… Throughout much of the period of conservative domination of presidential elections from 1968 to 1988 — and in terms of Congressional power from 1994 to 2006 — the Republican Party had a major election-day edge: there was far more ideological cohesion and less divisive conflict on the right than […] Read more »
The Public Sector Recession
… America’s public sector is still in a recession. … Since 2009, more than 500,000 local government jobs have been lost. … The numbers may hold particular challenges for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. While persistent high unemployment overall is a serious drag for President Obama, as it is for […] Read more »
Consumer Comfort Falls On Concern Over Growth
Consumer confidence in the U.S. dropped last week to the lowest level in two months on mounting concern over the state of the economy. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell to minus 39.7 in the week ended July 29 from minus 38.5 in the previous period. Americans’ views on the […] Read more »