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Why Obama should worry about Newt

Staff Report The prevailing attitude among many Democrats is that Newt Gingrich 2012 is the best thing to come down the pike since – well, Newt Gingrich 1996. “We’re looking at 1964 or 1972” if the former speaker is the GOP’s pick, predicted one top Democratic strategist, recalling two incumbent landslides. Gingrich’s liabilities are ample … Continued
December 17, 2011

Obama abandons demand for millionaire tax

Staff Report President Obama is angering supporters who believe he’s about to make another major concession to Republicans by abandoning his insistence that millionaires pay more in taxes to fund an extension of the payroll tax cut. “So much for a really good talking point for Democrats in 2012,” wrote progressive blogger Joan McCarter on … Continued
December 16, 2011