Watch in full: Joe Bidern’s ‘they just don’t get us’ speech

May 16, 2012 · Posted in 2012, Joe Biden, Politics · Comment

From Ohio, Wednesday:

Obama ‘can’t wait’ on Congress; will issue an executive order a week

October 23, 2011 · Posted in 112th Congress, News and Current Affairs, People, Politics, President Barack Obama · 15 Comments

Barack Obama may have finally reached his limits with Congress.

The president appears to have become fed up. Read more

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#OccupyAmerica isn’t going away

October 14, 2011 · Posted in Occupy Wall Street, The Economy, Wall Street vs Main Street · Comment

And police and other authorities had better figure out a way to deal with it. My fellow members of the media (including myself) too… Read more

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This week’s Herald column: Obama’s new economic script

September 22, 2011 · Posted in jobs, Opinion, President Barack Obama, The Economy, Wall Street vs Main Street · 1 Comment

On the economy, Obama goes for a rewrite

The president flips the script. Read more

Tags: <jobs, Politics, President Obama, Republicans, The Economy, Wall Street>

How to beat a billionaire (or, enter the ‘Buffett rule’)

September 18, 2011 · Posted in 2012, Obama administration, People, Politics, President Barack Obama, The Economy, Wall Street vs Main Street · 2 Comments

I wonder what tax rates the robber barons' secretaries paid?

If you’re fighting against a very rich man, in a very deep economic malaise, the best way to beat the rich man is simply to point him out. Read more

Tags: <Congress, Democrats, jobs, President Obama, Republicans, tax increases, taxes, The Buffett rule, The Economy, Washington>

(Video) Riots in the streets? Joy debates Michael Steele, Dinesh D’Souza and Larry Kudlow

September 17, 2011 · Posted in Foreign policy, Israel, News and Current Affairs, Obama administration, Political News, Politics, The Economy, Wall Street vs Main Street · 1 Comment

One of my favorite shows to appear on, The Kudlow Report, invited me on-set for their “free market Friday” panel, to discuss New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s comments about “riots in the streets” if young Americans don’t start seeing the jobs picture improve. (And I even got away without Dinesh D’Souza calling me a Mau-Mau!) Here it is:

Tags: <Dinesh D'Souza, jobs, Joy Reid, Kudlow Report, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Steele, President Barack Obama, The Economy>

Can dysfunctional D.C. do anything to improve the jobs picture?

September 2, 2011 · Posted in jobs, The Economy · 1 Comment

Is the jobs situation hopeless, structural and unfixable? Sometimes, you’ve got to wonder… Read more

Tags: <jobs, The Economy, unemployment>

Dueling headlines: fears of a double-dip, while luxury goods fly off shelves

August 5, 2011 · Posted in The Economy, Wall Street vs Main Street · 1 Comment

More proof that the rich aren’t like the rest of us. Read more

Tags: <The Economy, the rich aren't like the rest of us>

Weak job market begs the question: is it really time to cut spending?

July 8, 2011 · Posted in jobs, News and Current Affairs, Political News, The Economy, U.S. Economy · 2 Comments

Americans care about jobs, not elections.

The answer, from an economic point of view, is no. But don’t let that stand in the way of political grandstanding and ideology in Washington. Read more

Tags: <jobs, The Economy, unemployment>

UPDATED: Eric Cantor’s palace coup: top GOPer ditches budget talks at tax time

June 23, 2011 · Posted in 112th Congress, House of Representatives, John Boehner, News and Current Affairs, People, Political News, Politics, Republicans, The Economy · 2 Comments

House majority whip Eric Cantor and House speaker John Boehner.

When Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, abruptly quit budget talks with the White House Thursday morning, the move had “coup” written all over it. Read more

Tags: <Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Speaker John Boehner, spending cuts, the debt ceiling, the debt limit, The Economy>

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