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The Blind Man and the Elephant is the Media on the Financial Crisis

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Cnn, National Public Radio, Financial Crisis, New York Times, 60 Minutes, Wall Street Journal, Chuck Schumer, David Carr, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

In 2008, the financial media was saddled with an enormous task: explaining the unexplainable. The subprime mortgage mess, which began life as a seemin...

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Bailing Out Dan Quayle

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Bail Out, Financial Bailout, Sherrod Brown, Aozora Bank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Colorado, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Jared Polis, William Ford Sr, Aig, Auto Bailout, Mark Fields, Dan Quayle, Ohio, Real Estate, Republican Party, Gail Collins, Detroit, Steve Feinberg, Citigroup, John McCain, Florida, Gm, Alan Mulally, Private Equity, Ford, Condoleeza Rice, Congress, United Steelworkers, Cerberus, Japan, K2, Robert Rubin, Chrysler, Wall Street, Henry Ford, Michigan, Banking, IAP Worldwide Services, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Paul Jenkins

The battle over the bailout of some segments of the US auto industry has become increasingly defined in terms of class, but this hides the fact that the same type of players will benefit from both bailouts.

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Fran Drescher for Senator Shmenator

Howie Greene | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, New York Mets, Movie Business, Entertainment, Breaking Entertainment News, David Paterson, Pakistan, Senate Races, New York, Mets Collapse, Politics News, Snoop Dogg, Fran Drescher, Saturday Night Fever, Cancer, Television Business, Jewish Voters, David Letterman, Politics News
Howie Greene

She's a cancer survivor. She's a great fundraiser. She speaks Spanish, Yiddish and some form of English. Fran Drescher is a lot of things -- but the next Senator from New York?

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Sam Stein

Sen. Menendez Named Head Of DSCC

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Party Senate, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, Dscc, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Schumer, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Menendez, Politics News

Sen. Bob Menendez was named the next chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Tuesday morning, taking the reigns from his wildly succe...

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Schumer Stepping Down From Campaign Post

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Schumer Dscc, Chuck Schumer DSCC, Schumer Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Schumer Steps Down, Schumer Campaign Post, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer said Monday he is giving up his job running the Senate Democrats' national campaign efforts after two successf...

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What Centrist Huh? Beyond Obama's 2.5 Million Jobs

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change to Win, Jason A. Lefkowitz, Chuck Schumer, Yes We Can, Change, Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment Rate, New Deal, Economy, President Elect Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Fdr, Unite Here, Barack Obama, 2.5 Million Jobs, Fdr New Deal, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Obama may well assume a fairly radical solution to the economic problems facing the nation, one that eclipses the craziest notions dreamt up by the progressive fringe.

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Dems: Congress Could Back Stimulus Plan Up To $700 Billion (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Congress, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Economic Stimulus, Huge Stimulus Package, Democrats, Stimulus Package, Video, Politics News

UPDATE: President-elect Obama urged swift passage by Congress of a massive two-year spending and tax-cutting recovery program which significantly exce...

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What Makes For a Great Secretary of State?

Matt Littman | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kerry, Tom Daschle, Abbas, Max Baucus, Hillary Clinton, Mccain, Hamas, Chuck Schumer, Bill Richardson, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Secretary of State, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Matt Littman

Here's what you need to be a great Secretary of State: a massive ego. Would Hillary Clinton have the potential to be a great Secretary of State? Absolutely.

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Durbin Re-Elected As Majority Whip

Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: 111th Congress, Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Durbin Press Release, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Durbin Senate Majority Whip, Durbin Majority Whip, U.S. Senate Leadership, Senate Majority Whip, Chicago News

Senator Dick Durbin was re-elected as Majority Whip, the Senate's second-highest leadership post. Read the release from his office: U.S. Sen. Dick Du...

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Seth Colter Walls

Schumer, DSCC Predict Victory In Tight Oregon Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley, Oregon Senate Race, Chuck Schumer, Senate Races, Dccc Predicting Oregon Win, Oregon, Politics News

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted to several Democratic insiders that Jeff Merkley will unseat incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith in Oregon, multipl...

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Notoriously Cheap Democratic Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Dscc, Dem Senators, Democratic Senators, Chris Van Hollen, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, House Races, Politics News

On the cusp of winning a filibuster-proof 60 vote majority, Democratic Senators are hoarding their personal campaign chests, demonstrating more self i...

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Sam Stein

Schumer And Ensign Spar On Palin, Robocalls, Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

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The respective leaders of the Republican and Democrat Senatorial campaign committees clashed on a wide variety of topics Tuesday morning, but perhaps ...

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Hank and the Swedish Model

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs, Henry Paulson, Nouriel Roubini, Bailout, Marcy Kaptur, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Howard A. Rodman

Can Hank have seen the light? Is he going to do what must be done? Is he going to take his Big Pile of Cash and buy us some banks?

