Opinion: 8.2 Percent Unemployment Rate Won’t Reelect Obama
Of all the signs leading to a defeat for President Barack Obama in the presidential election of 2012, the most glaring sign is the unemployment rate which remains extremely high. Not only has the...
View ArticleOpinion: Romney’s Middle Class Economic Plan: Work More, Make Less
During his convention speech, Presidential candidate and former Chairman of Bain Capital W. Mitt Romney told America they deserve better because they work hard. One rhetorical example he used was...
View ArticleOpinion: Democrats Take Their Turn With Gaffes And Negative Press At Convention
Proving that there is no such thing as escaping criticism from the “other side of the aisle”, the Democrats are taking their turn at being scrutinized for every word they say and chastised for many of...
View ArticleOpinion: Auto And Bank Bailouts Prove Effective
One of the signs that we are better off than we were four years ago comes in the form of a press release from the Treasury Department. Following the bailout of American International Group (AIG) in...
View ArticleOpinion: Economic Confidence Rises Despite Republican Efforts Against It
Republicans have been talking down the economy for almost four years. An economic recovery has not been viewed by Republican politicos as what is best for the American family or for the United States...
View ArticleOpinion: 7.8% Unemployment Rate Is Questionable
While Americans want the unemployment rate to drop and the economy to improve, there is a severe contradiction regarding the positive unemployment report released Friday which says that the...
View ArticleCBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Talk Jobs, Economy and Government
By Carol Cain CBS62 With the economy clearly driving the 2012 race for the White House Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama took turns at bat to talk up their plans to help create jobs as CBS...
View ArticleCBS Local Presidential Forum Obama/Romney: Debating Cities and Education
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit As American cities go, so goes the fate of the nation the saying goes, which is why President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney took time out from the campaign trail to...
View ArticleCBS Local Presidential Forum: Obama/Romney: Push Back On Opponent’s False...
By Carol Cain CBS 62 Detroit With days left in this historic billion-dollar-plus marathon for the White House that polls show tightening, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney continued to duke...
View ArticleUnemployment Rates Fall In 7 US Swing States
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell or held steady last month in nine key swing states at the center of this year’s presidential election. Rates dropped in Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado,...
View ArticleOpinion: Single-Issue Voting Is Wrong In These Multi-Issue Times
During this election cycle in 2012, like no other time one can remember, Americans tend to be talking about voting due to one single issue or another. Whether it be the Sandra Fluke issue of free...
View ArticleMood Of The Nation: Struggling But Seeking No Help
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas...
View ArticleOpinion: A Few Brave Newspapers Endorse Romney Fighting Tide Of Liberal Press
While many newspaper endorsements of the presidential candidates are expected to be for one candidate or the other due to the newspapers’ past affiliations and endorsements of the candidates’...
View ArticleOpinion: Romney’s Desperation Showing In Final Days Of Campaign
The Romney campaign enters this weekend in a bind. This race has boiled down to Ohio. The problem for Romney is that the Obama campaign has built a firewall there. Between advertising, organizing and...
View ArticleOpinion: President Obama Says Vote For Revenge
Though President Barack Obama has said that he was not influenced by the sermons, preached messages and teachings he received from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in the South Side of Chicago in the...
View ArticleOpinion: Obama’s Biggest Failure Has Been On Race Relations
Even those who were for Sen. John McCain for president in 2008 took comfort in knowing that even though McCain lost, having the nation’s first black president would most certainly lead to an improved...
View ArticleOpinion: This Is What A Mandate Looks Like
After two years and more than two billion dollars spent, President Obama was returned to Washington with a clear mandate on the economy and the direction of the country. When it came to our economic...
View ArticleOpinion: Ten Reasons Mitt Romney Lost The Election
Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To...
View ArticleOpinion: Just Biding Our Time
Since the election, I have seen several staunch President Barack Obama supporters who have had nearly-identical smirks across their smiling lips as they approached. The last time I’d seen each of...
View ArticleOpinion: Jobless Numbers And The Newest Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
There is a new breed of truthers on the right. Joining the paranoid ranks of the advocates of a government role in 9-11 and the birthers fascination with President Obama’s birth certificate are...
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