Creating A Constitutional Crisis The Obama Way
westernfrontamerica.com 12/4/2008 — When it first began it seemed nothing more than a trifling matter, which was destined to be quashed in a few days never to be heard of again. Now, however, it has taken on a life of it's own and is growing, it seems, exponentially each day. The question of whether, or not, Mr. Obama is eligible ...

Is McCain Coming Back?
voices.washingtonpost.com 10/20/2008 — Does recent polling suggest a McCain comeback at the right time or something else? Photo by Ricky Carioti -- The Washington Post Amid the wall-to-wall coverage of Barack Obama's $150 million fundraising take in September and the endorsement of...

Obama to Joe: Plumbing is a Constitutional Right
scrappleface.com 10/16/2008 — (2008-10-16) — After a presidential debate which focused on the needs of one man, a plumber named Joe Wurzelbacher of Holland, Ohio, Sen. Barack Obama this morning announced that “ plumbing , like heath care, is a Constitutional right, ...

Crisis? What Crisis?
themonkeycage.org 11/5/2008 — Lots of chatter, especially from the GOP that the September financial crisis did McCain’s chances. I’m skeptical. Look at this graph from Pollster.com. It shows the poll average trendline from August 22 (the day Obama announced his pick ...

I Didn’t See This One Coming
balloon-juice.com 10/30/2008 — This one honestly surprised me : Granted, it’s probably (okay, certainly) not true. But if that crazy person who runs Atlas Shrugged is right and Barack Obama really is the son of Malcolm X , that would make my day. Honestly, who ...

The Coming Republican Minority
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 11/4/2008 — A survey (by Democratic pollsters, to be sure) on what Republicans think about their party and its future . While a sizeable majority of voters say Republicans have lost in 2006 and 2008 because they have been "too conservative," a ...

"They're Coming To Your Town!"
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/20/2008 — The American Family Association puts out a DVD showing how homosexuals have a plan to infiltrate and take over every small town in America in order to construct a new Sodom to terrorize your children. Or something like that. Is it my imagination or ...

They’re Coming To Your Town!!
balloon-juice.com 11/20/2008 — Not only can you get your very own burning cross from the American Family Association, but you can also order this handy DVD that let’s you in on a secret that we homosexuals are sworn to never reveal – that we have covert plans to take ...

The Next Crisis
marginalrevolution.com 12/2/2008 — It's official. | Main | Changes in money wages The Next Crisis It's not just Social Security and Medicare which are underfunded. State governments have vastly underfunded public pensions. Here is the abstract to a new NBER paper, The ...

Getting Through the Coming Depression
apj.us 11/19/2008 — From crisispapers.org (http://www.crisispapers.org): Recession doesn't even begin to describe where the U.S. and global economies are going. Bernie Weiner exlains why we have to recognize that likelihood and take steps now to build the social infrastructure that will help carry us all through ...

Obama adviser: No Obama commitment on defense shield — CNN Political Ticker 11/8/2008
President-elect Obama spoke recently with the president of Poland. (CNN) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made "no commitment" to plans for a missile defense program in eastern Europe, despite a report on Polish president's Web site, ...

Obama aide denies missile plan report — CNN.com - Politics 11/8/2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has told Polish President Lech Kaczynski that he intends to continue plans for a missile shield in eastern Europe, the Polish president's office said on its Web site Saturday.

Obama Positions Himself to Quickly Reverse Bush Actions on Environmental, Social Issues — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/9/2008
Transition advisers to President-elect Barack Obama have compiled a list of about 200 Bush administration actions and executive orders that could be swiftly undone to reverse the president on climate change, stem cell research, reproductive rights and ...

Congressional Democrats Say Economy Will Be First Priority — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/9/2008
Democratic leaders in Congress plan to delay consideration of a number of expensive campaign promises, including proposals to reform the nation's health-care system and fund a strategy to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, instead placing top ...

Hamas leader says he is ready to talk to Obama (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/8/2008
AP - Hamas is ready to open talks with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, who must deal with the Palestinian militant group if he wants to address the wider conflict in the Middle East, the group's leader said in an interview broadcast Saturday.