Michael Barone - Obama's antique vision of technological progress
Barack Obama, like all American politicians, likes to portray himself as future-oriented and open to technological progress. Yet the vision he set out in his State of the Union address is oddly antique and disturbingly static.
Sara Carter - Many Egyptians want Mubarak out before elections
Demonstrators and opposition leaders are not satisfied with President Hosni Mubarak's announcement that he would continue to remain in power until the September elections, then step aside.
On the heels of his speech, Egyptian opposition groups also rejected offers made by Mubarak for dialogue and would not discuss anything with the newly appointed government until he resigns.
Susan Ferrechio - Senate GOP moves to repeal health care law
Senate Republicans, emboldened by Monday's federal court ruling against President Obama's health care reform law, moved quickly Tuesday with an attempt to repeal the law by attaching an amendment to kill it to a Federal Aviation Administration measure.
Julie Mason - Obama tells Mubarak to begin transition now
A change in leadership in Cairo has broad implications for the White House, which has spent days carefully avoiding the public appearance of taking sides as Egyptians rallied in the streets against the government.
Mark Hemingway - Gov. Moonbeam: If the GOP blocks tax hike vote, they're opposed to Democracy in Egypt or something
So this is a novel argument for tax hikes from California's new governor: Citing the pro-democracy unrest in Egypt and Tunisia, Gov. Jerry Brown called it “unconscionable” that GOP legislators are vowing to block his attempt to ask voters to extend tax hikes to balance the budget. Read More
Susan Ferrechio - Bipartisan Senate push for spending cuts
Two senators, one Republican the other a Democrat, teamed up to introduce a bill aimed at cutting trillions of dollars from the federal budget over the next decade. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday that her sponsorship of the bill "could cost me my Senate seat," which is up for grabs next year, but that the effort would be worth it. Read More
Mark Hemingway - Eleven percent of U.S. homes are vacant
Well, it doesn't look like the U.S. real estate market is roaring back just yet: Read More
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