White House to Ease Many Rules By R. Jeffrey Smith Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 31, 2008; Page A01 The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January. The [...]
Archive for October, 2008
30 Oct
Despite felony conviction, Alaska says Stevens gets to vote
The Seattle Times Company GOP Sen. Ted Stevens’ felony conviction won’t block him from casting a vote for himself in Tuesday’s election. WASHINGTON — GOP Sen. Ted Stevens’ felony conviction won’t block him from casting a vote for himself in Tuesday’s election. Stevens was convicted Monday on seven counts of trying to hide more than [...]
30 Oct
Latest polls — 30 October 2008
Election 2008 RCP Average National Obama +6.3 Battlegrounds RCP Average Florida Obama +3.5 Ohio Obama +5.6 Pennsylvania Obama +9.5 Virginia Obama +7.6 Colorado Obama +7.2 More States Electoral Maps ===========================================================
30 Oct
Andrew Bacevich, Strategic Vacuum
Tom Dispatch posted 2008-10-30 11:04:37 Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Strategic Vacuum Even as the Bush presidency wears down, the Global War on Terror only expands. Perhaps the word should be “metastasizes.” Just this week, the U.S. military, using SOFA-less Iraq as its launching pad, sent four helicopters with U.S. special forces soldiers across the Syrian [...]
30 Oct
American Stories, American Solutions
The Obama Informercial For those of you who missed the 30-minute infomercial paid for by Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign, here it is:
30 Oct
The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
The President-Elect Won’t Have to Wait Till January to Act By Martin Feldstein Thursday, October 30, 2008; The Washington Post Further legislation to deal with the economic crisis should not wait until the new president takes office. Fortunately, the president-elect will be a senator and can propose legislation without waiting to be sworn in as [...]
30 Oct
What We’ve Learned About McCain
Sen. John McCain at a rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday. (By Stephan Savoia — Associated Press) By David S. Broder Thursday, October 30, 2008; The Washington Post As we near the end of another presidential campaign, it is useful to ask ourselves what we have learned about the candidates that we did not know [...]
30 Oct
Evangelicals and Rural Americans Are Breaking Big for Obama
By Robert S. Eshelman, Tomdispatch.com. Posted October 30, 2008. A mass defection from the Republican Party may be underway in counties that were once GOP strongholds. Call it the reverse Bradley Effect. There’s clearly a new political landscape forming in the U.S. That’s what the polls are telling us. It’s not just that the [...]
29 Oct
Uses for $700 Billion Bailout Money Ever Shifting
Sunday 26 October 2008 by: John Dunbar, The Associated Press Treasury Secretary Henry Merritt “Hank” Paulson Jr. (Illustration: Paul Giambarba / t r u t h o u t) Washington – First, the $700 billion rescue for the economy was about buying devalued mortgage-backed securities from tottering banks to unclog frozen credit markets. Then [...]
29 Oct
Distribution of Electoral Votes By State
Distribution of Electoral Votes Total Electoral Vote: 538 Needed to Elect: 270 State 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010 Alabama 9 9 9 Alaska 3 3 3 Arizona 7 8 10 Arkansas 6 6 6 California 47 54 55 Colorado 8 8 9 Connecticut 8 8 7 Delaware 3 3 3 D.C. 3 3 [...]
29 Oct
The Socialism Scare
thinkprogress.org The Socialism Scare Recently, the right wing has seized on Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) admission that he wants to “spread the wealth around” as evidence that his tax policies are somehow socialist, communist, or Marxist. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) compared Obama’s policies to those of Cuba, saying, “Where I come from, where I was [...]
29 Oct
McCain on Whether He Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage: ‘Of Course Not’
Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 4:38 PM on October 28, 2008. At least he’s consistent. Today in an interview with CNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he wasn’t interested in raising the minimum wage: BARTIROMO: What about a minimum wage increase? Would you consider? MCCAIN: As long as we take care of [...]
