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A Little Light Reading!

While I’m trying to get some book writing work down today, here’s some excellent reading — I just wish I had some time to weigh in on all these right now! – Why the Game Change guys who want you …

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PunditMom One Year Ago — Would the Economy be Different if They Had Listened to “The Girl?”

As I ponder stories about Elizabeth Warren, the head of the TARP Congressional Oversight Panel, as well as the almost simultaneous creation and tearing down of the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, I was reminded of this post I …

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Greed Trumps Regulation Every Time

My friend David at It’s Not a Lecture tipped me off last night that President Obama was going to announce new financial regulatory efforts to help prevent the Wall Street shenanigans that have put us in our current economy and …

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PunditMom’s Tuesday Quick Hits

As you probably guessed, things are slowing down a bit here at PunditMom blog. Between election fatigue, the December holidays and other things going on, it’ll be a little slow here through the New Year. But while we’re re-grouping, here …

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Citigroup Bailout — Think Lobbyists Had Anything to do With It?

One question that keeps getting asked, but really hasn’t been answered has been, ” If the government is so willing to bail-out Wall Street, where is the help for Main Street?” I think the problem is that Main Street doesn’t …

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PunditMom’s Monday Morning Quick Hits — Economy & More

Another weekend, another bailout. Did you see this one coming with Citigroup? Barack Obama’s economic team gets announced today at noon. Howard Kurtz apparently has a thing for Michelle Obama’s arms. You thought I was crazy raising the specter …

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