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Job numbers best election indicator? Try the stock market

Source: Los Angeles Times, Nov 8 2012, 3:39pm CST

Election analysts fixated for months on the lack of progress on job creation — with unemployment stuck near 8% — as a principal reason to believe President Obama’s reelection prospects looked bleak. But a group of researchers said Thursday that the p ...

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IRS destroyers of freedom

Source: Daily Kos  |   May 21 2013, 8:50am CDT

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Former Senator: Obama Told Me Resistance to Obamacare Would Fade After 2010

Source: Big Government  |   May 21 2013, 8:25am CDT

President Barack Obama believed that opposition to Obamacare would actually fade after the 2010 election. Former Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), the moderate Republican who retired when her term ended at the beginning of this year, said on M ...

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"GDP is rendered insignificant when combined with the stock market, and unemployment and inflation had no predictive value in any of our tests"


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3 hours ago

Even in Jackson, economic optimism ought to be in style again

Source: MLive.com  |   May 21 2013, 7:08am CDT

JACKSON, MI – Is undisguised economic optimism still controversial in Jackson? Considerable evidence suggests Jackson County’s economy is definitely moving in the right direction. However, last time I mentioned good signs, in the summer of 2010, some peo ...

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4 hours ago

Letter: Six-year presidential term makes sense, but it won't happen

Source: Oregon Live  |   May 21 2013, 6:04am CDT

But the reasons it makes perfect sense for one six-year term -- more time working on your agenda from day one, no ties to any interest group or advocacy group, no wasted time garnering campaign dollars or paying for a election s ...

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9 hours ago

GOP distrust of Obama, fears of voter fraud fuel polarization

Source: United Press International  |   May 21 2013, 12:47am CDT

Post-election survey: Partisan polarization persists. U.S. President Barack Obama is sworn-in for a second term by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his public inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Bui ...

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17 hours ago

NC Unemployment rate drop causes some optimism among job seekers

Source: News 14 Charlotte  |   May 20 2013, 5:19pm CDT

Last month the state's unemployment rate dropped below nine percent something it hasn't done in four years. For the past year the unemployment rate has been above nine percent only to recently trend downward in the last couple of ...

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18 hours ago

Obama Contradicts Himself on Job Market Future, Blames Sequester

Source: Big Government  |   May 20 2013, 4:32pm CDT

by Tony Lee 20 May 2013, 2:32 PM PDT post a comment At the fundraiser, which Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank hosted, Obama said the Morehouse graduates would be entering a job market that was "challenging" and could even "stall." ...

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18 hours ago

Opinion: The not-so-moderate Governor Christie

Source: NorthJersey.com  |   May 20 2013, 3:50pm CDT

WHEN Governor Christie was asked in mid-May about his political bona fides, he replied, “I’m a damn good Republican and a good conservative Republican.” Believe what he says — especially the “conservative” part. Sure, Christie goes out of his way to ...

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19 hours ago

Was the 2008 Election the Most Important Election Ever?

Source: Term Paper Warehouse   |   May 20 2013, 3:18pm CDT

Mark Seton Amelia Lynn WR 121 4/8/13 Many people in this country believe that the 2008 presidential election was the most important election in the United States history, because we had female and African American candid ...

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