As Obama Holds Jobs Summit, Frustrated Left Complains About Slow Growth foxnews.com
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foxnews.com — President Obama said at a much-anticipated jobs summit Thursday that chronic unemployment isn't merely academic and is "a struggle that cuts deep and touches people across the nation." Chronic unemployment isn't merely academic and is "a... More Is Obama's Job Summit a PR scam?
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Is Tuesday's Vote a Referendum on Obama? No image available
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foxnews.com — The final push is underway in Virginia and New Jersey, where President Obama has campaigned hard for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates, while New York's hotly contested 23rd Congressional district has attracted conservative leaders... More Are Tuesday's elections a referendum on Obama?
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Marc Ambinder: Have Conservatives Gone Mad? i.huffpost.com
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theatlantic.com — Can anyone deny that the most trenchant and effective criticism of President Obama today comes not from the right but from the left? Rachel Maddow's grilling of administration economic officials. Keith Olbermann's hectoring of Democratic... More Have Conservatives Gone Mad?
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Do the Rich Owe America for Their Fortunes? online.wsj.com
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blogs.wsj.com — United For a Fair Economy, the left-leaning policy group, held a press call Tuesday to argue for preserving the estate tax before it temporarily expires in 2010. During the call, Vanguard-founder Jack Bogle made an interesting argument for... More Do the Rich Owe America for Their Fortunes through estate taxes?
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Let The Cameras Roll thinkprogress.org
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thinkprogress.org — My colleagues Igor Volsky and Matt Yglesias have eloquently argued on ThinkProgress that C-Span's cameras should not be allowed to film the final negotiations between the House and Senate as they hammer out health care legislation that... More Should negotiations between the House & the Senate be televised?
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Conservatives top ID poll No image available
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politico.com — The percentage of Americans calling themselves either conservative or liberal has increased in the last 10 years, with conservatives emerging as the top ideological group in the United States, according to Gallup. Gallup's year-end figures... More How Do You Classify Yourself?
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White House: Two million jobs 'saved, or created' by stimulus latimes.com
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latimes.com — Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration, offering evidence that its much-maligned efforts to spur economic recovery have begun to take hold, said Tuesday that the $787-billion stimulus program saved or created 1.5 million to 2... More The stimulus 'saved, created, or lost' two million jobs?
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Obama's Nobel Balance s.wsj.net
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online.wsj.com — Nobel Peace Prize speeches are usually filled with soaring rhetoric and grand humanitarian gestures. President Barack Obama will accept his prize Thursday with a speech that aims at historical resonance but is constrained by his status as... More Should Obama be stripped of his Nobel Prize?
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Obama Presses Senate Democrats on Health Bill s.wsj.net
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online.wsj.com — White House officials on Sunday said they were confident that the Senate had the necessary votes to pass its health-care bill, as Democrats struggled to bridge differences over abortion and a government-run health-insurance plan. The... More Will Health Care Reform nail the coffin shut for the Democrats in 2012?
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Congress has exempted itself from Public Option i4.ytimg.com
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firstthings.com — Moffit points to an amendment offered by Rep. Dean Heller, R-NV, during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting just before the recess began that would have required Members to be covered by the Public Option plan if they approve it for... More Should congress be required to take the Health Care Public Option?
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