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Does it matter what kind of kid Mitt Romney was?

John Dickerson , CBS News

If you want to be president, your resume, accomplishments, and experience are not enough. Your origins matter Read more by John Dickerson on CBS News' Political Hotsheet. submitted 05/11/12

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The Amnesia Candidate

Paul Krugman , New York Times

Just how stupid does Mitt Romney think we are? If you’ve been following his campaign from the beginning, that’s a question you have probably asked many times. But the question was raised with particular force last week, when Mr. Romney tried to make a closed drywall factory in Ohio a sym .. submitted 04/23/12

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The biggest business lobby in the United States is more influential than ever

Editorial , The Economist

AMERICA’S first chamber of commerce was founded in Charleston in 1773, but it was not until April 22nd 1912 that business found a national voice. At the urging of President William Howard Taft, the Chamber of Commerce of the USA was established by a gathering of 700 delegates from 44 states, repre .. submitted 04/23/12

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17% Favor Government Regulation of All Executive Pay - Rasmussen Reports™

Staff , Rasmussen Reports

Shareholders last week rejected the compensation package proposed for top executives at Citigroup, the first action of its kind against those who run a major U.S. bank.  Americans believe that executives at most major companies are paid too much, but few think the government .. submitted 04/23/12

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Origins of the Indebted American Homeowner

R. Daniel Wadhwani , Bloomberg

Not long after the economic crisis began, the president's landmark Conference on Homeownership reported that "down payments of 10 percent, 5 percent, and even nothing down" had become common practice in the home-mortgage market. Reliance on second mortgages and novel financing terms, the report note .. submitted 04/22/12

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Down With Everything

Thomas Friedman , New York Times

DOES America need an Arab Spring? That was the question on my mind when I called Frank Fukuyama, the Stanford professor and author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” Fukuyama has been working on a two-volume opus called “The Origins of Political Order,” and I could detect from his rec .. submitted 04/22/12

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49% Say Tax Cuts Help The Economy

Staff , Rasmussen Reports

Voters’ perceptions that tax cuts are beneficial to the economy have fallen under 50% for the first time in almost four years. But support for government spending remains low. Forty-nine percent (49%) of Likely U.S. Voters now say, generally speaking, tax cuts help the economy. submitted 04/21/12

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Lorain officials question use of gypsum plant as Romney backdrop

Sabrina Eaton , cleveland.com

Mitt Romney will reuse the facility on Henderson Drive as a backdrop for his message that President Barack Obama has failed to create jobs. The only problem: The plant closed four years ago during President George W. Bush's administration. submitted 04/19/12

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NBC/WSJ poll: Obama leads Romney by six points, but Republican ahead on economy

Mark Murray , msn.com

With the Republican presidential primary season essentially over and with the general election campaign now under way, President Barack Obama begins the race with a six-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama’s advantage is f .. submitted 04/19/12

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Obama schmoozes Oakland One Percent, ignores Detroit 99 Percent

Henry Payne , detroitnews.com

Obama ignored Detroit, skirting its border to raise money in the tony suburb of Bingham Farms where Democratic One Percenters live safely in Republican Brooks Patterson’s Oakland County far from Detroit’s crime and dysfunction. Indeed, Oakland is the very antithesis of Barack Obama. Its chief ex .. submitted 04/19/12

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Inside the Racist Mind

Touré , Time

After a recent event where I spoke about racial identity, a white woman sidled up to me, leaned in close so no one near us could hear, and said, “I’m racist.” Many people would be repelled. I was entranced. Here was someone who could tell me first hand how the racist mind worked. submitted 04/19/12

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Has The Tide Turned On Taxes?

Alec MacGillis , The New Republic

Tax Day 2009 was a very steamy affair. As you may recall, tempers got so hot at several anti-tax Tea Party protests in Texas that the Lone Star governor who was riling up the crowds, one Rick Perry, declared that he might just be open to his great state seceding from the union.Just three years later .. submitted 04/18/12