That's how Princeton economist and NY Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman described his day so far today, which began with an early morning phone call informing him that he was this year's only winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. … [Read more...]
New ABC/WaPo poll: torrents of bad news for McCain
Yes, the new just-released poll gives Obama a 10-point, 53-43 lead -- the largest this poll has yet shown. But that's just the beginning of the bad news for John McCain. Here's the summary: A tornado of economic discontent is … [Read more...]
Oh please oh please oh please let it be true … [update: ah well]
UPDATED: see below. The lurching continues. Lindsay Graham leaks the McCain strategy for the final weeks -- more tax cuts for the rich!! McCain surrogate Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the Republican nominee will unveil new proposals … [Read more...]
State polling continues to move toward Obama
Good news from the NY Times, which is taking a far more conservative approach to polling than our friends at pollster.com: New Hampshire, which The Times had rated as a toss-up, is now shifted as leaning to Mr. Obama, based on polling and … [Read more...]
CT Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage
You can read the majority opinion at this link (PDF). Links to the majority and several dissenting opinions are available here. I haven't read the opinion yet. Here's the summary: We conclude that, in light of the history of … [Read more...]
OTV coming your way
Team Obama continues to flex its financial muscles. The Obama campaign has bought a half hour block of primetime television - from 8-8:30pm ET - on Wednesday, Oct. 29, on CBS, NBC, and MSNBC, according to television industry sources.... The … [Read more...]
Our best wishes to Dean Barnett
Dean Barnett is a conservative -- and very good -- writer and commentator. He lives in MA, and both Charley and I have had the pleasure of tangling with him on Jim Braude's NECN show. So I was saddened to learn that he is … [Read more...]
Pollster.com update: more good news for Obama [update: Petraeus backs Obama on negotiating]
As you can see from the spiffy, constantly-updated electoral college projection map in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, Barack Obama has some more good news today. Pennsylvania (21 EV) has been reclassified as "strong blue" (was … [Read more...]
David Brooks: Palin “a fatal cancer” on the GOP; “not even close” to ready to be VP
My goodness. These are some of the harshest words I've seen spoken about Sarah Palin -- and they come directly from David Brooks, one of the country's most prominent conservative(ish) commentators. Brooks also had positive things to … [Read more...]
What’s next?
Three debates (including the VP) down, and no game-changers. There's virtually no chance of a game-changer in debate #4 either, since Obama has proven that he is far too cool and collected to do anything really stupid in a debate; he … [Read more...]
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