Monthly Archives: September 2011

Web verdict on Perry: Brutal

By JUANA SUMMERS The conservative commentariat spoke with near-unanimity Friday on Rick Perry’s debate performance: The Texas governor didn’t just lose, he bombed. There was no election-ending gaffe or singularly disqualifying remark. But his second consecutive weak outing set off alarms on the right, where too many cringeworthy moments raised questions about Perry’s durability, his [...]

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Dow Sinks 6.4% for Week

By STEVEN RUSSOLILLO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Fears of a possible Greek default and the U.S economy dipping back into recession pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst weekly decline in nearly three years. Stocks edged slightly higher on Friday, as a pledge from global officials to maintain financial stability alleviated some investor [...]

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Obama and Romney Neck-and-Neck in Rasmussen Poll

  President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continue to run neck-and-neck in a hypothetical Election 2012 matchup. The latest Rasmussen Reports national survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows the president’s support at 44%, while Romney earns 41% of the vote. Seven percent (7%) prefer some other candidate, and another seven percent (7%) are [...]

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NY-9 is a body blow for the President

Joshua Lamel Cofounder and principal, J2 Public Strategies, former Hill staffer : NY-9 is a body blow for the president. Democratic voter turnout was low for this special election, and given the organizational advantages Democrats have in both Queens and Brooklyn, this has to be making people nervous on President Obama’s team, and at the [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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George W. Bush Flight 93 Memorial Speech

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Witnesses to 9/11, Devoted to Rebuilding World Trade Center

Never mind her asthma, Carla Bonacci recalls thinking on Sept. 11, 2001, after her PATH train from New Jersey got diverted from her World Trade Center stop to a station about a mile north. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey manager, seeing smoke billowing from the 110-story twin towers of the WTC, [...]

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Stock markets plunge after Obama speech

By JOSH BOAK Deep skepticism about Congress passing President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs package and fears that Greece could slip into default sparked a severe stock market selloff on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 304 points, or 2.69 percent, a reminder of how dangerously fragile the situation is despite government initiatives [...]

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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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Iowa Caucus: Iowa GOP: Perry 29%, Bachmann 18%, Romney 17%, Paul 14%

Confirming a surge seen in polling across the nation, Texas Governor Rick Perry has moved into first place among Republican voters in Iowa, host state to the first-in-the-nation caucus early next year. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of those likely to participate in the Iowa GOP Caucus shows that Perry is the first choice for [...]

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