By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Recession fears are back with a bang and the economy is front and center in the political arena again after a Labor Department report Friday showed that the nation’s unemployment rate leapt to 6.1 percent in August, employers shed jobs for the eighth consecutive month and [...]
Archive for September 5th, 2008
5 Sep
Why McCain and the GOP Are So Afraid of Discussing the Economy
By Frances Moore Lappe, Huffington Post. Posted September 5, 2008. Whether rich, poor or somewhere in between, Americans always do better economically under Democrats. For too long, Democrats have been derided as economically clueless tax-and-spenders. No wonder Americans so often vote against their own common interests. We should know better. And now we do. Alan [...]
5 Sep
From Bad to Worse: Unemployment Rate Hits Working Americans Across the Spectrum
Center for American Progress SOURCE: AP/Ric Francis Unemployed workers look for job opportunities at the California Employment Development Department Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, in Los Angeles. The Labor Department reported today that August unemployment rate soared to a five-year high of 6.1 percent. Employers cut some 84,000 jobs, marking the eighth straight month of contraction [...]
5 Sep
Public Opinion Snapshot: Priorities This Election Season
Center for American Progres By Ruy Teixeira | September 5, 2008 Conservatives have been doing a lot of talk about priorities for the country, but how much does it have to do with the public?s priorities this campaign season? Not much. We?ve heard very little about the economy, for example, but a lot of vague [...]
5 Sep
The Sarah Palin Digest
ThinkProgress has put together a document compiling what we know about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), Sen. John McCain?s (R-AZ) vice presidential running mate. Here are the issues: ON FOREIGN POLICY Palin Hasn’t Given The War In Iraq Much Thought. Palin told the Alaska Business Monthly, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t [...]
5 Sep
Palin’s speech — and the reaction to it
Palin’s speech and the reaction to it also made clear why McCain picked her. It wasn’t a decision about who’s most qualified to serve a heart-beat away from the presidency?it was a political decision about pleasing the far-right base of the Republican party. Here are a bunch of points you might want to consider: Palin [...]
5 Sep
Why the media should apologize
By: Roger Simon September 4, 2008 10:50 AM EST ST. PAUL, Minn. — On behalf of the media, I would like to say we are sorry. On behalf of the elite media, I would like to say we are very sorry. We have asked questions this week that we should never have asked. We have asked [...]
