WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after more than a decade of using the two mortgage lenders as political footballs, shows just how broke Washington is and how hard it will be to fix. The rescue itself was not a mistake — it was programmed from the day Congress wrote [...]

Sixty-two percent (62%) of voters say encouraging economic growth in America is more important than closing the gap between the rich and poor, and the best way to do that is for the government to move out of the way. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 32% of voters take the opposite [...]