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San Francisco is on cusp of economic improvements in the new year

By: Steve Falk 01/06/11 11:26 PM
The new year brings new opportunities for San Francisco — opportunities to create jobs, grow the economy and accelerate fiscal resurgence. Only six days into 2011, our city is off to a good start. But if we are to achieve sustained economic recovery, we must continue to prioritize job creation and economic growth throughout the year ahead. Read More

Obama trying to shake anti-business reputation

By: Julie Mason 12/15/10 9:05 PM
Sheddinghis anti-business label could prove more daunting than President Obama anticipated, with the warring interests of small-business owners and large corporations competing for favorable policies. Read More

‘Wall Street’s favorite Democrat’ to become a top Wall Street regulator?

By: J.P. Freire 11/07/10 10:00 PM
Wall Street has given an estimated $2.5 million dollars to Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., who is rumored to be a favorite pick to run the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should absentee ballots seal her apparent loss to Tea Party challenger Joe Walsh, R. Read More

Axelrod, the Chamber of Commerce, and glass houses

By: David Freddoso 10/16/10 12:00 AM
Despite the thorough drubbing the White House has already received over the Chamber of Commerce and its opaque political spending, the issue remains relevant as a sign of an administration that is losing the PR battle. They’ve seized on an issue no one cares about because it’s all they’ve got going for them right now. It also hints at an over-the-top story about the hypocrisy of certain top Democrats. Read More

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs belonged to group that refused to discuss its political donors

By: Mark Hemingway 10/12/10 12:00 AM
Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spent much of his press conference defending the White House’s charge that the Chamber of Commerce should disclose all of their donors for their political ads. Read More

Political Losers

By: Nate Beeler 10/12/10 12:00 AM
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The Democratic 'D' now stands for demagoguery

By: Michael Barone 10/12/10 12:00 AM
I've been in campaign meetings. Sometimes the atmosphere is grim. Your side is down and you're looking to turn things around. The pollster goes down the list of issues tested. Health care? Nope. They hate your stand on that. The economy? Thumbs down. Foreign policy? Nobody cares anymore. Read More

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs belonged to group that refused to discuss its political donors

By: Mark Hemingway 10/11/10 9:00 PM
Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs spent much of his press conference defending the White House’s charge that the Chamber of Commerce should disclose all of their donors for their political ads. Read More

Obama changes the subject, voters fall asleep

By: David Freddoso 10/11/10 11:57 AM
Most voters’ eyes glaze over when you bring up the topic of campaign finance. This was as true in 2002, when McCain-Feingold passed, as it is today. And so the late push by the Obama administration to highlight ad buys by outside groups, and to suggest without evidence that foreign money is involved, is pretty weak, at best. Read More

Attacking the Chamber of Commerce as logical as birtherism?

By: John McCormack 10/11/10 12:00 AM
Jake Tapper talks to David Axelrod about the Obama administration’s allegation that the Chamber of Commerce is using foreign money to fund the group’s political activities–a charge the Chamber denies. Read More
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