Hotline/Diageo: Among registered voters surveyed in Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Nevada, Obama tops McCain 50 to 40%. Just a...
Just Wow
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Author - Bob Cesca
Fareed Goes Off
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10 Points!
Research 2000: Obama 51, McCain 41 If this were the popular vote margin on election day, Senator Obama would win in a landslide. And like I wrote the other day, early voting is underway in 24 states...
Barbecue Brokaw
The NY Times profiles the amount and flavor of barbecue sauce on Brokaw's face. Asked if time he had spent with Mr. McCain — as contrasted with Mr. Obama, whom he does not know socially — would be of...
Mitchell
Why is Andrea Mitchell reporting on the bailout? Her husband Greenspan helped to create this mess and she's criticizing Senator Obama's schedule from Saturday? Oh Mitchell. UPDATE: Video via Jamie...
Morning Awesome
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Liveblogging Prime Time
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery. Tonight! -777. 6:11PM Buchanan blaming Pelosi's "incompetence." Of course that's disingenuous of Buchanan who should know that...
Perspective
Think Progress: According to Bloomberg News, "stocks lost $1.1 trillion in value, meaning the market loss was larger than the size of the $700 billion bailout." Goddamn.
I Agree With Sean Quinn
Memo to Joe Biden: Let Palin Talk Absolutely 100 percent correct.
Comic Relief
The Palin Answer Generator. Here's the one I got: Q: How will you fix the economy? PALIN: The economy and putting it back on the verbiage that Senator McCain chose to use because the fundamentals, as...
At What Cost?
Markos: So now, with a little more time, perhaps we can have an honest appraisal of the alternatives. All due respect, Markos, but at what cost? I'd like to think pleasant thoughts about how the...
McFail
So the McCain campaign spent part of the weekend and today patting themselves on the back for rescuing the bailout package, and now they're blaming the Democrats for "stopping him" from doing so...
House to Wall Street: Drop Dead
Krugman: House votes no. Rex Nutting has the best line: House to Wall Street: Drop Dead. He also correctly places the blame and/or credit with House Republicans. For reasons I’ve already explained, I...
-777
Goddamn.
Wahhhh!
I think we should all send boxes of Kleenex to the Republican leadership. Who's with me? Barney Frank on Boehner and the Cry Baby Republicans: "Somebody hurt my feelings so I'm gonna punish the...
Hang On Tight
The bailout bill is failing. I'm seeing the Dow at -500, but that's on Google where there's a lag. I'm hearing reports of -700. UPDATE: "Motion to suspend rules and pass" vote happening now. 332 yeas...
Oh Boy!
I can hardly wait. Seriously. And the worst may be yet to come for Palin; sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing. That's saying a lot considering she's...
Necessary Evil
BooMan forcefully points out that Paul Krugman now supports the current iteration of the bailout plan. And echoing BooMan's post, yes -- it sucks that it's come to this, but the alternative -- doing...
Enough!
I had a dream last night that Morning Joe was cancelled. It was a good dream. Now I'm listening to Mika, Matthews and Scarborough talking about Senator Obama and his chances in Pennsylvania as if the...
Morning Awesome
He played one of the most memorable characters in television history: Al Swearengen in David Milch's HBO masterpiece, Deadwood. Happy Birthday to Ian McShane, born on this day in 1942.