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| In U.S. politics, the independents have it Kansas City Star It's becoming more and more clear to tea party activists and their analogues on issues from education reform to drug legalization that success in politics is directly proportional to independence from the two major political parties. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A Third Party Wouldn't Save Us From Political Gridlock The Atlantic By Wendy Kaminer The problem is not our parties, but us. A Congress split in three would only promote more deadlock. Among the many lessons of the gratuitous debt crisis one seems obvious: divided government too easily devolves into dysfunctional ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US STOCKS-Wall Street slides on earnings, economy, politics Reuters By Edward Krudy NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - Wall Street fell on Wednesday as troubling signs from US corporations and falling demand for long-lasting manufactured goods discouraged investors already nervous about faltering debt talks in Washington. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ratings downgrade or debt default could send ripples across US economy Minneapolis Star Tribune The political stalemate in the nation's capital over the federal debt and budget deficits is increasing the chances of what seemed highly unlikely until very recently: That ratings agencies could downgrade the creditworthiness of the US government. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. Credit Rating Rests On S&P's London View of Washington Bloomberg "For us, the issue is not the debt limit -- it's the underlying fiscal dynamics," said Beers, who has been rating governments for the company for 20 years. "It's not obvious to us that this political divide that is proving so difficult to bridge is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The political farce in Washington has degenerated to the point where the ... The Australian FOR weeks the currency traders and fund managers have studiously looked the other way when it came to the absurd political show in the US. You know politics in Washington . . . ignore it. It is unthinkable that the world's largest economy would really ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bernanke May Need to Stay Above Politics Bloomberg "If you're the Fed chairman, you've got to be above politics," said Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican. Staying above the debt-limit fray may give Bernanke and his colleagues a freer hand to inject monetary stimulus into a sputtering US economy, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Canada gets ringside seat for US circus Edmonton Journal Both parties must share the blame for getting themselves, and the rest of us, into this mess through political intransigence and years of overspending. But as the Aug. 2 deadline approaches, the Republicans seem to be the ones pushing too hard by ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Freakonomics » Will U.S. Shale Gas Rebalance Global Politics? By Stephen J. Dubner The natural gas boom in the U.S. has weakened Russia's influence on European energy supplies and could keep Iran's influence in check for years to come, according to a new study from the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice ... Freakonomics | ||
| EA WorldView - Home - US Politics & Economy: Scott Lucas on the ... By Scott Lucas US Politics. Complementing James Miller's summary of the battle in Washington over the Federal Government's debt, with the prospect of a US default next week, I was in a discussion on BBC Radio 2 this lunchtime about the political and ... EA WorldView | ||
| S&P does not think U.S. will default on its debt - Politics ... S&P does not think U.S. will default on its debt - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Standard. Politics & Government |
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| Commentary: In U.S. politics, the independents have it | McClatchy Forget President Obama, House Speaker John A. Boehner and the less-interesting- than-their-name-suggests "Gang of Six." When the history of the Great Debt ... www.mcclatchydc.com/.../in-us-politics-the-independents.html |
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