That’s the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) for the week ended June 3. The index, which asks people to rate the national economy, their personal finances and the buying climate, rose for the third straight week, a break from the losing...
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Shoppers with a Hollister Co. shopping bag in New York.
Magic Number of the Day: -37.6
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Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker at his victory party on June 5, 2012, in Waukesha, Wis.
On Wisconsin: Game Changed Little
Republican Governor Scott Walker won big in Wisconsin. Republican Mitt Romney made it known on his Twitter account that he believes the victory for the first governor to survive a recall vote “will echo beyond the borders of Wisconsin.” Yet,...
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A 'recall Walker' bumper sticker outside the Rock County Democratic Party Headquarters on June 4, 2012 in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Magic Number of the Day: $63.5 Million
That’s the amount of money interest groups and the candidates already have spent on Wisconsin’s recall election, based on the Center for Public Integrity’s number-crunching of campaign finance reports. And the number could go much higher. In addition, most of...
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Alex Gonzalez #11 of the Milwaukee Brewers gets congratulated by his teammates Mat Gamel #24, Corey Hart #1 and Aramis Ramirez #16 after hitting a three-run homer in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs on April 10, 2012.
Baseball Union Goes to Bat Against Wisconsin Governor
Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s successful effort to end collective bargaining rights for public employees have some new allies: The union representing Ryan Braun, Francisco Rodriguez, Richie Weeks and the rest of the Milwaukee Brewers. Speaking at a National Press Club luncheon...
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A rally to recall Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker at the State Capitol.
Education Union Donates $500,000 to Recall Wisconsin’s Walker
Here’s an early sign that the June campaign targeting Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker will be very expensive: the National Education Association’s super-PAC donated $500,000 to an organization that’s working to remove him from office. NEA Advocacy Fund made the...
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Mitt Romney after he handed out sandwiches to supporters at Cousins Subs on April 3, 2012 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Mapping Romney’s Wisconsin Win
Mitt Romney won Wisconsin the same way he has won many other Republican presidential primaries: with big wins in major population centers that outvoted rural areas where the former Massachusetts governor did less well. Though Romney won just 26 of...
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Mitt Romney at his election party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 3, 2012.
Republican Turnout Rose 91 Percent in Wisconsin
Voter participation in the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary yesterday rose 91 percent from four years ago in a state that will host a gubernatorial recall election in June and may be a battleground in November. About 784,000 voters cast a...
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Rick Santorum's campaign bus -- packed with aides, the candidate and his wife, and a dozen Duggars, the child stars of reality television show “19 Kids and Counting,” -- made a stop at Simon's Specialty Cheese in Appleton, Wisconsin to sample the state's signature food.
Santorum’s Day of Beer, Bowling and Cheese-Heads
With his chances in Wisconsin fading, Santorum’s campaign has taken on the air of a Midwestern family vacation. This afternoon, the campaign bus — packed with aides, the candidate and his wife, and a dozen Duggars, the child stars of reality television...
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Robert Marion La Follette
Wisconsin Presidential Primary is 100 Years Old
Presidential primary elections seem ubiquitous today, yet it’s only been in the last 40 years that a majority of states have used them to select national convention delegates. An early adopter of the primary was Wisconsin, which holds a consequential Republican...
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Gov. George Romney and his son, Mitt, on May 18, 1964.
Romney’s Stand-Up Routine
Mitt Romney attempted a little parochial humor on a telephone town hall with Wisconsin voters today. He may wish he’d saved it for the late-night crowd at a sparsely attended comedy club. Romney, in Texas for a fundraiser and to publicly collect...
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