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Jeff Poor | March 29, 2010

With March unemployment data to be released April 2, some are anticipating what potentially lower jobless numbers will all mean for the financial markets and the economy as a whole. However, that data will come with the caveat that it will be…

Jeff Poor | March 23, 2010

Is it too much to ask for a member of Congress to show a little grace after a major legislative victory and not resort back to the lowest common denominator?

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., who in 2008 made her own socialist Freudian slip…

Jeff Poor | March 19, 2010

While a vote on health care reform legislation appears to be imminent, should it pass it could have broader economic implications, even if the bill itself won’t take effect for some time.

As CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer predicted –…

Jeff Poor | March 18, 2010

Is there a conscious effort to give female conservatives a rough time in the mainstream media, especially in this highly politicized environment? Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says there is.

Bachmann, in an interview with the White…

Jeff Poor | March 16, 2010

It’s certainly not business as usual in Washington, D.C., but that’s probably not what the American people had in mind when they elected President Barack Obama to come to the White House and usher in a new era of change.

And this…

Jeff Poor | March 16, 2010

If there’s a drought – it’s global warming. When there’s a hurricane – it’s global warming. If there are heavy snows or even blizzards – it’s somehow global warming. And amazingly, the latest round of rainy and windy weather in the Northeast,…