Blog Archive: September, 2012


Steven Capozzola's picture

Obama And Romney Keep Trading Jabs On Manufacturing And China

The presidential campaign is in high gear, and both candidates are firing back and forth with "I can do more to save manufacturing than you can" and "I can do more about China than you can."

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Digby's picture

Demonizing The Poor: It's What's For Dinner

This is awful, but I expect it happens every day and is only getting worse with the GOP assault on the "parasites": more »

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Richard Eskow's picture

HuffPost Live Video Discussion on "The Radical Rich"

The Huffington Post's new online video component is called HuffPost Live. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

The Three Moments That Wrecked The Romney Campaign, And Their Common Thread: Conservatism

Mitt Romney arguably lost Ohio on November 18, 2008, when he penned an oped titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." Today, 64% of Ohio voter more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: No Grand Bargain Without Jobs Trigger

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Robert Borosage's picture

Good Jobs First: No Grand Bargain Without A Jobs Trigger

What we have here is a failure to communicate. Poll after poll shows that voters are concerned most of all about jobs and the economy. Yet in Washington and on the campaign trail, attention has turned to deficits and how to get our books in order.

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Richard Eskow's picture

Hedge Fund Hype, Wall Street Horoscopes, and Drop-Top Jets: The Magical Minds of the "Radical Rich"

Strange stories from the newswires: Thousands of Wall Street traders subscribe to "financial astrology" newsletters. A series of wealthy Americans erupt into rage-filled public outbursts. Mitt Romney wonders why you can't open a jet's windows in mid-flight. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

Ohio And China -- One Side Promises While The Other Delivers

Ohio is the center of the Presidential election, and the center of the fight over manufacturing policy and trade policy. Polls overwhelmingly show that the public gets it that the trade deal with China is the core of the problem. So both campaigns are making promises to fix the problem. One difference, though, is that one side just makes promises while the other side has actually delivered. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Austerity Is The New Greek Tragedy

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Terrance Heath's picture

Austerity Is The New Greek Tragedy

In my previous post this morning, I noted that the U.S. is starting to look a lot like Greece, at least in terms of austerity-driven suicides. more »

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