Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
CBS NEWS’ HOTSHEET David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s campaign manager, and Elizabeth Edwards, whose husband John ran for president last year and later admitted an extramarital affair, have both secured book deals, the Associated Press reports. Plouffe’s seven-figure deal is for a book on the presidential election entitled “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and […]
MoreBLOOMBERG Feb. 5 — The Bank of England lowered the benchmark interest rate to 1 percent, extending the most aggressive round of cuts in its three-century history as officials try to limit fallout from the deepening recession. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mervyn King, cut the bank rate to 1 percent from […]
MoreNPR CHECK Are We Stimulated Yet? There is a Santa Claus! NPR is in the gifting mode, handing out airtime to yackers from the Grand Old Party (Republicans that is) – and a reader of this blog, “Grumpy Demo” from Dallas, was so kind as to do a bit of analysis of NPR’s big tilt […]
MoreWASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2009 (CBS) By CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian and Investigative Producer Laura Stricker. On Capitol Hill Wednesday, the financial analyst who first blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff back in 2000 went public for the first time, stunning lawmakers with the full scope of the $50 billion fraud. CBS News […]
MoreCampaign For America’s Future By David Sirota 02/04/2009 Whether or not you are among the tiny minority of Americans who thinks our trade and globalization policies are good for our country, it is undeniable that Barack Obama campaigned on very explicit pledges to radically change those policies [1]. He not only campaigned on an implicit […]
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