By Henry Schleifer 10%. Those are the odds that the bettors at Intrade are giving Rick Perry to win the Republican Party’s nomination for President. Considering Perry’s precipitous fall in the polls over this last month, many think these odds are warranted. However, I think they are underselling the Texans’ chance to win the nod […]
Economic Debate Centers on 9-9-9 Plan
by Amy Kaufman Last night the top eight Republican presidential hopefuls participated in the Bloomberg – Washington Post sponsored economic debate, where each candidate attempted to breakthrough as an authority on job creation, tax policy and global economics. Businessman Herman Cain’s (R-GA) recent success in a series of national polls catapulted him to center stage […]