Posts tagged economy

• 30 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: John McCain In The Arena

  John McCain In The ArenaYour Daily Politics Video Blog: How many times did John McCain and his campaign surrogates crow about his putting together the bailout deal before it crashed and burned yesterday afternoon?  Let's go to the tape.

• 24 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Dollars and Nonsense

  Dollars and NonsenseYour Daily Politics Video Blog: For 0 billion, I'd sure want to know what I was getting. So what is the American economy getting for its 0 billion bailout? Well, it's kind of like a bazooka, or a mytholigical sea monster, or something like that.

• 23 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Blame Game

  Blame GameYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Forget rapacious CEOs, regulation-busting politicians, and the lobbyists that are keeping the whole system afloat (that is, until it got hit by a torpedo and sank). Republicans have found the real culprit behind the meltdown: Past Dem administrations and min

• 22 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Bleak Week

  Sunday Show Roundup: McCain's Bleak WeekYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Time's Mark Halperin has declared that John McCain "wins the week." Which week he's referring to is anybody's guess, because the prevailing consensus on the past week of financial turmoil is that John McCain lost badly.

• 16 Sep

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: John McCain: A Chicken in Every Pot

  John McCain: A Chicken in Every PotYour Daily Politics Video Blog: It seems that with the latest economic meltdown John McCain finally realized he had to start running as a populist. This morning he hit all six network talk shows to share the talking points like so much wealth.

• 14 Jul

  Episode: Veracifier

  TPMtv: Sunday Show Roundup: Phil Gramm Whine Time

  Sunday Show Roundup: Phil Gramm Whine TimeYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Was Phil Gramm right about America being a nation of whiners in a mere mental recession? Will John McCain continue to receive his advice? We take a look at the weekend's continuing Phil Gramm fallout in today's Sunday Show Rou

• 02 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Am NOT Not An Expert!

  Am NOT Not An Expert!Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Did John McCain say he didn't know much about economics or not? In today's episode of TPMtv, we go to the tape.

• 15 Apr

  Blog: Veracifier

  Oil prices are soaring to a new high

  Oil prices are at a new high, and that's enough to get anyone bitter. Did you know that the U.S. is the world's top consumer of oil, accounting for nearly a quarter of global demand? Translation: we're all going ot feel the crunch, but there's good news...well sorta. From The New York Times: But thi