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January 01, 1990 - November 29, 2012 + Left, Right & Center

Hurricane Todd listen Download

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Congressman Todd Akin's remarks about rape hit the GOP's best-laid-campaign-plans like a hurricane. Predicted for next week's GOP Convention?  An actual hurricane.

The Thirteen Percent Solution? listen Download

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With the Paul Ryan pick, does Romney get a deficit-hawking, fiscally disciplined conservative? A cold-hearted, shrink-government-at-all-costs ideologue? Both?

Campaign Heating Up... The Planet Too listen Download

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Latest polls show Obama’s lead widening. Your (kind-of) definitive guide to the Romney veepstakes and Eliot Spitzer says what he really thinks of Goldman Sachs.

Ted Cruz: Texas Tea Party and Ivy League listen Download

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GOP Senate hopeful Ted Cruz is a Texas Tea Party darling with a national fan base. Maybe that's because Ivy Leaguer Cruz is not your...

Romney In London listen Download

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Romney stumbles through London. Former CitiGroup CEO Sandy Weill rails against the mega-banks and Matt Miller spoils the Opening Ceremonies secret!

Shooting Rampage in Colorado listen Download

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Will a deadly shooting rampage in a Colorado movie theater push guns onto the election year political agenda?  Can really effective gun control be legislated?

JP Morgan's 7-Billion-Dollar Surprise: Claw-Back to the Future? listen Download

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JP Morgan's losses from its hedge-managers-gone-wild London unit could go as high as $7 billion. Too big to manage? And Bain becomes Romney's bane...a-gain.

Middle Class Blues listen Download

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US jobs numbers stayed flat for June, and the Eurozone continues its downward slide. What's to become of America's middle class and who's to blame?

Obamacare? Romneycare? Robertscare? listen Download

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The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding (most of) President Obama's healthcare reform effort was a surprise for -- among other reasons -- who made up...

Obama, Romney and Latino Voters listen Download

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President Obama and challenger Romney talk to Latinos.  Moody's is bearish on the big banks. The push and pull over Fast and Furious.  And all...

Greek Drama listen Download

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Greece to vote on ditching the Euro. Egypt’s fledgling democracy faces a test. Obama by-passes Congress on immigration reforms. The GAO scorches Fed directors.

Will Europe Decide the 2012 Presidential Race? listen Download

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Democrats lose the Wisconsin recall.  A drone strike takes out an al Qaeda leader. European economies slide.  What will it mean for this fall’s election?

The Big Gulp listen Download

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Ugly job and manufacturing numbers for May confirm that March and April weren't any statistical blip. Markets took a dive. So whose downturn is this...

The Democrats' Private Equity Paradox listen Download

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If politics makes for strange bedfellows, campaign fundraising can make for one heck of an awkward morning-after, as leading Democrats were reminded this week.

Facebook Goes Public listen Download

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Facebook takes the leap. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon takes one for the team. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts gets rolled. Greece leaving the Eurozone?