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Setting Defiant Tone In Fiscal Standoff, Obama Seems To Be Betting GOP Will Fold On Taxes

President Obama broke no new ground with his press conference today. And despite a conciliatory tone at times, he was ultimately resolute and even defiant. He was unyielding in his economic posture and his willingness to compromise seemed rhetorical at…

Can Obama change?

Listening to President Obama speak on election night, I thought of the moment in “The Lion King” when Scar took over Pride Rock. My sentiment for America was perfectly captured by the accompanying song, “Be Prepared.” Be prepared, America, for…

What Americans know that Obama and Romney do not

Mitt Romney’s off the record remarks are potentially a very serious problem for him. By dividing the country into those who pay taxes and those who don’t pay taxes, the former Massachusetts governor has made both a substantive error and…

Weak Jobs Numbers, Weak Reelection Prospects

Move upMove down U.S. Adds Fewest Jobs In A Year, Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% Abram Brown Forbes Staff Sparkle Returns To Gold After Dismal Jobs Data, Promise Of QE3 Abram Brown Forbes Staff President Obama’s only claim to reelection…

The economy is not recovering, but instead slowly slipping away

President Obama’s only claim to reelection is that he and his team steadied America during its time of economic uncertainty and are, albeit slowly, growing the economy. Friday’s anemic jobs numbers show that in fact the economy is not recovering,…

Why is the NLRB targeting small business?

According to politicians and practitioners on both sides of the aisle, there is a war being waged on practically everyone in America—women, men, working moms, stay-at-home moms, not to mention the perpetual mugging of the “99 percent.” We’ll leave it…

On Shaky Financial Ground? 3 Reasons Why Loan Modifications Won’t Solve Your Problems

Editor’s note: This is the second of a four part series on “Shattered Dreams” by attorney and Fox News Legal Analyst Bob Massi. Watch Bob answer your questions about the foreclosure crisis Thursday mornings on “Fox & Friends.” Let’s assume…