firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 5/8/2009
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Abby Livingston*** Jobs, jobs, jobs: The big news today is the latest unemployment number. It stands at 8.9% with another 539,000 jobs shed. It's the highest unemployment number since 1983 and is up from last month's 8.5 percent. The number is pretty much what was expected, as CNBC’s Erin Burnett noted on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, adding that the jobs-loss number was lower than expected. Not reaching the 600,000 jobs lost is an important ...
whitehouse.gov - 5/5/2009
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whitehouse.gov —
Yesterday we opened up a conversation on the
President's proposals to curb offshore tax havens and end...
tax incentives for companies shifting jobs overseas. Today Jason Furman, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, joins us to address some ...
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Continuing the Conversation: Tax Reform for American Jobs
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 5/15/2009
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
How's this for an economic Stimulus? Obama's defense
cuts will cost St. Louis 30,000 local jobs. KSDK...
reported: Thousands of jobs could be in jeopardy at St. Louis' second largest employer: Boeing. The aerospace company announced the government's ...
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Change!... Obama's Defense Cuts Cost St. Louis 30,000 Jobs
wire.factcheck.org - 5/3/2009
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wire.factcheck.org —
At President Obama’s April 29 news conference, he
claimed that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has...
“already saved or created over 150,000 jobs.” Wait a minute. Isn’t the number of jobs actually plummeting? According ...
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Fantasy Jobs?
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A Rough Start for the GOP
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
First Read: "Could the Republican Party have gotten off to a rougher start in the Obama era? It's hard to think so. Even with Bush and Cheney no longer heading the party, the GOP finds its favorability ratings at or near all-time lows. Despite their enthusiasm for their unified opposition to Obama (on the stimulus, the budget), they're blamed more for the lack of bipartisanship in DC. While starting out with all the advantages in NY-20, they still found a way to lose that race. Despite the initial positive reaction to his victory as RNC chair, Michael Steele's reign has been, ...
Beyond the icons
Political Animal —
... this week over whether or not to obsess over Ronald Reagan, MSNBC's "First Read" said , "The issue of Reagan reminds us of the Kennedy-obsession Democrats had for decades. One could argue it took the Democrats nearly 30 years to kick the Kennedy habit (maybe longer). So, this Reagan issue may take the Republicans another 10 years to get over." That's probably a misread on how Dems perceive JFK. Jonathan Chait ...
The Right’s Reagan Fixation
Matthew Yglesias —
... This whole conversation is so last week, but damnit I’m only now getting around to it. As all normal people understand, contemporary American conservatism has a bizarre cult-like obsession with Ronald Reagan. Over at MSNBC’s First Read they injected a dose of false equivalence into the conversation about this, equating it to Democrats’ love of JFK. ...
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