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Post-Election, Keep an Eye on Mexico ETFs
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 3:19pm | 770After Monday, there will be just 15 trading days left before the 2012 U.S. presidential election. With the polls still tight, investors are understandably wondering how to prepare for either outcome, reelection for President Barack Obama or an upset by Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Analysts...
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Clinton Joins Obama Fundraising Effort
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 9:47pm | 300Former President Bill Clinton (D-Ark) has agreed to join President Barrack Obama's (D-Ill) fundraising efforts for the 2012 election. Citing three sources with knowledge of the matter Bloomberg News reports that Clinton, the 42nd president, will make joint appearances with Obama at several...
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Three Women? Herman Cain is Toast
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 5:53pm | 874Who does Herman Cain think he is — Bill Clinton? Sorry dude, but you can't sexually harass scores of women and expect to get away with it. You're no longer in the frat house, where your buddies will swear up and down that you were at church or baking cookies for the homeless shelter when the...
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Bono Covers Bob Dylan Song at Steve Jobs Memorial
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 8:46am | 377Colleagues, family and friends gathered to remember one of the tech industry's greatest thinkers and innovators. According to the New York Times (via Business Insider), U2's frontman performed a cover of the Bob Dylan song, “Every Grain of Sand,” at the memorial, while Joan Baez sang “Swing Low,...
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Politico Lets Bill Clinton Whine About Wanting More Credit For Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget
Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 11:23pm | 1205At the Politico, James Hohmann's biography page indicates that he is “an Honors graduate of Stanford University” who “studied American political history.” I hope he skipped class during the time his profs covered the 1990s, because if not, he and many other classmates have been badly misled....
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If Starbucks Can Put a Little Wang on its Shirts, Just Think of What Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Could Do
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 1:48pm | 334Stained coffee marks are only the beginning. This week, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced that it had really made a mess of itself by teaming with designer Alexander Wang to produce a series of splotchy T-shirts for style-seeking women everywhere. Priced at $85 per shirt (the cost of nearly 20...
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Don't Blame Bush for Obama's Failures
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:08am | 689I get a dizzying sense of déjà vu whenever I hear what's left of President Barack Obama's supporters blame the current state of the economy on former President George W. Bush. As the U.S. economy fell into recession early in Bush's presidency, many Republicans put the blame on former President Bill...
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Clinton: I Would Ignore Debt Ceiling Law
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 12:07pm | 585Bill Clinton, the former president who knows a thing or two about unconstitutional and impeachable events, floated the argument this week that the debt ceiling itself is an unconstitutional law. So what exactly is the great Bill Clinton plan to solving the debt ceiling debate? simply ignore the...
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Weiner Walks Away With Head Held High
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 3:27pm | 346Anthony Weiner, the unnecessarily harassed former Congressman from New York, today announced his resignation from the House of Representatives. The announcement comes after Weiner admitted sending inappropriate images to fans of his, including one that appeared to be his bulging underpants....
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Weiner Will Rise Again
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 1:39pm | 451With apologies to my colleague, who made the case for Weiner's resignation here, New York Representative Anthony Weiner should not resign from office. Not now, not later, not ever. He will, without a doubt, come out ahead after everything blows over — and will likely rise again in liberal circles...
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Sexual Disorders Expert Robert Weiss Comments on Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Sexual Assault Charges
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 2:46pm | 431As news about an alleged sexual attack on a Midtown Manhattan maid by International Monetary Fund Managing Director and potential French Presidential Candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn makes headlines, sexual disorders and addiction expert Robert Weiss takes a deeper look at what drives men in power...
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Gingrich Announces Candidacy For President
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 5:31pm | 427Three scandals, two divorces, and one infamous government shutdown later, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced today that he is running to be President of the United States. No word on whether or not the Gingrich campaign will release his birth certificate, as President...
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Does Osama's Bullet-Filled Corpse Make Obama's Re-Election Bulletproof?
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 2:06pm | 433President Barack Obama's poll numbers jumped significantly this week on news that the United States had found and killed terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden. The President's approval rating jumped 11% to 57%, his highest rating in nearly two years. Is his approval rating high enough for...
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Steinhardt On Politics: "Not Particularly Rewarding"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 8:37am | 198Michael Steinhardt is most well known for his success as a hedge fund manager. But when he wasn't earning 30% in annual returns, he was the chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council. Steinhardt credits the organization for bringing Bill Clinton into power. “It was an interesting experience,” he...
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Does Anyone Care About Clinton Anymore?
Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 7:04am | 213This past Sunday, former president Bill Clinton spoke to a high school auditorium in Detroit that had fewer than 1,000 people in attendance. Some, like Manny Lopez at the Detroit News, believe that it may be due to Clinton's endorsement of Virg Bernero, which resulted in yet another failed...