About the Blogger: Carl M. Cannon
Carl M. Cannon is the Washington Bureau Chief for Reader's Digest. He previously covered the White House for 15 years, first for The Baltimore Sun and then for National Journal. He has covered every Presidential campaign and political convention since 1984 and is the co-author of Reagan's Disciple, a 2008 book comparing George W. Bush to Ronald Reagan. Carl was a member of the San Jose Mercury News staff awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and has won the two most prestigious awards for White House correspondents: the Aldo Beckman Award and the Gerald R. Ford Prize. In his Loose Cannon blog, Carl shares insider information from our nation’s capital.
President Obama mentioned, rather casually I thought, at last week's White House press conference that the unemployment rate in this country was going to surpass 10 percent. That's a big number. It was that high only once since the end of World War II.
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Q: Why not just ignore Iran, and its fraudulent elections? What do we care?
A: Iran is a large nation that is gaining enormous influence in a volatile region of the world, supports anti-American and anti-Israeli terrorist organizations, possesses a lot
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A poll that came across the transom this week asked Americans whether, despite the challenging economic times, they "still have big dreams" for their lives. It's a fascinating question: Does the dreamy optimism that epitomizes this country stem from
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51 percent of Americans now categorize themselves as “pro-life” on abortion, with 42 percent choosing themselves as “pro-choice.” These numbers come from the “Values and Beliefs” survey done annually for the past 15
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Good thing the blog name “Loose Cannon” is taken—otherwise it would be the perfect title for the White House website section on the vice president. Always known as the quickest mouth in Delaware, Joe Biden’s ascension to national
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1. Only 25 percent of Americans said in a recent Gallup Poll that they are changing their summer vacation plans because of the Great Recession. Last year at this time, the number was significantly higher—36 percent. Here are other potentially uplifting
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Following up on my previous post about some of the celebrities, thespians, and characters elected governor over the years, Loose Cannon takes note of the likely New Mexico gubernatorial candidacy of movie actor Val Kilmer. As a journalist, I can’t take
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As a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Loose Cannon has watched in amazement as Terry McAuliffe has emerged as a front-runner to be the next occupant of the governor’s mansion in Richmond. Political journalists know Terry as an accessible and
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