Mccain Economy

McCain's Beaver Joke Not So Funny In N.C.

Charlotte Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

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"How does one manage a beaver?" U.S. Sen. John McCain asked his followers from the Senate floor this week....

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Palin Suspends Vice Presidential Campaign: Rushes Back to Alaska to Keep an Eye on Russia

Steve Young | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Governor Palin believes that geography is more important than politics," said McCain campaign spokesman, Tucker Bounds.

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What Will Regulation Look Like After Bush?

The Big Picture | Barry Ritholtz | Posted 05.25.2011

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What does the future hold for regulating Wall Street? Regardless of who wins today's election, both Barack Obama and John McCain have staked out diff...

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McCain, Obama Try To Appeal To Middle Class Fiscal Worries

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Retired steelworker Claude Cunningham strides into the John McCain campaign office on Main Street and asks for yard signs. "...

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Obama Ad Uses Winking Palin (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is out with his own attack ad Wednesday morning. Watch it here. The Obama campaign is directing reporters to an ad it released Wednesday...

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McCain Fails on Economy - Poll

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 54 percent majority of more than 200,000 respondents to an AOL poll think John McCain can still win on November 4, eight days from now. Respondent...

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Conservative Tax Policy Is Corporate Socialism

Adrienne Birecree | Posted 05.25.2011

John McCain decries middle class tax cuts as "socialism" because they "spread the wealth around." What are tax cuts for corporate America and the wealthy then? There indeed has been an increase in "socialism" in the U.S. but a smokescreen of conservative ideological rhetoric has hidden it for decades.

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Voters in Ohio: We've Had Enough Hard Times

Teresa McCoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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I hear real fear in voices when friends and neighbors say they don't know how they will pay their gas bill this winter, how they can possibly raise the money they need to send their children to college. Or how the price of everything keeps going up.

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McCain Drags Feet On Another Stimulus Package

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is withholding endorsement of another economic stimulus package for the sagging U.S. economy, giving Barack Obama a fresh opening to attac...

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The Small Business That Got Just Got A Big Boost

Silicon Alley Insider | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of our first thoughts after last night's debate: who owns JoeThePlumber.com? Turns out it's the domain name of plumber Joe Francis in Amarillo, TX...

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McCain Never Passed the Economic Test

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in July, before either of the conventions, we wrote that this campaign would not be close unless John McCain could offer a credible plan to chang...

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No Spreading Of The Wealth And More Tax Breaks For The Wealthy? Say It Ain't, So Joe!

Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.25.2011

As an owner of a minority and woman owned small business, no longer do I want to see power and wealth concentrated amongst a small segment of our society. Real "change" will promote the growth of all small business enterprises while evening the playing field for minorities and women.

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Economic Recovery Will Require More Than Just Confidence And Cash

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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In order to stimulate growth in the short term, public works projects, national goals like carbon reductions and even perhaps a national specialization, like India has focused on computer technology, are possibilities. At this point it is quite certain that finance is not a specialty about which we can claim preeminence.

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Federal Government Fails To Count -- And Help -- Many Of America's Poor

Jane Devin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Millions of America's poor are not counted in the official statistics. Variables -- like geography, non-cash benefits, and actual cost-of-living expenses -- make it difficult to gauge the number of people who subsist in our society with inadequate resources to meet essential daily needs.

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McCain Confusion Filters Into Politico Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The McCain campaign is apparently withering in confusion over what, if anything, they should do to advance some sort of economic message, besides "sus...

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McCain vows to whip Obama's 'you know what'

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ARLINGTON, Va. — Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to "whip" Democratic rival Barack Obama's "you-know-what" when the two presidential candida...

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McCain Not Mentioning The Market; We're Not "CNBC"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Politico reports: McCain didn't talk about the stock market yesterday, and didn't put out a statement on it, while Obama did both, and McCain ca...

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Warren Buffett, Treasury Secretary? The Oracle Has No Comment

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bloomberg reported that both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama had entertained the idea of Treasury Secretary Warren Buffett -- and admitted it d...

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Republican Governors Association Attacks McCain (Unintentionally)

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican Governors Association is up with a new ad attacking North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Beverly Purdue for saying her state's economy wa...

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The Winner of Debate II? "That One"

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the end of the debate, Brokaw asked McCain to get out of the way of his Teleprompter. He might as well have been speaking on behalf of the future: Senator McCain can you please get out of the way so we can get on with it?

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Obama Ad: McCain Out Of Touch, Out Of Ideas (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Going toe-to-toe in the ad wars, Barack Obama's presidential campaign is out with a new one today, accusing John McCain for being out of touch, out of...

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McCain's Mudslide Continues

Robert Shrum | Posted 05.25.2011

If the question of the first debate was whether Obama would pass the threshold on national security (he did), the reality of this debate is that McCain didn't pass the threshold on the economy.

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McCain Strategist: "If We Keep Talking About The Economic Crisis, We're Going To Lose"

New York Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's getting McNasty again. ... McCain's course correction reflects a growing case of nerves within his high command as the electoral map has shifte...

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Survey: Economists Overwhelmingly Prefer Obama

The Economist | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the financial crisis pushes the economy back to the top of voters' concerns, Barack Obama is starting to open up a clear lead over John McCain in t...

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Obama Ad Responds To Coming Attacks, Calling McCain Erratic

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responding quickly to the character assaults being launched his way, Barack Obama is out with a new ad Sunday morning that, while attempting to place ...

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