Another Bogus ‘New Taxes’ Claim
It didn’t take long after President Obama released his latest budget for the oil lobby to pick up the misleading cry that it’s being targeted for “new taxes.” That’s mostly not true. Energy Tomorrow, a...
View ArticleSantorum-boosting PAC Slams Romney, Obama
Summary Two new TV ads from a pro-Rick Santorum super PAC attack Mitt Romney and President Obama on Republican hot button issues: debt, taxes and oil. But the ads mislead on several fronts. One ad...
View ArticleBogus Oil Claims by Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS is accusing the Obama administration of “bad energy policies” causing “prices we can’t afford.” But the Republican-leaning group makes some false and exaggerated claims. It says the...
View ArticleObama Wanted Higher Gasoline Prices?
Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have repeatedly lifted several quotes out of context to allege that President Barack Obama and his administration actually wanted to...
View ArticleMore Pipeline Piffle (And An Alaskan Absurdity)
The misleading assault on the president’s energy policies continues. A conservative group’s TV ad claims “we will all pay more at the pump” because the administration “blocked” the Keystone XL...
View ArticleRepublican Retreads from Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. — On the first day of the Republican convention — marked by a delegate vote making former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the party’s official nominee for president — we’re already hearing a...
View ArticleObama’s Numbers (Quarterly Update)
Summary Reviewing some key statistical measures of Barack Obama’s presidency so far, we find: The economy has added more jobs since Obama took office than it did in his predecessor’s entire eight years...
View ArticleObama’s Numbers: July Update
Summary In our latest quarterly review of key statistical measures of Barack Obama’s presidency so far, we find: The economy has now added twice as many jobs since Obama took office than it did in his...
View ArticleObama’s Numbers, October Update
Summary America is still gaining jobs under President Obama, but millions more live in poverty, typical household incomes have not kept pace with inflation, and the federal debt is up nearly 90 percent...
View ArticleObama’s Numbers (January 2014 Update)
Summary As we do every three months, we are updating our “Obama’s Numbers” report with fresh statistics reflecting what has happened since the president first took office. Some highlights from this...
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