For the record, here's the full exchange: QUESTION: Let’s talk bonuses for a minute: Lloyd...
Category - Economy
Oy, Oy, Oy
Really, Mr. President? I'm trying to think of anything positive that could come out of this, and...
Republicans Are Blocking the Jobs Bill
I sincerely hope the DNC is readying the midterm commercials about this one. Brian Beutler reports:...
The Obama Record on the Economy
The red bars represent recession unemployment under Bush, and the blue bars represent President...
Deficit Fear-Mongering
Paul Krugman nails it: ...the sudden outbreak of deficit hysteria brings back memories of the...
Scary Lying Luntz Commercial
From the far-right Committee for Truth in Politics: That thing is packed from wall-to-wall with...
Lies and Lying Luntz
Circling back to the new Luntz memo, this is the most enormous lie in the batch: Congress is...
Bad Framing
Greg Sargent this morning presents the DSCC's rebuttal to the Frank Luntz memo. The framing is...
No More Budget Shenanigans
John Cole raised an excellent point. The new Obama administration budget is only $100 billion more...
Scary Economic Chart of the Day
Unemployment: According to Christina Romer, the White House unemployment projection by the end of...
Frank Luntz is the Devil
Frank Luntz, the real life Fisher-Price man, has released another memo for Republicans. This one...
Good News About the Economy
Steve Benen delivers the 5.7% economic growth numbers today in convenient graph form: I dig the...
I Really Don't Get This Logic
I had real problems with the mentions of clean coal and off-shore drilling last night, but this was...
Step Away from the Budget, Senator McCain
Here's John McCain last night: During his first year in office, President Obama and Congressional...
Job Creation Tax Credits
Paul Krugman wrote a pretty alarming post today about the president's proposed spending freeze, and...
Whose Money Will Be Frozen?
The likely answer: poor people. Spending on social programs to help the poor will get slammed down...
A Spending Freeze? Okay, Why?
I hear that healthcare and a second stimulus will be exempt, but this is really strange during a...
Superman vs. Bizarro Superman
I've been grappling with this conflicting agenda for most of the last several months, but today it...
I Wonder Sometimes If Change Is Possible
I'm wondering if it's even possible for a president to create long-term sustainable change when...
Calling the Teabagger's Populist Bluff
The Obama administration's proposed $90 billion bank fee isn't a huge deal, but it's brilliant...