Bird’s-Eye View

Anything, anything, about the economy beyond the simple message about lower taxes. The Bush tax cuts have been in place since 2001 and 2003, and yet here the economy is with higher than 6 percent unemployment, a weak U.S. dollar and a housing crisis. Why would continuing the Bush tax cuts and giving middle- and […]

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1:02 p.m.: McCain ends by saying rural Pennsylvanians are not “bitter” and clinging to their guns and religions because they’re disenchanted with government and the economy:
“Judeo-Christian values they hold dear is the strength of America. They’re the reason why the people in Georgia today are looking to America.”
Gettin’ on the Straight Talk Express. Keep checking […]

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I enjoy watching John McCain during townhall meetings, and the York event will mark the third one I’ve covered. That’s where McCain’s most comfortable, interacting with people, even if the question comes off as a criticism and that leads to some verbal jousting. He truly is a person whose energy and persona is done an injustice […]

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Watching the evening news gave me a sense of how American auto makers just don’t get it. Dodge is offering a new program where you get a special card and receive $2.99-a-gallon unleaded gasoline or diesel for up to 12,000 miles or three years. The program is called “Refuel America,” but if they want to […]

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This is why people should care more about polar bears beyond just seeing them jump into the deep blue water tank at their local zoo. See, polar bears may end up being the trumpet pronouncing a radical shift in how the United States deals with global warming.
A U.S. District Court has ordered the Bush administration to […]

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