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Why the Polls Understate Romney Vote

When the published poll shows Obama ahead by, say, 48-45, he’s really probably losing by 52-48! By Dick Morris – www.DickMorris.com Republicans are getting depressed under an avalanche of polling suggesting that an Obama victory is in the offing. They, in fact, suggest no such thing! Here’s why: All of the polling out there uses some variant of the 2008 election turnout as its model for weighting respondents and this overstates the Democratic vote by a huge margin. In English, this means that when you do a poll you ask people if they are likely to vote. But any...

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Book Review: Obama: ‘Architect of American Decline’

Book Review – Obama’s America: Unmaking the American Dream Author: Dinesh D’Souza Publisher: Regnery Publishing Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In this book, Dinesh D’Souza contends that Barack Obama wants a weaker America. He asserts that yes, Obama, the president of the United States, willfully wants a poorer and an economically smaller America. This would come as a shock to most people, who may cry out in disbelief that there is no proof for such a contention. However, Obama’s intentions as detailed by D’Souza have already been demonstrated with current U.S. state of affairs: basically a stalled economy struggling...

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Where Are People Investing Their Money?

By Mike Burnick The latest monetary easing by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Federal Reserve has given financial markets on both sides of the Atlantic a positive lift. But the global cheer did not extend to China as stocks in Shanghai continue to slide. In fact, many emerging stock markets have been under-performing, as I pointed out in a previous Money and Markets column. And the trend hasn’t improved much for some, including China, in spite of a pickup in global capital flows into the region. But all emerging markets are not created equal. While some are high-profile...

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Fed Making U.S. Dollar Lose Value

By Peter Schiff – www.24HourGold.com With yesterday’s Fed decision and press conference, Chairman Ben Bernanke finally and decisively laid his cards on the table. And confirming what I have been saying for many years, all he was holding was more of the same snake oil and bluster. Going further than he has ever gone before, he made it clear that he will be permanently binding the American economy to a losing strategy. As a result, September 13, 2012 may one day be regarded as the day America finally threw in the economic towel. Here is the outline of the...

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Nationwide 1-Day Strike in India Over Government’s Sweeping Economic Reforms

U.S., European Supermarket Chains Allowed 51% Stake By Chanel 4 News September 20, 2012 – Businesses, schools and transport links are shut down across India, as protesters stage a one-day strike over sweeping economic reforms allowing foreign supermarkets to move in. Commuters were stranded, shops were shuttered and some government offices stayed closed – as part of a nationwide strike against sweeping economic reforms, including plans to open up India to direct foreign investment. The measures, announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, have already provoked a political crisis within his shaky ruling coalition, as the powerful Trinamool party announced...

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