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China Downgrades US Credit Rating; Blames Political Parties
Forbes (blog)
It laid partial blame for the credit downgrade on Washington politics. "The defects in the political structure exposed in the bipartisan struggle indicate that the US government has difficulty in ultimately resolving the sovereign debt crisis; ...
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Forbes (blog)
Spending Cuts Seen as Step, Not as Cure
New York Times
"At best, it slows us from going over it at 80 mph to going over it at 60 mph." Proponents of the deal counter that it is an important first step, constrained by the political realities of divided government. Republicans want to reduce the debt solely ...
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Iraqi leaders agree to talks with US about training mission
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, pictured in this file photo taken December 22, 2010, said leaders agreed on a US training mission. That decision needs to be made soon, Adm. Mullen says Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraqi political leaders ...
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US compromise carries implications way beyond debt
Irish Times
It was beginning to look as if the political divisions in the country had become so deep that the US political system itself had become paralysed. If that were to happen, the entire world would suffer. Party discipline is very weak in the US for a ...
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Kelly: The politics of middle ground
Omaha World-Herald
Along with the rest of us, avowed political centrist Larry R. Bradley of Omaha has watched with dismay as our leaders in the debt-ceiling debate took us to the brink of default. In times like these, exasperation with Washington is exacerbated. ...
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Obama taps Republican Barlow as U.S. Attorney for Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
Mike Lee's legal counsel to be the next US attorney for Utah, a move that infuriated Democrats from the state and ended a lengthy political drama over who would claim the high-profile position. The White House on Tuesday announced the nomination of ...
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Gabrielle Giffords 'disappointed' at US debt ceiling row after Congress return
The Guardian
Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona politician who was shot in the head in January, said she had been "deeply disappointed" by the party political wrangling that brought the US to the brink of an unprecedented default, after her return to Congress for a ...
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The Guardian
Debt Ceiling Agreement: No Cause for Celebration
Huffington Post
"Gridlock" has become the new order of US politics. Politics as the art of compromise has been abandoned by the current group of politicians who are willing to jettison the country's best interests in order to gain short-term political advantage. ...
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Now That We've Got a Debt Deal, What Should the Rating Agencies Do?
The Atlantic
If not, then the US should remain on negative watch until additional, more aggressive deficit reduction deals are put in place. And indeed, there's little doubt that the agencies are still concerned about US political risk. If anything the debt ceiling ...
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The Atlantic

Blogs4 new results for U.S. Politics
 
Applying free market ideas to politics: How fares the US?
By Ben Harack
The United States has a very unhealthy political market. As most of us know very well, there are only two major parties. In economics terms, this could be termed near-monopoly or even monopoly situation for each party. ...
Vision Of Earth
EA WorldView - Home - US Politics Opinion: Loathing and More ...
By John Matlin
US Politics. A wise man once told me there were two things in this world you do not want to see made: sausages and a political deal. And so it is with the news that that the legislative and executive branches of the US Government have ...
EA WorldView
The Vampires among Us………. - Jack & Jill Politics
By Deborah Small
I've come to realize recently that I'm not alone, there's a growing industry in catering to the popular fascination with the concept of people living among us, who look human and act human but are really living corpses who sustain ...
Jack & Jill Politics
Senate passes bill to prevent US default — Maine Politics — Bangor ...
By UnBylined
WASHINGTON — The U.S. avoided a feared and catastrophic default on American debt as lawmakers on Tuesday passed a measure that ties an agreement to raise the government's capacity to borrow to steep cuts in government spending.
Bangor Daily News


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