Why is no one talking about this? How can we fix the economy without jobs and real wages going up?

EC-This week, the Obama Administration filed a WTO complaint against Chinese export practices that disadvantage US manufacturers. This is welcome news, because more balanced trade with China is essential for achieving a sustainable economic [...]

What does this have to do with Governor Sanford Abandoning his job for a week? If he was in the private sector or if a government employee took state money and abandon his or her job for a week would they have a job?

Sam Donaldson: It’s Hard to Forgive Bible-thumping GOPers for Their Sex [...]

Was the stimulas package a bad bill?
Chron-Republicans concerned about the Obama administration’s big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, “Where are the jobs?”
“The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending binge is necessary to put Americans back to work,” House Republican leader John Boehner said Saturday in the Republican [...]

Is this not what Obama was against before he was for it?
HP-The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, has drafted an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations.
Such [...]

Very interesting!
G-The power struggle inside Iran appears to be moving from the streets into the heart of the regime itself this weekend amid reports that Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani is plotting to undermine the power of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Rafsanjani’s manoeuvres against Khamenei come as tensions between the speaker of the parliament, Ali Larijani, [...]

Can we get meaningful reform?
Politico-Horse trading in Washington is infamous. But it’s rare to catch a glimpse of the horse in the midst of the trade in real time.
Friday was one of those rare exceptions when the powerful lobby for seniors, the AARP, sent a memo to Senate officials threatening to yank support for [...]

How big is this for the GOP?
CNN-…The governor’s race in this state could potentially be the most important race in the country,” says the man who hopes to be the Republican candidate, former U.S. Rep. John Kasich.
The GOP’s candidate for an open Senate seat, former congressman and Bush Cabinet appointee Rob Portman, has been on [...]

Host David Gregory: David Brooks, how does this Republican Party of the future chart a new course? If you look back historically from Nixon to Reagan to George W. Bush, in each case, it was not only a kind of an indictment of the past, but also the charting of a new course for the [...]

EC-The progress of alternative energy solutions had been gaining speed rather smoothly in the United States for several years. Drops in oil prices were generally equaled and outpaced by gains – as evidenced by the recent increases – the Democrats in Congress and the White House seemed friendly to any ideas which would break [...]

How much will this hurt Specter?
POLITICO-The anti-tax Club for Growth is preparing a campaign designed to drain cash from party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) campaign coffers, and is awaiting approval from the Federal Election Commission to follow through with their plan.
The group’s political action committee wants to contact donors who have recently given money [...]

And this is why we are in the red!
THEHILL-Congress on Thursday moved forward with plans to build more Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter jets, disregarding a veto threat from the Obama administration.
Lawmakers also moved to authorize the funding for an alternative engine for the Joint Strike Fighter F-35.
Congress is setting the stage for a showdown [...]

What?
AJC-Authorities said a couple got into a fight using Cheetos. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department said a 40-year-old man and 44-year-old woman became involved in a ‘verbal altercation.’ Somehow, the orange puffy snacks were used in the assault.
Deputies said they were charged with domestic assault. No one was hurt.
According to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, both posted [...]

For or against and why?
CNN-..Obama made an urgent plea for congressional approval in what could be an early make-or-break test for his young administration.
“Now is the time for us to lead,” Obama said in the White House Rose Garden. “We cannot be afraid of the future. We cannot be prisoners to the past.”
The president said [...]

Why is this legal?
NPR-According to a new report by congressional investigators, an insurance company practice of retroactively canceling health insurance is fairly common, and it saves insurers a lot of money.
A subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently held a hearing about the report’s findings in an effort to bring a halt [...]

UPDATE — the press conference

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Is not Lt.Gov Bauer right when he said. “I cannot take lightly that his staff has not had communication with him for more than four days, and that no one, including his own family, knows his whereabouts.” Is this not [...]