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Is it Time for Rand Paul to Meet Miss Manners?

February 4, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

If you happened to be, watching CNBC’s on Monday afternoon and saw the rude performance by Rand Paul in his interview with anchor Kelly Evans than you are more than familiar with this abysmal excuse for public discourse. If you missed it, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Race, chris-matthews, cnbc, Joe Kernan, Judith Martin, Kelly Evans, Larry Kudlow, libertarians, Miss Manners, mitt-romney, msnbc, National Broadcasting System, nbc, rand-paul, republican-party, Rick Santelli, tea-party

Miraculously the Republicans Rediscover the Average American

February 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

As if by magic, the Republican Party has rediscovered most of the rest of us. My neck is still stiff from the political whiplash I sustained when the Grand Old Party radically made its 180-degree course change back to the political middle. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: American Middle Class, American Working Class, barack-obama, Bob Corker, Chattanooga, Chuck Schummer, democratic-party, Earned Income Tax Credit, Economic Policy Institute, Family Leave Child Care Leave, Fawn Johnson, Gender Pay Gap, income-inequality, Infrastructure Spending, Iowa Freedom Summit, jeb-bush, job-creation, john-boehner, Joni Ernst, Keystone XL pipeline, Lawrence H. Summers, Lawrence Mishel, minimum-wage, mitch-mcconnell, mitt-romney, National Journal, new-deal, new-york-times, obama-administration, Occupational Training, paycheck-fairness-act, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Public Spending, R & D Funding, Radical Republicans, Reince Priebus, republican-party, Revitalize American Manufacturing Innovation Bill, Rick Santorum, Right-toWork Laws, Robert Atkinson, ronald-reagan, Ross Douthat, scott-walker, Sequestration, tea-party, The Center for Economic and Policy Research, U.S. Department of Labor, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen, washington-post, Wealth Gap

Quick, boys, raise the blimp

January 15, 2015 By Trickle up

It does not look as though His Etch-a-sketchelency will be on deck for very long. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: mitt-romney, romney

Conservative Media Attacks Help for Elderly, Disabled & Working Poor

August 23, 2013 By thegreenmiles

The Cato Institute, funded by a who's who of right-wing billionaires, big-money polluters, and corporations looking to preserve tax loopholes, is once again attacking assistance for the elderly, disabled & working poor. Here's how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Antonio-Planas, cato-institute, economy, medicare, mitt-romney, Sarah-Siskind, social-safety-net, social-security

Conservatives at a Dead End?

November 6, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

Election day has finally arrived and to true conservatives the final outcome will probably be nothing more than a mixed blessing at best. First and foremost Mitt Romney is hardly a rock ribbed conservative, not if you base your assessment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Presidential Election, barack-obama, conservative-media, conservatives, Eric Fehnstrom, fox-news, grover-norquist, mitt-romney, republican-primary, tea-party

Can Mitt Romney Fix the Economy?

November 5, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

When Barack Obama first took office economist Ken Rogoff, who served on the International Monetary Fund and at the Federal Reserve, warned the president that the 2008 downturn was no ordinary event. Rogoff advised Obama that downturns … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, economic-policy, job-creation, mitt-romney, regulations, tax-cuts

Mitt Romney and Autumn’s Black Swan

November 2, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

In nature black swans are a rarity. In the world of politics and economics they represent rare surprise events that have significant consequences. Of late the term black swan gained renewed currency when economist Nouriel Roubini said that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Presidential Election, Auto Bailout, barack-obama, Black Swans, bob-mcdonnell, chris-christie, chrysler, Consumer Confidence, General Motors, Hurricane Sandy, jobs, michael-bloomberg, mitt-romney, Political Polling, Swing State Polling, The Cook Political Report

C’mon Mitt, Privatizing Disaster Relief Would be a Disaster

October 31, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with the upcoming election a factor, one thing is apparent and that is that Mitt Romney is no better off at figuring out disaster relief than he was at figuring out who constitutes our geopolitical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chris-christie, Disaster relief, fema, government-spending, Hurricane Sandy, hurricane-katrina, louisiana, mississippi, mitt-romney

Play Romney foreign policy bingo tonight

October 22, 2012 By conor

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Filed Under: User Tagged With: debate, foreign-policy, mitt-romney

Romney & Co., Beyond the Pale in Politicizing Benghazi

October 16, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

I fully understand that Mitt Romney and his lieutenants want to capitalize on any and every political opportunity that comes their way, but in the case of the Benghazi deaths have they gone too far? Ambassador Chris Stevens’ father has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, Ambassador Chris Stevens, barack-obama, Barbara Doherty, Benghazi, Embassy Security, Glen Doherty, hillary-clinton, Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), mitt-romney

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