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So, how much longer will the Obama administration call the Cash For Clunkers program a success? Back in September I posted about an assessment of the program , which basically confirmed anything someone with basic understanding of economics should have been able to figure out before the program began. A new report this week gives us an interesting analysis in terms of how many new car sales the program...

As if things weren't bad enough for House Democrats, what with the defections from Obamacare and the growing pressure on Speaker Pelosi to investigate Charlie Rangel's tax inconsistencies , Now, it looks like the Mother of All Ethics investigations is coming and, this time, the House leadership might not be able to turn it aside. Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control...

When I blogged about Gov. Jay Nixon's nearly half-a-billion dollars in budget cuts back in June, I wrote that [a]lthough deeper cuts in government waste are always preferred, the Governor's reasonably modest cut backs are more than welcome. Almost half a year on, it looks like those cuts are getting a bit less modest. Gov. Jay Nixon cut an additional $204 million from Missouri's budget...