Obama Economic Crisis

Two Old Wall-Street Hands: "Nothing Has Really Been Fixed"

New York Times | SANDY B. LEWIS and WILLIAM D. COHAN | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business


WHETHER at a fund-raising dinner for wealthy supporters in Beverly Hills, or at an Air Force base in Nevada, or at Charlie Rose's table in New York Ci...

Obama: GOP Just "Against Whatever The Other Side Is For"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


President Obama has gotten more aggressive in his criticism of Republicans in advance of the upcoming budget fight. In an interview with the Louisvill...

Krugman: We're In For A Year Of "Economic Hell"

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics


Paul Krugman writes Monday that, no matter what President-elect Obama does, we're in for up to a year of "economic hell" -- and that things will never...

Obama: Job Losses A "Crisis" But Also An "Opportunity"

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama released the following statement on Friday's dismal job numbers, arguing that the economic crisis is also an opportunity....

Obama: McCain Has Had "An Election-Year Conversion" On Economy

Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


GREEN BAY, Wis. — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama moved to claim the mantle of fiscal responsibility in a roiling economy, vowing o...

Thomas B. Edsall

The Economic Collapse: Not A Free Shot For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics


On the surface, the Wall Street crisis appears to favor Barack Obama's chances and to damage John McCain's. Emory political scientist Alan Abramowitz...