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The Senate will try again to pass recently defeated gun control legislation, and will be aided by increasing activism from previously neutral voters, Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted today at a press conference. “I think we will bring the bill back before the end of the year… lots of Senators who thought it was safe to vote against it [April 17] because of the intensity [of gun-rights supporters] are not so sure any more,” Schumer told

THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. You might not think so, given the flow of news lately. His foreign policy has met with limited success, at best. And, back home, unemployment is mired at 9.6 percent. Earlier this month, in a major political blow, Democrats lost more than 60 seats and control of the House of Representatives. So what is there for Mr. Obama and his supporters to cheer about? Try this: Based on the facts at hand right now, Mr. Obama is likely to win the 2012 election in a landslide. That, at least, is the prediction of...

The US and Britain are debasing coinage to alleviate the pain of debt-busts, and to revive their export industries: China is debasing to off-load its manufacturing overcapacity on to the rest of the world, though it has a trade surplus with the US of $20bn a month. Premier Wen Jiabao confesses that China’s ability to maintain social order depends on a suppressed currency. A 20pc revaluation would be unbearable. “I can’t imagine how many Chinese factories will go bankrupt, how many Chinese workers will lose their jobs,” he said. Plead he might, but tempers in Washington are rising. Congress will...

2006 The economy was "relatively" fine...DEMS took over all went to hell. Fannie Mae...DEMS.... Energy costs...DEMS Americans are stupid with short attention spands..McCain should of compaired employement rates, interest rates and the rest in 2006 vs now. Nope "eight" years of hell was McCain's policy.

MEMORANDUMFROM: BC'04 POLICY DEPARTMENT IntroductionThe U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders.  Under President Bush's leadership, we have created 1.4 million jobs since August and the economy is growing at its fastest rate in 20 years.  Despite this positive news, John Kerry continues his misery tour and furthers his efforts to talk down the growing economy.  Because the accepted Misery Index measurement is at a historic low, Kerry has created his own index to find misery in America's economy, and justify his absurd comparison of our growing economy to the Great Depression.Faster Economic Growth The economy has now grown for...

By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the 2004 election nears, President Bush could face an international "perfect storm" -- more attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan, an overextended deployment of U.S. troops eager to come home and blackening clouds over the Middle East, North Korea and Iran. The confluence of world events will test Bush's foreign policy leadership even as he must concentrate on the U.S. economy and other domestic issues that could determine whether he wins a second term. Although most Americans still have a favorable opinion of the president, his job performance rating has slipped to...

Equity investors were in no mood to take a break after three consecutive days of advances. Buyers, in fact, invaded Wall Street for yet another session on Tuesday, dealing the Dow a 3.1 percent advance and the Nasdaq a 3.6-percent gain. All but three of the Dow's 30 components traded higher, with better-then-expected results from Dow components General Motors and Citigroup fueling the buying interest. With so much earnings gloom priced into the market during the treacherous third-quarter pre-announcement period, strategists believe companies' actual reports will be greeted with a sigh of relief by investors. "Such bad news has been...