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To succeed as President, Barack Obama is going to have to help
revive the American economy. That's the issue that dominated the
campaign, especially the last two months, and it's what voters are
entrusting him to do. We've already blogged at length about the
importance of ...

The list of Democrats rumored to be considering bids to fill Rahm Emanuel's 5th District seat has now grown well past a dozen.  Today, Crain's Greg Hinz dropped this monkey wrench into the process:

Meanwhile, there’s an intriguing wrinkle in the race for Mr. Emanuel’...

If the Democratic leadership pushes the Employee Free Choice Act next year, it could be the nastiest political fight
of Barack Obama's first term.

The bill would make it easier for
employees to form unions by allowing them to sign cards authorizing union
...

It's taken a devastated economy and years
worth of job losses to get here, but politicians, business owners, and everyday Americans seem to finally be joining the conversation about how creating "green-collar" jobs is
key to repairing the nation's economy...