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How High Gas Prices Could Help Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook February 29, 2012 Comment (8)If the 2012 elections were held in May, President Obama might face dire reelection odds.
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Why the Economic Recovery Might Be Real This Time
Tweet Share on Facebook February 29, 2012 Comment (7)We've seen this movie before, right? It begins with signs of an improving economy, but the plot reversal happens as oil and gas prices surge, Europe implodes, Washington threatens reckless policies, or some other shock chokes off the nascent recovery.
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Why $4 Gas Will Hurt Less This Time
Tweet Share on Facebook February 24, 2012 Comment (37)It's starting to seem like a spring ritual: Something goes pop in the Middle East, oil and gasoline prices surge, consumers get nervous, and the economy backslides.
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3 Holes in Mitt Romney's Tax Plan
Tweet Share on Facebook February 23, 2012 Comment (3)Mitt Romney likes to say that if he were running a company and somebody presented him with a cockamamie idea—like the half-baked schemes that fly around Washington all the time—he'd fire the offending lackey.
But Romney might be the one out on the street if his new tax plan had to pass through corporate accounting.
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Why Big Banks Deserve to Get Slammed
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2012 Comment (5)They're rolling their eyes on Wall Street yet again.
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Why Running For President Is a Great Career Move
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2012 Comment (1)The exhausting schedule. The prying press. The tedious scrutiny of every word you utter.
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Video: Why the Dow Is Flirting With 13,000
Tweet Share on Facebook February 22, 2012 CommentCBS News recently asked me to explain why the stock market has been soaring, even though there are still major questions about the economy. Here's the clip:
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The Return of Herman Cain--and 9-9-9
Tweet Share on Facebook February 15, 2012 Comment (4)Some public figures fade into obscurity when they're pushed off the national stage by a scandal. Not Herman Cain.
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3 Upsides to Lousy Government
Tweet Share on Facebook February 14, 2012 CommentThe last couple of years have been a maddening time for civic-minded Americans.
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Why Obama's Budget Doesn't Matter
Tweet Share on Facebook February 13, 2012 Comment (4)There must be at least a few White House budget writers wondering, why bother?
