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April 2008

• Bush blames Congress for contributing to tough economic times

  By Johanna Neuman  |  April 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  President Bush today blamed Congress for failing to expand domestic oil production that could mitigate rising gas prices and for failing to... more

• Struggling for a farm bill

  April 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  House and Senate negotiators scrambled late Tuesday to meet President Bush's demands on a multibillion-dollar farm bill, considering reduced... more

• Economy puts heat on politicians

  By Richard Simon and James Gerstenzang  |  April 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Rising anxiety over the economy, especially soaring gasoline and food prices, is forcing politicians from Capitol Hill to the White House... more

• Candidates Court Trade Skeptics

  From The Trail  |  April 29, 2008

  By Jonathan Weisman It is not as if Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have shied away from discussing the North American Free... more

• Bob Cesca: Have You Left No Sense Of Decency?

  From Huffington Post  |  April 29, 2008

  If the corporate media had been as diligent about watchdogging President Bush as they have been about watchdogging Reverend Wright, it's very... more

• Bush unique: Reid

  From The Swamp  |  April 29, 2008

  by Matthew Hay Brown Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will give President Bush this much: He's one of a kind. "Only President Bush could... more

• Bush Whiffs on the Dollar

  From The Corner  |  April 29, 2008

  In his news conference today President Bush really didn't get to the key point on soaring gas and food prices: The best short-term policy... more

• Bush Takes On Stolberg

  From mediabistro.com: FishBowlDC  |  April 29, 2008

  A bit of awkwardness between President Bush and the New York Times' Sheryl Stolberg (NOTE: EARLIER IN THE PRESSER, DURING AN EXCHANGE WITH... more

• Bush Says Lifting Gas Tax Might Be an Option

  From CQ Politics  |  April 29, 2008

  President Bush this morning indicated that he may be open to a lifting the 18.4-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax over the summer, in order to... more

• Bush: 'No magic wand' for gas prices

  From The Swamp  |  April 29, 2008

  by Mark Silva President Bush, asserting that he is both aware and concerned about the rising price of gasoline, offered a solution... more

• McCain Unveils Health Care Plan

  From The Trail  |  April 29, 2008

  By Michael D. Shear TAMPA, Fla. -- Sen. John McCain rejected calls for universal health coverage and reaffirmed his faith in the economic... more

• McCain's '100 years,' now and then

  From The Swamp  |  April 29, 2008

  by Mark Silva In the midst of the air war that the Democratic and Republican parties are fighting over Sen. John McCain's remarks about... more

• Bring In Da Noise. Bring In Da Bush.

  From Extreme Mortman  |  April 29, 2008

  Today’s Yeas & Nays has this wonderful graphic, a sound chart showing that President Bush barely beat out Craig Ferguson for noise... more

• Bush to talk economy in Rose Garden

  From CNN Political Ticker  |  April 29, 2008

  Bush to address the economy Tuesday. WASHINGTON (CNN) –- President Bush will hold a Rose Garden press conference Tuesday morning to discuss... more

• Young voters: Generation leans Democrat

  From The Swamp  |  April 29, 2008

  by Mark Silva Barack Obama has built some of his campaign for the White House on a hope that young voters will respond to his party... more

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