Canada created 10,000 more jobs than the U.S. did in June, according to jobs reports released today. The nation of under 34 million people reported 28,400 new jobs in June, while the 312 million person U.S. created just 18,000. That is a striking statistic. Canada’s unemployment rate is now almost two full percentage points lower than ours, 7.4% compared with […]
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Rick Perry cometh. The brash Texan – who ignored President Obama and his old boss, George W. Bush, in executing a Mexican national last night for rape and murder – just filed a federal campaign committee, or at least his supporters did, National Journal reports this morning. Last night’s execution is ironic, as then Governor Bush […]
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http://youtu.be/3Cc5q8PKk8c Michele Bachmann went up on the air today in Iowa with an ad aimed at August Ames Straw Poll voters. The message is that Bachmann is Iowan through and through — and that she won’t compromise on the debt ceiling. It will be interesting to see if Mitt Romney goes up with ads in Iowa, too. He is not competing […]
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There isn’t a single state that John McCain won in 2008 in serious jeopardy of voting for President Obama in 2012. But 10 or more states that the President won in the last election conceivably could move over to the GOP column. Six – Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Indiana are likely […]
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The National Education Association endorsed President Obama for re-election on Monday — a full 17 months before the 2012 elections — signaling just how weak it perceives the President’s re-election chances to be. The 3.2 million-member NEA made its endorsement and its annual meeting in Chicago. It is no surprise that the NEA would endorse the Democrat in the […]
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I don’t think Andrew Cuomo is going be Barack Obama’s next running mate. He is too smart to board a sinking ship. But speculation about Joe Biden being replaced in the vice-presidential slot makes a whole lot of sense. I wrote about the possibility in March. It’s not that Biden has done anything wrong. […]
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