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Entries for October 18, 2006

An Economic Agenda for Republicans

October 18, 2006 10:27 AM ET |

No matter what happens on November 7, America is going to end up with a de facto divided government. Even should the GOP keep control of the House and Senate, it would likely be by the narrowest of margins. Most analysts think voters should expect nothing but gridlock for the next two years. So for the heck of it, I asked a couple of pretty smart guys–one on the left, one on the right–what their dream economic agendas would be for the Democrats and Republicans, within broad political reason.

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James Pethokoukis is the money and politics blogger for U.S. News & World Report , where he writes the monthly Capital Commerce magazine column. Pethokoukis is also the assistant managing editor of the magazine's Money & Business section. He has written for many publications including the New York Times, the American, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, and TCS Daily. Pethokoukis is also an official CNBC contributor and appears frequently on that network's Kudlow & Company, Power Lunch, and The Call shows. In addition, he has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, CNN, and Nightly Business Report on PBS. A 1989 graduate of Northwestern University where he double majored in Soviet politics and American history and a 1991 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, Pethokoukis is a 2002 Jeopardy! champion.

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