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Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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More Insider Trading Scandals Brewing

Dan Dorfman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec, Anheuser-Busch, Ross Perot, Securities and Exchange Commission, Perot Systems, Wall Street, Dell, Business News
Dan Dorfman

The SEC wants to know who traded in Perot in the two months prior to the public disclosure of its acquisition. I've also obtained copies of SEC documents showing it has commenced a number of investigations.

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Perot Systems: Dell Buys Ross Perot's Company For $3.9 Billion

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

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NEW YORK — Dell Inc. will spend $3.9 billion for the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. in an attempt to expand beyond the PC business ...

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Where's Ross Perot When You Need Him?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Congress, Stimulus Package, Ross Perot, Bank Bailout, Obama Stimulus Plan, Barack Obama, The White House, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

I'm ready for a little old fashioned Ross Perot specification of the expected outcomes of the stimulus package. This is what we call in education a "teachable moment."

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Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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President Bush Buys New House With Fun Neighbors

Business Sheet | Caroline Waxler | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Ross Perot, Wealth, Real Estate, Mark Cuban, George W. Bush, Business News

George Bush may be the poorest one in the hood with an ranch home worth only $3 million. After reading around, we came up with a list of some of his f...

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Ross Perot Real Estate Fund Blows Up

Clusterstock | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Ross Perot, Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, Ross Perot Real Estate Fund, Business News

Take a creaking CMBS market, mix in some leverage and voila: liquidation, just like that. The Journal reports that one of the first to explode was one...

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In A Climate Of Fear, Let's Remember To Breathe

Judy Muller | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Swing State, Retirement Funds, Bradley Effect, Fear, Economic Crisis, Nafta, Economy, Ross Perot, Autumn, Mexico, Election 2008, Recession, Colorado, Home News
Judy Muller

As Barack Obama pulls ahead in the polls, his supporters are holding their collective breath, afraid to speculate on the outcome, afraid to say it out loud, lest the polling Gods curse their arrogance and spin this thing the other way.

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One Last Comment about the First Debate

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, John McCain, Ross Perot, Larry King, Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Nafta, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

Almost everyone has already weighed in about the first McCain-Obama debate, and all eyes and ears are now focused on the Vice-presidential debate tomo...

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The Questions for Perot about McCain and Gambling

Gerald Posner | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Gerald Posner

In 1995, Ross Perot told me that McCain had a gambling problem and he had uncovered details that McCain was bailed out in the late 1980s from a big gambling debt by his wife, Cindy.

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It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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Tony Sachs

To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.

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By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.

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Despite Economic Gains, Americans Wary Of NAFTA

Los Angeles Times | Marla Dickerson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lost Jobs, Rust Belt, Ross Perot, Nafta, American Workers, Mexico, Business News

Four campaign seasons have come and gone since presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot warned that NAFTA would create a "giant sucking sound" of jobs going...

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Ross Perot Slams McCain

Newsweek | Jonathan Alter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Presidential Candidate, John McCain Ross Perot, Republican Primary, John McCain, Ross Perot, 2008 Election, John McCain South Carolina, Mccain, Politics News

The phone rang and it was Ross Perot, who hasn't given an interview in years. Perot, who won 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election,...

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