Still Falling
eschatonblog.com 3/31/2009 — I really don't think the people in charge (Obama, Larry, Timmeh) understand the reality of the economic situation. It isn't about turning the machines back on. March 31 (Bloomberg) -- Home prices in 20 U.S. cities fell 19 percent in January from a ...

Becoming The President Is Hard
eschatonblog.com 11/5/2008 — Tbogg: I never thought that I would see an African-American elected President of the United States in my lifetime. I just didn't think we had it in us but it appears that we have most assuredly come a long way. I didn't think I would see it, or ...

Ask-me-a-hard-one Dep't
WWW.samefacts.com 11/11/2008 — John Tierney asks whether Obama's election doesn't prove that racism is mythical. No.

FALLING IN LOVE with a robot dinosaur. Not that there’s anything wrong with that….
pajamasmedia.com 12/15/2008 — FALLING IN LOVE with a robot dinosaur. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Hard Not To Be Bitter
deanesmay.com 11/14/2008 — Via Instapundit I found Kate Allison Granju account of how struck she was by President Bush’s recent graciousness toward President-Elect Obama . I give her full kudos for her kind words. It sets a good tone and shows a smidge of graciousness ...

How hard are you prepared to work?
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 12/17/2008 — How should we prepare our children to compete with a productivity ethic like this?

Randy, Randy, Randy
talkingpointsmemo.com 11/6/2008 — Well, Randy Scheunemann now insists that he wasn't really fired by the McCain campaign in the final days of the election for hitching his wagon to the Palin trainwreck and dishing against McCain to the press, or at least so he now says. But ...  ...

A Good Job Is Hard to Find |
alternet.org 11/19/2008 — President Bush is betting $500 million that poor women are better off having a man than holding a job. American women are 40 percent more likely than men to be poor. In fact, 90 percent of welfare recipients are women. While the Bush administration ...

Mortgage Applications Surge on Falling Rates
online.wsj.com 12/23/2008 — Bankers are seeing a wave of mortgage-loan applications triggered by falling interest rates, and are reassigning scores of workers to handle the crush of would-be borrowers. A large percentage of the applications are for refinancings rather than ...

hard sell of conservatism (video)
youtube.com 11/16/2008 — mash up by Blue Gal http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com

A News Conference for No Stranger to the News — NYT > Politics 11/14/2008
Gov. Sarah Palin tried to play down her celebrity before a speech to the Republican Governors Association in which she called for party reforms. >

GOP's future: Political ostriches? — First Read 11/14/2008
After looking at the vote totals and the exit polls, political analyst Charlie Cook fires off this warning to Republicans in his latest National Journal column: “Those who write off the 2008 election by saying that Republican candidates weren’t ...

McCain aide cites 'failure of management' — CNN Political Ticker 11/14/2008
(CNN) – Rick Davis, the campaign manager for former John McCain's White House bid came to Sarah Palin's defense in an upcoming interview with the National Review, saying the now-infamous $150,000 clothing tab for the Alaska governor was caused ...

Ayers Speaks Out on Campaign ‘08 and His Tie to Obama — WSJ.com: Washington Wire 11/14/2008
Susan Davis reports on politics. William Ayers gave a lengthy interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today about his relationship with President-elect Barack Obama and the role that tie played in the 2008 presidential campaign. ...

Trial delayed in Palin hacking case — msnbc.com: Politics 11/14/2008
The complexity of a computer crime trumped the need for a speedy trial Friday in the case of the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker charged with breaking into the e-mail account of  Sarah Palin.