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Deficit Again Expected to Top $1 Trillion

By KRISTINA PETERSON And DAMIAN PALETTA WASHINGTON—The federal budget deficit likely will top $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year in fiscal 2012 as the economy continues to grow at a sluggish pace, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted Tuesday. Congress’s official budget scorekeeper projected a sober outlook in its semi-annual report Tuesday, forecasting that [...]

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The Road to 2012

Greetings and welcome to a New Year here at Solid Principles. I’m back from a sabbatical, mostly my thoughts have been spread on my Facebook account, and random thoughts at Twitter. Prior to resuming Podcasting, I felt it was time to share my thoughts via this article on the Republican Primaries, given that we have [...]

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Mitt Romney: President Obama Out Of Touch Like Marie Antoinette

THE HUFFINGTON POST MASON CITY, Iowa — Mitt Romney on Thursday sought to portray President Barack Obama as out of touch with the struggles of everyday Americans — a charge he himself has often faced — by comparing the president to a former French queen who was overthrown during the French Revolution. “When the president’s [...]

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Michael Ramirez Political Cartoons: “The Great Job Massacre”

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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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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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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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Stay On Vacation

NRO By: Michael Tanner As the economy continues to teeter on the precipice of a double-dip recession, there is a growing demand for the president and Congress to rush back from their vacations and do something. But why? What is it that we really think the president can do? While the president’s latest economic plan [...]

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Obama’s ‘Counteroffensive’? Please!

EXCERPT ONLY:  Seeing as President Obama cannot govern, he’s had to go back to campaigning — an activity with which he’s quite comfortable but decreasingly successful, as evidenced by his falling poll numbers and his endless, repetitive speeches. I don’t just throw out this governance charge lightly. The Los Angeles Times reports that Obama is [...]

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