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Romney adviser: Obama to blame for public sector job losses
An adviser to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday said that President Barack Obama’s policies were at fault for jobs cuts in the public sector — even though the GOP hopeful recently blasted the president for wanting to hire more firefighters, police and teachers. “He’s the president of…
Racing To The Bottom
The number one golden rule of statistical analysis: Correlation does not always equal causation. Having said that, there’s pretty strong correlation in this NY Times analysis of areas with high incidences of racially charged Google searches and areas where President Obama underperformed in 2008 by Seth Stevens-Davidowitz: Consider two media…
Romney adviser criticizes Obama’s comments on eurozone crisis
A senior economic adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has slammed president Barack Obama’s policy towards the eurozone crisis. In an op-ed in Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business newspaper, R Glenn Hubbard, the dean of the Columbia Business School, said Obama’s strategy was “unwise” and revealed “ignorance of the causes…
Obama to Netroots Nation: ‘Change is hard’ but always ‘possible’
President Barack Obama delivered a pre-recorded message to the progressive Netroots Nation annual event Saturday evening, emphasizing his administration’s accomplishments and trying to drive home the message for his base to choose him over Mitt Romney. Discussing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal and the end of the Iraq War,…
Obama: Teachers not ‘doing fine’
Teachers not ‘doing fine’: Can Obama find his footing on recovery? (via The Christian Science Monitor) While downplaying a remark Friday that the US private sector is “doing fine,” President Obama nevertheless focused on stalwarts of the public sector – teachers – for his weekly Saturday address, saying Washington has…
Somali militants mock U.S. bounty, saying they’d give 10 camels for Obama’s location
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab rebels Saturday mocked a US offer of up to $33 million for tip-offs enabling the arrest of its top leaders, saying they would give 10 camels to anyone who helped locate Barack Obama. The highest price put up by the US State Department on Thursday was for…
Terry “Burnin’ Qur’ans for Jesus” Jones Hangs Obama in Effigy
It has been one of those weeks, people. One of those weeks. You ever had one of those? Of course you have. After having had one of those weeks, I find it hard to get outraged by the stupid shenanigans of a pastor who swiped his mustache from Yosemite Sam.…
WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks on state of world economy
President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on the state of the world economy and the European debt crisis Friday morning. Watch live, broadcast via the White House and scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. Eastern. JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV…
Romney outraises Obama in May dash for cash
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney thumped President Barack Obama in campaign fundraising in May, and while the incumbent’s team is dismissing the surge, it could sow concern among Democrats five months from the election. Figures released Thursday show Romney outraised Obama for the first time in the White House race,…
F-16s scramble for Obama aircraft alert
LOS ANGELES — Two F-16 fighters were scrambled Thursday after three small planes violated a flight ban imposed for a fundraising visit by President Barack Obama in California, officials said. The military jets intercepted a Cessna 206 at around 9:00 am (1600 GMT) and a Cherokee PA 28 about 30…
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