In a speech in Washington yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that  Turbo Tax Geithner spoke about the need to insure that the taxes for wealthy individuals go up — its his view that tax hikes on the rich are good for the American economy.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made the Obama administration’s economic case for [...]

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a remarkably insightful op-ed by Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen about the divisive presidency of Barack Obama.
Rather than being a unifier, Mr. Obama has divided America on the basis of race, class and partisanship. Moreover, his cynical approach to governance has encouraged his allies to pursue a similar [...]

Yesterday the Senate passed a 2300 page financial services reform bill.  According to the Wall Street Journal it will “remake the U.S.  financial landscape.”
The bill, to be signed into law soon by President Barack Obama, marks a potential sea change for the financial-services industry. Financial titans such as J.P. Morgan Chase & [...]

With the retirement of liberal activist John Paul Stevens from the United States Supreme Court all eyes turn to the President to see who will get named.  Predictably commentators assume that abortion and other hot button social issues will be the talisman by which any nominee is measured.  But Michael Barone of the DC Examiner [...]

From today’s Daily News:

Judging from Monday night’s broadcast, there were plenty of companies eager to fill the ad slots, including The Wall Street Journal, DirecTV, Honda and Oprah Winfrey’s Oxygen Channel.
On the other hand, Wal-Mart has now jumped ship along with GMAC Financial Services, Best Buy, CVS and Travelocity.
But strangely enough one of the earlier [...]