Don't get too complacent about economic recovery in the United States, because it's not happening as fast as it was last year, nor even as fast as economists had predicted.
Republican pollster Resurgent Republic had a nifty idea for figuring out how swing voters see President Obama: Have them compare him to cars. But the biggest revelation: voters have a detailed knowledge of the car industry going back decades, but less knowledge about politics.
President Obama mocked Mitt Romney’s stance on the automobile industry, telling autoworkers that the former Massachusetts governor’s recent statements are an effort to “rewrite history” and “a load of you-know-what.”
If you read about the economy at all you've probably heard that we're in a tentative recovery, but for Ford there's nothing tentative about it.
Companies will remain competitors even as they work together to lower hybrid costs
Cars will get 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 if they don't get caught in legal loopholes
Meanwhile, Democrats rush to take credit for the news
The automaker posts great numbers--and the president made it possible, say bloggers
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