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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Aaron Blake to discuss Romney’s reaction to Obama’s gay marriage support, his missed opportunity with the GOP base, and why both the establishment and Tea Party could lose in Nebraska.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the political fallout from J.P. Morgan’s $2 billion loss, calls for Jamie Dimon to leave the NY Fed, and how the Volcker would impact the big banks.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the $2 Billion trading loss at J.P. Morgan, why Greece may be leaving the Euro Zone, and brewing trouble in Spanish banks.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Congressman Tim Griffin to discuss his efforts to curtail the federal government’s cell phone give away plan, the billion dollar fraud and abuse plaguing this program, and how we can avoid Europe’s fiscal mess here in the US.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Jonah Goldberg to discuss The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas, the liberal pretense to being non-ideological, and just how much ideology is found in the use of cliches.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Michael Duncan to discuss Indiana’s battle between Dick Lugar and Richard Mourdock, how the Tea Party has organized in 2012, and what impact a larger coalition for liberty in the U.S. Senate may have.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the defeat of Nicolas Sarkozy in France, the Greek Election, and how a left-ward turn in Europe could impact the US.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the April jobs report, an argument for the one-percent from one of Mitt Romney’s former colleagues and the sale of bacon in a box.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by John Graham to discuss Georgia’s attempt to allow purchasing of insurance policies across state lines, why it has failed so far, and how individually owned insurance plans could lead to the free market flexibility sought by conservatives and libertarians.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Andrew Kelly, to discuss Sticks and the Bully Pulpit: Lessons from a Half-Century of Federal Efforts to Improve America’s Schools, the federal role in education, and ways to move past traditional debating points regarding the federal government’s responsibilities in education policy.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Josh Zerkle to discuss this year’s NFL Draft, the Redskins’ Robert Griffin III and recent scandals in the NFL.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss plans by Obama and Romney for job creation, how Germany fixed their economy, and what Francis would do to get America back to work.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Q1 GDP numbers, what they may predict for the economy and Paul Krugman’s spat with Ben Bernanke.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to continue the crowdfunding discussion from Monday, listeners reactions and questions, and the differences between crowdfunding and micro-finance.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Aaron Blake to discuss how House races are shaping up for the GOP, what impact the Presidential race will have down ballot and what the fundraising picture looks like for each party.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Scott Lincicome to discuss Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization, how the Senate will weigh in, and if the U.S. will see an economic boost when our businesses have more access to Russian markets.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss a potential takeover of American Airlines by US Airways, the JOBS Act, and whether Kickstarter’s crowdfunding method is the future of venture capital.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Obama’s call for a crackdown on oil speculation, what drives the price at the pump, and how expanded production would impact the oil market.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Elizabeth Blackney to discuss the so called war on women, the Hilary Rosen vs. Ann Romney fight, and what impact this may have come election day.

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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Jay Nordlinger to discuss his book on the Nobel Peace Prize, the way the prize is structured, the people who won it, the politics involved, and who he would nominate for a Peace Prize if he could.

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