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After quoting Marx (“Groucho, not Karl”) to squeeze one last laugh out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, President Obama abruptly stopped joking. Hundreds of politicians, celebrities, journalists, and corporate sponsors fell silent as he dropped a 607-word morality bomb: “We can do better,” Obama told the elites. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News [...]
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Obama administration missed clues on Fisker
Posted by admin on April 24th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department did not realize for four months that troubled automaker Fisker Automotive Inc. had missed a crucial production target that was required as part of a half-billion dollar government loan, documents released Wednesday show. The mistake allowed Fisker to obtain an additional $ 32 million in government funding before the [...]
Open thread for night owls: A few tweets about Boston you may have missed in today’s flurry
Posted by admin on April 20th, 2013
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Hagel filibuster a reminder of missed reform opportunities
Posted by admin on February 18th, 2013
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No Comments »Fed missed warning signs in 2007 as crisis gained steam
Posted by admin on January 19th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top policymakers at the Federal Reserve felt for most of 2007 that problems in housing and banking were isolated and unlikely to tear down the U.S. economy as they ultimately did. Even as crisis signals started flashing red with the freezing of credit markets during the summer, Fed officials believed the troubles [...]
Busy Romney Sorry He Missed Nation’s Piano Recital
Posted by admin on January 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON—Speaking at a press conference on behalf of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul told the American public how deeply sorry the GOP frontrunner was to have missed the nation’s piano recital Saturday. Tweet This Post
Romney Calls Treasury Report Delay Another Missed Opportunity by Obama to Face Up to China
Posted by admin on October 13th, 2012
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — It was all about China for the Romney-Ryan ticket today, the two politicians hammering the Obama administration for delaying the release of a report that could label China a currency manipulator. “I want to make sure that when people cheat, when they… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'Opportunity, Another, calls, China, Delay, face, missed, Obama, Report, Romney, Treasury No Comments »Uninvited and Not Missed at Democratic Convention
Posted by admin on September 4th, 2012
“Rarely has a political persona been so non grata as John Edwards at this Democratic convention in his home state,” USA Today reports. Tweet This Post
