In the State of the Union address in January, President Barack Obama set a goal of getting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. Now he's proposed $7,500 rebates, instead of tax credits, to reach that goal. Will that be enough to make it doable?
For the most part, the business community has cheered the president's appointment of Wall Street banker -- and former secretary of commerce -- William Daley as the new White House chief of staff. Daley is widely expected to enhance the administration's business reputation, but that's hardly a cake walk, even for a businessman.
President Barack Obama's children's book, "Of Thee I Sing," has become the fastest-selling picture book in Random House's history. Released a week ago, the book sold 50,000 copies in its first five days.
What will the stimulus really cost? The Congressional Budget Office estimates $814 billion. That's less than the office's estimate of $862 billion in January, but more than the original estimate of $787 billion.
As the Tea Party Express reached its final stop in Washington's Freedom Plaza, the focus was on taxes, but all eyes were set on November's elections.