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Judd Gregg Withdraws as Commerce Secretary Nominee
February 12, 2009, 4:25 pm By Jeff Zeleny THE CAUCUS BLOG – NEW YORK TIMES President Obama’s choice for Commerce Secretary, Senator Judd Gregg, withdrew his nomination on Thursday. He said there were “irresolvable conflicts” between him and the administration. “It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as […]
MoreStimulus: How to Know If It’s Working
February 11, 2009 BUSINESS WEEK Consumer confidence and job creation may be slow to emerge and hard to measure, but boosts in umemployment benefits and food stamps will be fast acting By Moira Herbst At his first prime-time press conference, President Obama was asked a central question about the $800 billion-plus economic stimulus package: How […]
MoreThe Complete and Utter Douchebaggery of Bernard Goldberg
A man needs a humorless feminist like a fish needs a bicycle
MorePaul Krugman: “On the Edge”
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 […]
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