Updated July 15, 2012
It’s the summer of 2012, President George W. Bush has been out of office for 3 ½ years, and the biggest issue of the presidential campaign is whether to keep his signature tax cuts, which were … More…
Tag Archives | President Obama
Billionaires Know Where Their Bread Is Buttered
The presidential money wars are raging, as future Republican nominee Mitt Romney has outraised President Obama for the second consecutive month.
Since he locked up the nomination, the former Massachusetts governor has become a money-raising machine. His campaign and the … More…
Where the Jobs Aren’t
The news isn’t good for recent college graduates.
The sheer number of kids in their 20s moving back in with mom and dad isn’t just anecdotal; going back to the class of 2006, half of them—half!—don’t have jobs… 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…
If It Walks Like a Tax and Quacks Like a Tax
Never look a gift tax in the mouth, especially if it may have just saved your presidency.
That’s what you’d think President Obama’s reaction would be to the life line (sorry for the mixed metaphors) Chief Justice John Roberts extended … More…
Obama Draws Blood on Outsourcing at Bain
President Obama’s political attack on Mitt Romney’s tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital got lots of criticism from Democratic politicians a couple of months ago—but it appears to be working.
The president has been making headway in polls in … 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…
Supreme Court Likes Citizens United Just Fine
In its second big ruling Monday, the Supreme Court brushed aside without a hearing Montana’s challenge to the notorious Citizens United decision of 2010, which opened the floodgates to unrestrained campaign contributions by corporations and wealthy individuals as long as … More…
Court Immigration Ruling Gives Obama a Partial But Real Win
President Obama and his re-election team must have celebrated this morning when the Supreme Court threw out most of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070, by a 5-3 majority, with only conservative Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito dissenting.… More…
It Could Be a Long, Hot Summer for Obama
President Obama has caught a couple of breaks after a bad few weeks in which he lost ground to Republican opponent Mitt Romney.
Last Friday, the president announced a new immigration policy that would accomplish some of the same things … More…
