Gallup: Obama’s Support Among Independents At 53%

CBO: this year's budget deficit to hit $1.5T (AP)
AP - New budget estimates released Wednesday predict the government's deficit will hit almost $1.5 trillion this year, a new record.

Why Republicans Might Not Want To Take Back The House
Of course you always want to be in power, right? Well…not according to an editorial in the Wall Street Journal…and I have to say that the points are intriguing if the GOP wants...

CBO: 600K+ Jobs Created Or Saved By Stimulus So Far
Some welcome news for the White House, and the numbers could be even higher. First, from the Wall Street Journal: The Congressional Budget Office late Monday said it estimates that the...

Stimulate This, Baby
Michael Boskin is a professor of economics at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Today, in the Wall Street Journal, he proposes a temporary payroll tax...

The Hankster: Where the independents are 8/7/09
INDEPENDENT VOTERS More from Quinnipiac and Field polls on independent voters’ views Deficit a Growing Concern for Public — and White House (By GERALD F. SEIB, Wall Street...