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Budget Battles

  • Obama vs. Romney: The Acceptance Speeches as Word Clouds

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    To get a quick visual representation of what President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney said in accepting their parties’ nominations this week and last, we plugged the full text of their speeches into...

  • Ryan Disputes Claims of Misleading Statements

    By Jerry Markon, The Washington Post

    Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential nominee, is fending off Democratic claims that he lied or stretched the truth in his convention speech last week – including his claim that President Obama was...

  • Dems’ Deal: Entitlement Cuts for Tax Increases

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    If President Obama wins a second term, what’s the likelihood that Democrats and Republicans will compromise on fiscal issues? The GOP will likely control one and possibly both houses of Congress,

  • Woodward: Congress Snubbed Obama in Debt Talks

    By Steve Luxenberg, The Washington Post

    A new book by journalist Bob Woodward says that a combination of miscalculations, ideological rigidity and discord within the leadership of both parties brought the U.S. government to the brink of a...

  • Clint Eastwood's Empty Chair: Built to Last

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    People are still scratching their heads over the “empty chair” speech that actor and director Clint Eastwood made last week at the GOP convention in Tampa. His address to an “invisible” President...