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08.18.11 | 7:05 am
Like Watching A Slo-Mo Train Wreck
By David Kurtz

You can’t say it often enough: As the economy verges on sliding into another recession, policymakers are making things worse. It’s excruciating to watch.

08.18.11 | 6:54 am
Indecision 2012
By David Kurtz

We’re 15 months out from the 2012 general election, and there’s already enough bad political coverage for a Jon Stewart rant. Watch.

Obama’s Education Secretary Slams Perry’s Texas: ‘I Feel Very, Very Badly For The Children There’
By Eric Kleefeld
08.18.11 | 6:46 am
Ron Paul: Rick Perry ‘Makes Me Look Like A Moderate’
By Benjy Sarlin
08.18.11 | 6:44 am
GOP Rep. Mike Coffman: All Ballots Should Be In English Only
By Jillian Rayfield
08.18.11 | 6:35 am
Obama Steps Up Pressure On Syrian Leader To Resign
By Susan Crabtree
08.18.11 | 6:12 am
Jon Stewart Slams Media’s Horse-Race Approach To 2012 GOP Coverage (VIDEO)
By David Taintor
08.18.11 | 6:09 am
Chinese Minders Forcefully Shove American Reporters During Remarks By Joe Biden
By Thomas Lane
08.18.11 | 6:03 am
08.18.11 | 5:53 am
Will GOP Blow This Chance?
By David Kurtz

Hard to believe Obama still out-polls the GOP presidential field given these atrocious polling numbers on his economic performance — until you actually look at the GOP field.

Allen West: ‘I’m Here As The Modern-Day Harriet Tubman’ To Lead Blacks Out Of The Dem ‘Plantation’ (VIDEO)
By Eric Kleefeld
08.18.11 | 5:39 am
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