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Chet Edwards says Republican challenger Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers, then paid millions to executives

September 15, 2010

Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.

George Will says tax cuts for wealthy cost less over 10 years than stimulus did in one year

September 14, 2010

"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."

Former Florida GOP chair apologizes to Obama on education speech

September 14, 2010

On whether President Obama's speeches to school children spread "socialist ideology."

Alex Sink says Florida is last on two state employee measures

September 14, 2010

"Florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents... And Florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident."

Ohio Democratic Party’s charge that DeWine was Wall Street’s “lap dog” doesn’t tell the whole story

September 14, 2010

DeWine "took $1.9 million from big banks," "supported legislation that helped Bernie Madoff make millions" and "protected predatory lenders while families lost their homes."

Ron Johnson ad says Sen. Russ Feingold has never held a job outside of politics

September 14, 2010

Russ Feingold "has not worked anywhere outside of politics."

Clayton officials say housing program has employed 1,300 people

September 14, 2010

Clayton County has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

David Axelrod says U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions called for going back to policies that caused economic collapse

September 14, 2010

Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this…

Austan Goolsbee says John Boehner wants to repeal stimulus tax cuts

September 13, 2010

John Boehner has called for "repealing the rest of the stimulus, which would raise taxes on 110 million middle class people."

Goolsbee says millionaires’ tax cuts average $100,000

September 13, 2010

Extending current tax rates would "average more than $100,000 a year to millionaires and even billionaires."

Is Robert Gibbs right to call John Boehner’s stance on tax extensions a “change in position”?

September 13, 2010

Says John Boehner changed his position on extending Bush tax cuts.

Would Rick Scott be Florida’s first bald governor?

September 13, 2010

"We will be the first party to elect a bald guy to governor."

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