McCain pushes for tax cuts to ease economic pain

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Sen. John McCain said on Thursday many Americans were struggling to find jobs and pay rising food and fuel bills, and predicted the tax cuts he would support as president would spur economic growth.

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Polling “bounce” from the RNC Convention?

After a brief breach of the 50% marker according to Gallup, both Rasmussen Reports and the Gallup Daily Tracking now show McCain/Palin in a close race with Obama/Biden, following Sen. McCain’s acceptance speech at the RNC Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Is this a “bounce” out of the RNC Convention? Probably not.
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Palin “bump” puts McCain/Palin strong for GOP Convention - Obama/Biden behind

The latest nationwide survey, begun Friday afternoon after the McCain announcement of Palin as running mate and completed mid-afternoon today, shows McCain/Palin at 47%, compared to 45% support for Obama/Biden.

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How important is the Vice President pick anyways?

The buzz this week is all about who Sen. Obama will chose as his Vice Presidential nominee. I have been talking with friends and the question keeps coming up, “How important is the pick?” The answer - it is one of those choices in life you can only “screw up”; getting it right often has [...]

Why is crude oil (and gasoline) so expensive?

I have been getting emails from readers essentially asking me to do a post on oil - why is it so expensive, and what, if anything should be the GOP’s party platform on energy. While energy economics is not my specialty - I do understand commodities markets, and I believe I probably understand better than [...]