FreedomTalks

Lots to note in the news today. Time for bullet points!

• “Democrats Create Pessimism About Trade Prospects (Sallie James, Detroit News): The Democrats approach to trade seems unconcerned with promoting he free exchange of goods between people who want to sell them and people who want to buy.
• “Unions Pouring Resources Into Nevada Caucus Fight” (Steven Greenhouse, New York Times): Pro-Clinton and pro-Obama labor unions in Nevada engage in well-funded fight to get out the vote.
• “GOP Candidates Go Supply-Side” (Larry Kudlow, NRO): Tax cuts are finally getting the campaign airplay they deserve. But why isn’t the President pushing for substantive rate cuts in the corporate tax rate?
• “The Fiscal Policy Hat Trick” (Tom Nugent, NRO): It’s time to prime the economy with big tax-rate reduction.
• “With Economy Slowing, All Speeches Are Turning to It” (John M. Broder, New York Times): Federal spending, jobs, homes, and tax cuts figure large into the speeches of the presidential primary contenders.
• Lawmakers, Bush Face Test Over Economy (Peter Baker, Washington Post): With economic anxieties high, both Congress and the White Houseare seek to craft economic stimulus packages.
• “Not Tax Straight Talk” (Robert Novak, RealClearPolitics): John McCain needs to come clean on his tax rhetoric.
• McCainomics (Henry Payne, NRO): McCain touts his economic credentials in Michigan, but his record doesn’t bode well.
  

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