Which Political Party Is Going to the Dogs?

Oct 24th 2010 – 4:00 PM |AOL News

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Elections are supposed to be about politics and public policy and big issues. And this election has its share of all that, given the stakes. But elections are also about people -- the kind of people...

The One Thing a Candidate Can't Do Without

Oct 24th 2010 – 4:00 PM |AOL News

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Elections are supposed to be about politics and public policy and big issues. And this election has its share of all that, given the stakes. But elections are also about people -- the kind of people...

Opinion: Just How Lousy Is the Economic Recovery?

Oct 18th 2010 – 5:26 AM |AOL News

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(Oct. 18) -- It's become conventional wisdom that the country has come through the worst recession since the Great Depression. President Obama has repeatedly made this claim -- during his campaign,...

Opinion: 5 Reasons a GOP Win Could Be Good for Obama

Oct 8th 2010 – 5:30 AM |AOL News

(Oct. 8) -- Conventional wisdom has it that a loss of the House and the Senate would be a huge blow to President Barack Obama. And Obama is certainly doing everything he can to stem the loss -- out...

Candidates Debate: How Can We Get Back to Creating Jobs?

Oct 7th 2010 – 4:18 PM |AOL News

(Oct. 7) -- A year and a half after the recession has officially ended, unemployment nationwide remains at 9.6 percent. In more than a dozen states, the jobless rate is 10 percent or higher. AOL...

Opinion: Who's Really to Blame for Monster Deficits?

Oct 4th 2010 – 5:32 AM |AOL News

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(Oct. 4) -- Who is to blame for the gigantic budget deficits and the pileup of debt over the next decade? It depends on whom you ask. President Barack Obama and the Democrats place the blame...

Opinion: A Tale of Two Economic Recoveries

Sep 21st 2010 – 5:28 AM |AOL News

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(Sept. 21) -- You'd think the news that the Great Recession is officially over would be something to cheer about. On Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research -- the official recession...

Opinion: This Is Not a Tax Cut

Sep 15th 2010 – 8:42 AM |AOL News

(Sept. 15) -- If all you did is read the headlines or half-listen to President Barack Obama talk, you'd no doubt think there was a big income tax cut in the works. Just check out headlines in the...

Opinion: What's an 'Affordable Tax Cut'?

Sep 14th 2010 – 10:53 AM |AOL News

(Sept. 14) -- In making his case to end Bush-era tax cuts on the rich, President Barack Obama has said repeatedly that it's a question of affordability. Last week in Cleveland, for example, the...

Opinion: Health Care Reform Reality Check

Sep 10th 2010 – 10:45 AM |AOL News

(Sept. 10) -- Remember all that talk about how health care reform would lower national health care costs, make health insurance more affordable and cut out-of-pocket spending, while expanding...

Opinion: Obama Offers Stimulus Reruns

Sep 7th 2010 – 6:59 AM |AOL News

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(Sept. 7) -- It's summer that's supposed to be the time for reruns. So with summer ending, why is President Obama offering up repeats in hopes of getting the economy moving again? On Monday,...

Opinion: It Must Be Al Gore's Fault

Sep 1st 2010 – 7:54 PM |AOL News

(Sept. 1) -- When news reports surfaced that James J. Lee -- the now-dead Discovery network hostage-taking suspect -- had apparently written a rambling, repetitive and just plain crazy manifesto, it...

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