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Obama still flunking China economic policy test
MarketWatch
By Alan Tonelson WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Thank goodness President Barack Obama and his China advisers aren't running America's schools. Judging by the marks they've given themselves for dealing with the economic threats posed by Beijing's predatory

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Wonkbook: Falling off the fiscal cliff
Washington Post (blog)
Lori Montgomery in The Washington Post. Read the full report: http://1.usa.gov/KnQNtM 2) Republicans are divided on what to do if Obamacare is overturned. "Congressional Republicans are divided over what to do if the Supreme Court strikes down all or

Not exactly a truth teller
The Star Democrat
Lest anyone doubt the speech was major, as well as intended to heal the wounds of the Republicans' brutal primary season, USA Today reported backers of all of Romney's opponents were there in force. As some in the media are inclined to do,

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John Boehner: We can't ignore our debt
USA TODAY
By Win McNamee, Getty Images By Win McNamee, Getty Images Last month, a USA TODAY editorial called our debt and deficits "an increasingly urgent national crisis." It is, and one we cannot ignore. Unfortunately, inaction is exactly what the president

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Steve King's way with words
msnbc.com (blog)
Steve King's (R-Iowa) anti-immigrant attitudes aren't exactly new. But he keeps finding new ways to be even more offensive. In 2006, making the case for an electrified fence along the Southern border, King famously compared immigrants to livestock.

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