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The Presidential Divider
The Wall Street Journal
Apr 14, 2011
Obama’s toxic speech and even worse plan for deficits and debt.
Obama Stokes Deficit Fight
The Wall Street Journal
Apr 14, 2011
President Barack Obama asked Congress to adopt a mix of revenue increases and spending cuts to tame the nation’s long-term budget deficits, in a combative speech that portrayed Republicans as backing “tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires” while demanding sacrifice from the nation’s seniors, poor and the middle class.
Obama Speech: More Taxes
The Wall Street Journal
Apr 13, 2011
Here is the prepared text of President Barack Obama’s speech on the deficit, as released by the White House:
Fox News Poll: Qaddafi Seen as More Committed than Obama
Fox News
Apr 13, 2011
By a wide margin, American voters think Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi is more committed to staying in power than President Barack Obama is to ousting him.
Fox News Poll: More Americans Want a New President Than Want Obama to Stay
Fox News
Apr 13, 2011
Forty-four percent of American voters think President Obama deserves to be re-elected, while slightly more—48 percent—think the country would be better off with someone else, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.
U.S. Deficit to Rise to Largest Among Major Economies, IMF Says
Apr 12, 2011
The U.S. is set to have the largest budget deficit of major developed economies this year and should narrow it now rather than face tough adjustments in the next two years, the International Monetary Fund said.
Debt Ceiling Debate Explosive
The Hill
Apr 12, 2011
Wall Street is getting used to high drama in Congress, but the fight over raising the debt limit will test even that seasoned resolve.
Gas By $5 By Memorial Day
CBS Chicago
Apr 12, 2011
At one time, $5 per gallon gas seemed like a far-fetched idea, but that is no longer the case. As of Monday, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the Chicago area is $4.11, compared with $3.71 a month ago, and about $3.10 a gallon at this time a year ago
Democrat Splits With Obama
Reuters
Apr 12, 2011
Missouri’s Democratic attorney general on Monday joined the largely Republican-led effort to have President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care overhaul ruled unconstitutional.
Obama Waited For GOP To Reveal Deficit-Reduction Hand Before Showing His
Apr 11, 2011
President Obama, now scheduled to give a major speech Wednesday afternoon at George Washington University on deficit reduction, has been criticized for arriving so late to this particular fiscal-responsibility party.
As has been widely noted, the president didn’t fully embrace the results of his Simpon-Bowles fiscal reform commission which in December recommended a series of spending cuts, including reforms of both entitlements and taxes, to reduce the nation’s deficits.