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Chuck Schumer: "Tell Sen. McCain To Get Out Of Town"

MSNBC | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, John McCain, Schumer Mccain Should Get Out of Town, Mccain Campaign Suspension, Mccain Suspended Campaign, John Mccain Bailout, Mccain Bailout, Chuck Schumer Bailout, Schumer Mccain, Politics News

During a speech on the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) urged President Bush to "respectfully tell Sen. McCain to get out of town. He...

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Sam Stein

Schumer's Bailout Proposal Divides Economists, Interests Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paulson Bailout, Chuck Schumer, Obama Schumer, Steven Teles, Schumer Proposal, Brad Delong, Schumer Paulson, Billion Dollar Bailout, Bailout Proposal, Politics News

One of the more interesting moments of this morning's Senate Banking Committee hearing with Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke came when Sen. Chuck Schumer...

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Financial Bailout = Patriot Act Redux: Under Cover of Crisis, the Republic is Lost

Pete Cenedella | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Chuck Schumer, 2008 Elections, No Blank Check, Depression, Usa Patriot Act, Paulson, The New York Times, Economic Crisis, Obama, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2008 Election, Recession, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Henry Paulson Plan, Mainstream Media, Patriot Act, Bailout, FInancial Markets, Bernanke, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Ben Bernanke, John Ashcroft, Bear Stearns Bailout, Treasury Secretary, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Business News
Pete Cenedella

Forgive me if I smell a similar attempt by the Republicans to ram a lopsided, ready-made and offensive prescription down the throats of the American people under the cover of crisis.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Medical Records, Cancer History, Raised By Top Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, John McCain, McCain Cancer, Harry Reid, Sarah Palin Vice President, Mccain Health Records, Claire McCaskill, McCain Health, Mccain Cancer History, View Mccain Medical Record, Mccain's Medical Records, Democrats Demand Maccain Medical Records, Politics News

With three prominent Democratic senators now on record raising the issue of John McCain's health, and an independent group set to make a push for the ...

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The New Bush

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Texas, Storm, Alaska, Kathy Phillips, Terrorism, Palin, Point MacKenzie, Anchorage, Knik Arm Bridge, Appropriations, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Bridge to Nowhere, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Congressman Don Young, Meet the Press, Ted Stevens, Chuck Schumer, Trooper Gate, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

We knew Bush wasn't "smart." And now we know Palin isn't either. But can Dems find a way to show why all these sorted facts matter?

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Schumer: Obama Should "Hit Back Hard"

Politico | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Obama Attacks, Obama Celeb Ad, Schumer Obama, Schumer Advice Obama, Politics News

One of the Democratic Party's leading electoral street fighters, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, said that Barack Obama should respond to John McCain's p...

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Sam Stein

Shoeless Chuck Schumer Gives Obama And Dems Some Stern Advice

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Schumer Democratic Party, Schumer Democrats, Norm Coleman, Schumer Senators, Schumer 60 Seats, Bob Schaffer, Schumer Democratic Rules, Senate Candidates, New York Politics, Schumer Obama, Chuck Schumer DSCC, Schumer Mccain, Chuck Schumer, Al Frank, Politics News

Chuck Schumer was not expecting an in-person interview. Towards the end of a quintessentially boiling Washington D.C. day, the affable and intense New...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: A 60-Seat Majority Is Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Republicans Vulnerable, Democrats Senate, Schumer 60 Votes, Schumer Democratic Majority, Schumer Dscc, Democrats 60 Seats, Schumer and 60, Politics News

Senator Chuck Schumer whetted the palate of many Democrats today when he suggested, for the first time of the election cycle, that their dream of a 60...

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Did Sen. Charles Schumer Cause The IndyMac Failure? He Says No

CNNMoney.com | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Why Did IndyMac Die, Banking Crisis, IndyMac Shut Down, IndyMac Closed, Indymac, IndyMac Seized, Chuck Schumer, Who Killed IndyMac, Charles Schumer, Business News

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 9-1-1" by suggesting h...

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RTCA Dinner: Pics and Nuggets

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Radio and TV Dinner, Howard Kurtz, Mo Rocca, Mitt Romney, David Gregory, Katheleen Matthews, Joe Biden, Roger Ailes, Amy Holmes, Chris Matthews, Brian Williams, David Bloom Award, Dick Cheney, Kevin Madden, Steve Capus, Rahm Emanuel, Briwi, Fox News, Jamal Simmons, RTCA Dinner, Chuck Schumer, Wolf Blitzer, Rtca, Media News

We're chiming with coverage of Wednesday's Radio and Television Correspondent's Dinner in D.C. — check out our exclusive interview with featured...

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Leading Dem Expects Stimulus In Place By March 1

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Schumer Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Chuck Schumer, Charles Schumer, Business News

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he is optimistic that an economic stimulus package can be "done, signed and ready to go by March 1." "I thi...

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