The president has a hard message to sell: Without aid for banks and Wall Street, we'll all sink, Gloria Borger says. WASHINGTON (CNN) — In case you hadn't noticed, Americans are having a rough time with the New World Order as it applies to saving the economy. That is, the ordinary moral i...

Given the complete collapse in the Stock Market - and Wall Street’s obvious vote of ‘no confidence’ in the new administration, it’s funny to read the plan that Barack Obama laid out for himself just two months ago: …but the markets are obviously a slightly different sit...

With the DOW up about 150 points today at the close, and optimism flowing about how China’s Government will pump up their economy soon, it is very tempting to think the worst is now behind us. Tempting because it’s probably true, at least for the next several years. My view (as usual wit...

Politico on the fight by New Democrats and Blue Dogs to stop the mortgage relief bill coming to the floor this week: Moderates worry Pelosi is routinely staking very liberal positions to push House versions of big bills as far to the left as possible to enhance their standing in negotiations with th...

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A number of people have been asking what I thought of President Obama's address to Congress Tuesday night. But I don't really want to ride that bitch— when I do stuff like that I know how much it disturbs many of you. So I am just going to suggest you get a copy of the speech, and as you read thos...

Bailout Kings Goldman Sachs is a major shareholder in Burger King? Who knew? Brave New Films and the SEIU did, and they're not pleased with the fact that Goldman Sachs has been converting billions in TARP bailout funds into executive bonuses (read: stealing the money) while the workers at one of the...

Tavis Smiley’s 10th annual State of the Black Union will be held next weekend in Los Angeles. In these difficult economic times, the attendees can save money by reading a new report from the Center for American Progress. The report, “Minorities and the Labor Market in the Recession by the Number...

October 2008 was a failure of nerve.  As so often happens, folks who normally support letting failing institutions fail when times are good tend to lose their nerve when the crisis is at hand, and find some way to convince themselves that somehow, this time is unique and different.  But it is not....

Cross-posted from Congress Matters. If you've got a Daily Kos account, you've got a Congress Matters account. Log in with your existing Daily Kos user name and password. Seems some executive pay limits for TARP recipients did survive the conference after all: A provision buried deep inside the $787 ...