{Political_Views} Timothy P. Carney - Americans shouldn't be cheerleaders for GE

 

 

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Timothy P. Carney - Americans shouldn't be cheerleaders for GE            
 
General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt -- who is also the chairman of President Obama's Jobs Council -- thinks all Americans ought to be cheerleaders for his multinational industrial conglomerate.
 
Michael Barone - Adult leadership comes from the House, not Obama            
 
Let's take our eyes off the Republican presidential race for a minute and ask the question, where if anywhere are we getting adult leadership on major public policy issues this year?


The answer, I think, is where the Founding Fathers seem to have least expected it, from the House of Representatives, and specifically from its Republican leaders.
 
Joel Gehrke - Cain: Dems on 'mission' to destroy US economy                 
 
Presidential candidate Herman Cain said this morning that Democrats are on a "mission" to destroy the United States economy, while offering his own 9-9-9 tax overhaul as a plan to create jobs and lower taxes, despite objections to the contrary.
 
David Freddoso - Bachmann plays a low Trump card            
 
Don't forget Trump's brief publicity-stunt-cum-run-for-president, which relied heavily on the thoroughly discredited birther movement for its momentum. It's a sign of how far Bachmann has fallen that she's resorted to this.