Outside the Beltway

“The average Canadian has quietly become richer than the average American,” claims a pro-Canada organization.

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama traded barbs over the June jobs report, but neither one seems to have the answer to our problems.

With four months to go until Election Day, the Obama Campaign was greeted with a very dismal jobs report this morning.

There are signs out there that people are becoming some what more optimistic about the outlook for the economy.

Another round of economic statistics suggests that we’re unlikely to see any real improvement between now and Election Day.

The President seems to think the private sector is doing fine. He couldn’t possibly be more wrong.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

It’s another bad jobs report for May, and time once again to wonder how much slower this economy can get.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

Here’s why nobody in Washington will allow the Bush Tax Cuts to expire.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

Americans are getting pessimistic about the state of the economy again.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.

The New Yorker’s John Cassidy sees “Good and Bad News for Obama” in Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat.

If you agree to work for nothing, don’t complain you’re being “exploited.”

Once again, the jobs market appears to be slowing.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

Osama bin Laden’s death provides Barack Obama with an important political shield during the upcoming campaign.

The economic tea leaves don’t look disastrous, but they don’t look all that great either.

A disappointing beginning to 2012.

The major you choose in college will have an impact on your future.

Last week, an absurd campaign became even more absurd.

Time to prepare yourself for the incoming deluge of polling.

The jobs picture–and thus the overall economic forecast–becomes much gloomier with the release of the March Labor report.

The old have most of the money and power in our society, a trend that is accelerating.

Yesterday, the campaign silly season got particularly silly.

The odds are against anyone who challenges an incumbent President. So, how do you do it?

Can Wall Street predict the outcome of Presidential elections? Not really.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Another good monthly jobs report

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.

Anyone who falls for this needs to look into bridges in Brooklyn and oceanfront property in Arizona.