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President Obama on the fundamentals of our Economy
thinkprogress.org - 3/16/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
This afternoon, Fox News’s Martha McCallum introduced a
segment highlighting Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Christina Romer’s...
claim yesterday that the “ fundamentals of the economy are sound .” “After weeks of ...
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Fox News Edits Clip To Suggest That Biden Recently ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 3/15/2009
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Let me get this straight...in the face of
bank failures, the mortgage crisis, increasing unemployment, accelerating inflation,...
and federal bailouts of massive insurance conglomerates, to say our economy is in deep trouble is fear-mongering and will ...
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McCain: Fundamentals of Economy are 'Strong' but ...
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Obama channels McCain
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Now that President Obama has scared the Congress into authorizing the expenditure of more than a trillion dollars. A feat accomplished by constantly talking the economy down and endlessly referring to the worse economic downturn since the Great Depression. Today, Obama put on his rose colored glasses and declared most aspects of the US economy “fundamentally sound”:
The last person I heard call the economy fundamentally sound was Senator John McCain, back in September. The mainstream media had nothing but derision for McCain’s fundamentally sound remark. The New York ...
Obama Changes Tone on Economy, Says Fundamentals 'Sound'
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Barack Obama, Economy, Obama AdministrationIn a dramatic, and some might say cynical, change in message, President Barack Obama said yesterday that the fundamentals of the nation's economy are, "sound." The comments come just weeks after the president was consistently warning that the economy faced a "catastrophe" if Congress did not act to pass his $787 billion economic stimulus bill quickly. During the presidential campaign, then candidate Obama pilloried Republican nominee Sen. John McCain when he made similar remarks on the state of the economy. ...
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Fundamentals of the Economy Are Sound -- Really?
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Obama: The Fundamentals of Our Economy Are Strong
patterico.com 1/21/2009 — Barack Obama’s inauguration speech:
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NRCC: The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong!
talkingpointsmemo.com 1/24/2009 — Maybe the National Republican Congressional Committee just hasn't updated its website in a while (a long while). That's the most charitable explanation I can come up with for this:
(Thanks to TPM Reader MW for the catch.)
The Fundamentals
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 10/17/2008 —
Kevin Drum posted this chart earlier today and I think it tells you a lot of what you need to know about our current predicament. Wages for average people are, on some level, the real fundamentals of the economy. And simply put, they haven’t ...
WH looks for signs of economic success —
First Read 3/13/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones It's been less than a month since President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package to fanfare and applause at a ceremony in Denver. While officials argue that it is much too early to evaluate the plan's overall ...
White House approves of Cramer smackdown —
CNN Political Ticker 3/13/2009
Many declared Jon Stewart, right, the victor in his face-to-face with Jim Cramer.
(CNN) — Jim Cramer's now-infamous appearance on The Daily Show Thursday night even won the attention of President Obama, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs ...