (and I have read it many times before) that many economists feel that the economy would be better off if policy makers stepped aside and let the natural [...]

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The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of forces in Afghanistan. His nomination by President Obama to fill the role left vacant by the unceremonious exit of Gen. Stanley McChrystal was never in doubt …

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A new Marist poll finds 57% of voters believe President Obama’s handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is either the same or worse than George W. Bush’s handling of Katrina. This includes a third of Democrats, 63% of independents and, not surprisingl…

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For now it’s a web video. But come October, something like this will likely be on TV. The Democratic National Committee offers a preview of the fall campaign, in which the party will highlight Republican opposition to reform the Wall Street practices t…

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On Politics Nation, Kyle Trygstad reports on the Democrats’ scramble for votes for Wall Street reform legislation. On RCM, Steven Malanga writes that even though banks have tightened underwriting standards and regulators are supposed to be getting toug…

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California Sen. Barbara Boxer leads GOP challenger Carly Fiorina by 4 points in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, and Jerry Brown leads Republican Meg Whitman by 6 points in the gubernatorial race. The numbers are in line with other polling firms’ findings ove…

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Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Lee Fisher and Republican Rob Portman are running one of the more competitive races in the country, a new Quinnipiac poll finds (June 22-27, 1107 RV, MoE +/- 3%). The two are statistically tied, with Fisher leading by 2…

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Public Policy Polling took a look at the Wisconsin Senate race, and finds that Senator Russ Feingold is potentially in for big trouble.  His approval rating is a tepid 42/42 split, and he earns only 45% of the vote against his two largely unknown chal…

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