Politics Roundtable

On CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company” tonight:

Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) will discuss allegations of gas price gouging and President Bush’s Four-Part energy initiative.

Diane Swonk, chief economist for Mesirow Financial and Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors will talk about ...

CNN is reporting that Tony Snow will likely take the job as White House press secretary. This is a good thing. Snow is a strong, smart, savvy and principled person. He is also a remarkable human being.

CNN is also reporting that Josh Bolten is in discussions ...

Check out my old friend and Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard's terrific take on the difference between "opportunity seekers" and "problem solvers" ("The Problem With Problem Solvers").

Here's an excerpt:

"[O]pportunity seekers," love charging into the unknown future. They trust that things will work out if people are ...

President Bush did himself some good by suspending the ethanol tax—at least for the duration of the driving season. He also did some good by stopping the fill rate for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Gas prices slipped lower today, as did crude oil.

The biggest factor in rising ...

Well, it's official.

President Bush has offically handed the White House press secretary job to Tony Snow.

As I recently wrote here, Snow's appointment is a good thing. He is a strong, principled and intelligent man who is clearly up to the task. I wish Mr. Snow ...

Investor tax cuts may finally be coming.

It looks like the House-Senate tax conference committee is resolving its differences, according to this morning’s Wall Street Journal story by David Rogers.

Look for a two-year extension for dividends and capital gains at the current 15 percent ...

The greatest story never told? It’s still the booming American economy—spurred by lower tax rates, accommodative money, huge profits, big productivity, plentiful jobs and a general free-market capitalist resiliency.

Some folks are bellyaching and gnashing their teeth about oil and housing; but you know what? Housing is softer but ...

The Club for Growth's Andy Roth is paying close attention to fiscally responsible Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) current mission to eliminate earmarks and save $2.6 billion of taxpayer money.

"Living up to his pledge to challenge every earmark this year" Roth writes on the Club for Growth blog, ...

The President went right out there in today’s news conference touting the near five percent GDP report, as well as other strong indicators released earlier in the week. He also mentioned the 5.1 million jobs since August ’03.

Yesterday, Ben Bernanke reminded us that since June of ’03, ...

On CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company” tonight:

The Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore and former Clinton Labor Secretary/ UCB professor Robert Reich and will join us in their always spirited political/economic debate.

Tonight’s focus will be upon the U.S. economic boom, windfall profit tax on oil, and President ...