Gene B. Sperling: Obama’s jobs creator
Just before 1:30 p.m. Aug. 3, a frustrated President Obama gathered Gene B. Sperling and the economic team in the White House and told them to design a jobs package he could offer the American public.
Obama had spent much of the year locked in negotiations with Republicans over the national debt, with little to show for the effort but a sagging approval rating. He had wanted to argue publicly for ideas to create jobs, but hesitated in the midst of negotiations. Liberal critics reprised a familiar critique of the Obama White House: that it too often bows to political constraints and forfeits what’s right for what’s possible or easy.
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Gingrich campaign paid off some debts, still owes $600,000
Newt Gingrich’s campaign remains roughly $600,000 in debt, two months after it reported deep debts and a long list of creditors, newly released campaign spending records show.
Fundraising by the former House speaker’s campaign has stepped up markedly since then and Gingrich just last month cut by half the $1.2 million owed in October 2010. Still, several outstanding creditors remain.
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Candidate barred for lack of English proficiency files appeal
SAN LUIS, Arizona — An Arizona city council candidate struck from the ballot over her limited English skills concedes she is not fluent in the language but called the legal challenge an abuse of power that could keep her from serving a poor border community where most residents speak only Spanish.
Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery
Who says government can’t get anything right?
It was just two years ago that the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, scraped away decades of barnacled case law obscuring our beloved Constitution and unequivocally established the right of corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to spend as much money as they want to influence the outcome of elections.
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Romney targets Obama in Colorado speech
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With a victory seemingly at hand in the Nevada caucuses, Mitt Romney flew here on Saturday afternoon to exhort a large crowd of supporters to help him get President Obama “out of the way.”
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