Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has electrified the race by choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. In the last day, the two have drawn big, excited crowds and have gotten rave reviews from conservative talking heads in the … More…
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Romney Is Winning the Money War
For the third straight month, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee have taken in more contributions than President Obama and the Democrats.
In July Romney and the RNC raised $101.3 million, one-third more than the president … More…
More Reasons Why Fixing the Debt Crisis Is Hard
The drumbeat of worry is growing as the US approaches the fiscal cliff, when the Bush tax cuts and Obama payroll tax cuts expire and automatic spending cuts kick in just as Congress debates extending the debt ceiling yet again.… More…
Domestic Spending Already Has Been Cut–a Lot
When you listen to former Gov. Mitt Romney and other Republicans on the campaign trail, you’d think federal spending is out of control and still growing. And, in a curious bit of jiu-jitsu, some even say that’s holding back the … More…
GOP Honchos Read Romney the Riot Act
Just a few weeks ago, President Obama’s re-election campaign appeared to be foundering. Now it’s Mitt Romney’s turn.
Since the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on immigration and health care reform, the future Republican presidential nominee has been reeling.
The … More…
Obama Had a Good Week in Court
President Obama and his re-election team must have started the week with great trepidation as the Supreme Court prepared to release decisions on immigration and health care reform, his signature domestic program.
But the president won two big victories at … More…
Mitt Romney’s Supply Side Delusions
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is a very smart man and a great businessman, as is clear from Michael Kranish and Scott Helman’s The Real Romney, which I’m reading now.
But politics must addle the brain like Southern Comfort … More…
Moneyball vs. The Social Network in 2012
We all know that the 2012 election campaign will be the most expensive ever, costing billions.
Already each presidential candidate and their national party committees have raised about $500 million since April 2011, when the president announced he was running … More…
Krugman Vs. Rogoff on Austerity and Growth
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman doesn’t suffer fools—or Republicans—gladly, especially if their arguments cut close to his deeply held Keynesian beliefs.
That’s why he’s engaged in brass-knuckles academic guerilla warfare with maybe the fastest rising … More…
Grover Norquist Makes Jeb Bush’s Point
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush made big waves at a meeting held by Bloomberg View Monday when he said the current Republican Party didn’t have much room for either his father, George H.W. Bush, or the patron saint of modern … More…
Howard R. Gold
I’m an award-winning business and financial journalist and an independent-minded citizen who is deeply concerned about the challenges facing our country. That’s why I started The Independent Agenda. "
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