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Analysis: Governing is more than a morality tale One of the common misperceptions of American politics is that a great speech or a rhetorical call to arms can shape domestic policy. Romney hits Obama on downgrade "I'm afraid the president is just out of his depth at understanding how the private economy works." Romney told reporters at an event in New Hampshire, offering early-primary voters his own seven-point economic plan. Pawlenty jabs Obama on economy Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said President Obama needs to come out with a specific plan to fix the economy during his remarks on Monday afternoon. First Read: Obama’s worst week as president He’s faced criticism over the debt deal, a 500-point Dow plunge, an S&P downgrade and a deadly helicopter crash. Will Obama seize this obvious leadership moment? Billionaire philanthropist dies in car crash Billionaire and philanthropist Charles Wyly, whose family donated millions of dollars to Republican causes and Dallas arts projects, has died after a car accident in Colorado. Ex-NY governor Hugh Carey dies Former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was at his best when faced with a crisis and when he took office in 1975, New York City wobbled at the edge of fiscal calamity. Jill Biden visits East Africa famine refugees A U.S. aid official warned Monday that hundreds of thousands of Somalis could die as famine spreads, amid a visit to Kenyan refugee camps by the wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032552/device/rss/rss.xml

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