Gang of Four

The Obama/Paulson Market

Rossputin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:35:14 -0700

The stock market market has been down 8 out of the 11 days since the election (through Wednesday), with the S&P 500 down %20% from 1005 on November...

Bailout chaos roils markets and the economy

Rossputin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:58:53 -0700

It's not really Hank Paulson's fault that he's had to switch gears so many times in the few weeks since the bailout bill was passed. The mandate...

Democrats aim to bail out their union donor base

Rossputin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:01:23 -0700

A possible federal bailout of the Big Three automakers will be a topic of furious discussion in coming months.

The blueing of Arapahoe

jandrews — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:16:13 -0700

There were hints in October that Arapahoe Republicans were in for another bad year. My precinct in Centennial, once as red as they come,...

Stripping Paulson of remaining power

dsirota — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:14:52 -0700

Remember when Doris Kearns Goodwin and the rest of the elite media socialites took to the studios of Charlie Rose's show to portray the opponents of...

RNC files two lawsuits challenging McCain-Feingold

Rossputin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:23:12 -0700

Last week, the Republican National Committee filed two federal lawsuits challenging aspects of the Bipartisan Campaign...

Bush's last gamble

dsirota — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:31:16 -0700

It seemed, at first glance, strange - really strange. Why would President Bush make a massive economic stimulus package and aid to automakers...

The stock market falls through holes in the TARP

Rossputin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:48:18 -0700

In a press conference Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson announced a change in the federal "Troubled Asset Relief Program"...

Web we can

nwatzman — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:26:30 -0700

There's much speculation now in the blogosphere about how President-elect Barack Obama will transfer his internet cache to governing. This past week,...

Gaming a state Senate vacancy

jandrews — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:06:04 -0700

Who are they trying to kid? That was my first reaction when I read the