Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
February 6, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist THE NEW YORK TIMES On the Edge By PAUL KRUGMAN A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a deadly serious debate about how to save an economy in desperate straits turned, instead, into hackneyed political theater, with Republicans […]
MoreCBS 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 […]
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 […]
More(CNN) — Former Sen. Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a statement Tuesday from the White House. Daschle had been fighting to save his nomination as HHS secretary following controversy over his tax records and questions over his work in a field that some […]
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