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1. Campaign Desk

   The Economy Today: New Jobs Report

   August 6, 2009 10:07 AM

   Jobs continue to disappear, but at a slower rate, The Wall Street Journal reports today, relaying data from the payroll giant Automated Data Processing. Private-sector jobs fell by 371,000 in July, the paper notes. That’s more than expected,... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Learning the Wrong Lessons from The Daily Show

   August 5, 2009 02:14 PM

   Now that The Washington Post has owned up to pulling Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza’s “Mad Bitch” video, and writers at liberal-leaning publications are pushing back at some of the criticism that Milbank and... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   Better Late Than Never, Washington Post Edition

   August 5, 2009 12:53 PM

   There’s no time stamp to indicate when it went up, but The Washington Post has now officially acknowledged that it ”unpublished” the infamous video in which Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza’s suggested Hillary Clinton drink “Mad Bitch”... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   The Economy Today: Eye on Elkhart

   August 5, 2009 10:00 AM

   The major news outlets carry advance looks at President Barack Obama’s return trip to Elkhart, Ind., a Midwestern manufacturing town that one report dubs the nation’s “unemployment capital.” The president traveled to Elkhart twice in 2008 while on... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   The Economy Today: When Government Programs Go Clunk

   August 4, 2009 10:14 AM

   With the House in recess and GatesGate fading into the rearview mirror, the uncertain future of the federal government’s “Cash for Clunkers” program is the story of the day. The New York Times leads with news that... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Post Pulls Milbank’s “Mad Bitch” Video

   August 3, 2009 05:02 PM

   When The Washington Post started drawing heat for its latest “Mouthpiece Theater” video, in which Post staffers Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza suggested it would be appropriate for Hillary Clinton to drink “Mad Bitch” beer, the paper made the problem... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   The Economy Today: Sorting Out the Stimulus

   August 3, 2009 10:13 AM

   USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, which have been tracking how the recession and the stimulus affect state and local budgets, stay on the story today. USAT, in an article based on a Bureau of Economic Analysis study, <a... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Mouthpiece Theatre off the Air

   August 1, 2009 11:57 AM

   The Washington Post “Mouthpiece Theater” video in which columnists Dana Milbank and Chris Cillizza suggested that Hillary Clinton drink “Mad Bitch” beer was pulled from the Post yesterday evening after it drew heavy criticism, both here at <a... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Coverage of Obama “Suds Summit” Hard to Swallow

   July 31, 2009 03:39 PM

   The nation’s political media apparently decided to hold a little contest yesterday: Which outlets can produce the most gratuitous, the least insightful, and perhaps even the most offensive coverage of the White House “suds summit”? The bar was sure... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Getting Adjusted

    July 31, 2009 10:48 AM

    Near the top of a long, interesting story in Sunday’s Washington Post, in which he argued that improved medical treatments are a key factor in the rising cost of health care, reporter David Brown wrote the following sentence: “Over the... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    Two Takes on the U.S.-Pakistan Marriage

    July 30, 2009 10:32 AM

    What’s the current status of the United States’s tortured, convoluted, unhappy marriage with Pakistan? If you’re someone who still prefers to get your news in print, your answer to that question may depend on which coast you live on. ... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    The Economy Today: Feeling Beige

    July 30, 2009 10:14 AM

    The Federal Reserve’s latest “beige book,” a summary of economic indicators from around the country, shows “a few more glints of hope” that the economy is stabilizing, reports The New York Times. Pessimists will still find plenty of... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    The Economy Today: Housing Prices Stabilizing?

    July 29, 2009 10:02 AM

    The New York Times leads today with the apparent steadying of the real estate market, as a widely used index showed prices were essentially flat from April to May. The relief of some observers at the halt in... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    The Economy Today: A New New Deal in Tennessee

    July 28, 2009 10:10 AM

    The New York Times takes a front-page look today at a throwback approach to fighting unemployment: use government funds to directly create new jobs. In rural Perry County, where unemployment topped 25 percent, the Tennessee government has used... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    The Economy Today: Better Bad News on the Way?

    July 27, 2009 10:04 AM

    The Wall Street Journal today takes an advance look at economic data slated to be released Friday and finds some relatively good news. The numbers are likely to show that the economy declined at a 1.5 percent annual... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    Today, it’s an Obama Gaffe

    July 24, 2009 03:47 PM

    From Wikipedia: "A Kinsley gaffe or 'gaffe in Washington' in American politics is the term used for telling the truth by accident: in other words, it describes the situation when a politician says something inadvertently in public which... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Further Thoughts on Mr. Cellophane

    July 24, 2009 12:22 PM

    Megan’s already made the most important points about that odd “White House Memo” in today’s New York Times, but just to add one more: The idea that President Barack Obama may be holding too many... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Post Publishes a Reply to Palin

    July 24, 2009 11:56 AM

    Phrases used in Barbara Boxer and John Kerry’s reply to Sarah Palin’s Washington Post op-ed on cap-and-trade that weren’t used in Palin’s original piece: 1) “Global warming” 2) “Climate change” That has to count... Continue reading

19. The Kicker

    Troubled Times for Transit Agencies

    July 24, 2009 11:27 AM

    Over at The Nation, Ben Adler takes a look at an economic story that probably hasn’t gotten the coverage it deserves: the dire straits faced by many public transit systems, which are laying off workers, raising fares, and cutting services... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    The Economy Today: Dow 9,000

    July 24, 2009 10:14 AM

    The economy’s still down, but corporate profits are up, and so is the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dow cleared the 9,000 mark for the first time since January yesterday, on the... Continue reading

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