17 Feb 2012
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Story of the Day:
Unemployment Claims Fall
From Bloomberg:
Americans filed the fewest claims for jobless benefits since 2008, surprising forecasters and signaling that an improving labor market will give the world's largest economy a boost.
MSNBC drops Pat Buchanan
From POLITICO:
Longtime political analyst Pat Buchanan is being dropped by MSNBC as a result of the controversy...
Where is the blueprint for the 46 million people in poverty?
Earlier this week, President Obama released his budget proposal for 2013. Much of the coverage has focused on deficit reduction. A CNN article critiqued the budget for doing too “little to reform the entitlement programs that pose the biggest long-term threat to the federal budget.” If even the progressive Center...
Last week, Mitt Romney told Soledad O’Brien that he’s “not concerned about the very poor.” The public scrutiny over his honest statement (but poor word-choice) surprised me for two reasons. First, Romney only confirmed a pre-existing narrative, so what was shocking about the statement? Second, it seems to me that Mitt Romney isn’t alone in his lack of concern for the...
Just when you thought that the attacks on working people couldn’t get any worse, another Republican has come along to prove that point wrong. Meet New Hampshire Republican State Representative J.R. Hoell, who has filed a bill to repeal lunch breaks for people in New Hampshire. Seriously? No lunch breaks?
As Pat Garofalo at Think Progress...
Quote of the Day
"I love the fact that Sheldon put in about $10 million with Gingrich and I put in a lot less with Rick. I like to say I'm an investor and Sheldon is a casino guy."
-- Santorum Super PAC financier Foster Freiss, in an interview on Bloomberg TV, poking fun at Gingrich Super PAC backer Sheldon Adelson.
Obama's Brush with Political Disaster
From The New...
