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 Does America need a CEO in the Oval Office?
Does the corner office prepare you for the Oval Office? It's a central question of the 2012 Republican primary – and will probably remain so through the general election, if Mitt Romney hangs on to become the nominee. Mr. Romney, of course, says, yes, being a chief executive officer does prepare you to be president. So did Steve Forbes, Ross Perot, and before that, Lee Iacocca. Christian Science Monitor
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 How the GOP’s Looming Election Disaster Is, And Isn’t, Like 1964
A specter is haunting the Republican establishment—the specter of Barry Goldwater. With recent polling data suggesting that Rick Santorum has surged ahead of Mitt Romney among Republican voters nationwide, the people whose livelihoods depend on Republican electoral victories are terrified by the growing possibility of a massive wipeout in November, much like the one that Republicans experienced in 1964, when Goldwater was their nominee. The New Republic
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 Casino gambling bill gets flak all around
FRANKFORT, KY. — Gov. Steve Beshear’s unveiling of his long-awaited gambling bill showed the difficult road that lies ahead of him in passing a constitutional amendment during the 2012 session of the General Assembly. Within hours of its introduction, legislators on both sides of the casino issue were bashing Senate Bill 151 for providing a monopoly to the horse racing industry. By the end of the week, horse breeder and former Gov. Brereton Jones was criticizing the plan, saying it doesn’t protect the horse industry enough. The Courier-Journal
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 U.S. embargo on Cuba: a half-century of failure
The absurdity of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba was evident from the moment of its inception 50 years ago this month, when President John F. Kennedy ordered press secretary Pierre Salinger to buy 1,200 H. Upmann Cuban cigars before signing the order. The embargo failed in its primary objective to remove the Castro brothers from power and has imposed undue hardship on the country's 11 million citizens. It is an anachronism embraced only by hard-liners from a bygone era. Tampa Bay Times
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 New Nuclear Construction Will Help Secure U.S. Energy Technology Leadership
Building and Construction Trades Department chief Mark Ayers and Energy Secretary Steven Chu share a sense of optimism rising out of Georgia's red clay. Ayers, who leads the AFL-CIO's building trades unions, understands the value of 4,000 to 5,000 construction jobs that will be created by the Vogtle nuclear energy project -- the largest construction project ever in Georgia. The two reactors, awarded federal construction permits last week, represent "a strong and unmistakable signal that nuclear energy will now assume an important role in a low-carbon energy future." Huffington Post
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 Surge, sag, repeat: Why the Republicans are so volatile.
"GOP voters: 'Can we see what it looks like with Huntsman and Perry again?' " That satirical headline from The Onion just about sums it up: The 2012 Republican primary season has been like no other, and the idea that voters might want a second look at some of the dropouts – such as the former governor of Utah and current governor of Texas – isn't hopelessly far-fetched. Christian Science Monitor
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 Wilmington, N.C. deep-port proposal sails again
It was taxes. No, it was infrastructure. Whatever it was, it didn’t happen. Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar decided to build a new plant, with the promise of 1,400 jobs, in Georgia instead of southeastern North Carolina. When the announcement was made last week, the explanations of this latest failure to fell the big economic development buffalo ran the gamut. The Daily Reflector
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 Sunday Talk: Moret believes tremendous economic growth on horizon for Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret talked recently with the American Press editorial board about this area and the state’s economic outlook. Here’s a partial transcript of his comments. American Press
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 Evolve or Die: The Tea Party movement is at a crossroads.
This February marks the three-year anniversary of the Tea Party, and with the 2012 presidential election in full swing, many are wondering whether the Tea Party will be a factor in bringing down the Obama presidency and have the ability to drive real government reform. Others are wondering if the movement has run out of gas at the start of the final lap (as a Ryun, I must periodically make running analogies). In all honesty, the answer is both. American Spectator
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 Obama, Democrats in Congress hinder U.S. energy production
The Obama administration and Democrats in Congress are doubling down on their opposition to developing America's energy supplies -- and are keeping us needlessly dependent on oil from hostile nations. Most recently, Democrats made it clear that energy legislation backed by the Republican-run House of Representatives would get nowhere in the Democrat-controlled Senate. And even if it somehow passed the Senate, President Obama would veto it. Chattanooga Times Free Press
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OPINION
By Mike Randle
 

In December, the National Labor Relations Board dropped its lawsuit against Boeing and the Chicago-based company’s nearly $1 billion investment in a 787 Dreamliner plant in North Charleston, S.C. The lawsuit was dropped after the aircraft giant agreed to produce its 737 Max jetliner with union labor in Washington state where the company employs tens of thousands or workers.
 

 
 FEATURE  
By Rick Farmer
 
When Jay Schwedler, president and CEO of the Sumter Development Board, found out what the project required, he knew he had the site, the speed and the determination to make Sumter a viable contender.
 
 
 

Everyone is predicting a surge in manufacturing and we are sure most of that is sourced from Boston Consulting Group's widely publicized report titled "Made in America, Again." No industry sector in the South represents that expansion better than the Southern Automotive Corridor. Activity in the Southern Automotive Corridor has been off the charts the past 18 months.
 
 
 OPINION
by Mike Randle
 

I have traveled more in the last six months than I have in any six month period since the good old days. You remember the good old days, when economic development in the South was fun? That was most of the 1990s and a short period from 2004 to 2006. Those were the days. Those were the days when the South dominated this nation's economy (it still does, but let's act for now that it doesn't).
 

 


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