Article: The Telegraph – Financial Crisis

An article from the Telegraph in London provides some good comentary on the significance of not passing this bail-out package:
Financial crisis: Western world will become significantly less wealthy
In one fell swoop, the House of Representatives has applied a sledgehammer to the American economy. The staggering plunge in the value of publicly quoted stocks in [...]

Palin back with Couric – This Time with McCain

Umm – was this supposed to help her?  Hands down, though, McCain was much worse than Palin. 
Oh, and it occurs to me – forget about the ‘gotchya’ journalism.  Did she not watch the debate where McCain took Obama to task for saying that?  C’mon – seriously…it was less than 24 hours earlier and was talked [...]

Will Wall Street now Bail on The GOP?

The market closed down 777 points today – or 8%.  The figures I’ve been hearing state that this is about 1.2 trillion dollars worth of wealth that just vanished.  That 1.2 trillion dollars (nearly twice the bailout) is held by a lot of different interests, but particularly the Republican base – free market capitalists and [...]

The Other Side of Selfishness

“One, Representative Jim Marshall, a Georgia Democrat facing a re-election contest, told colleagues in a private meeting that he would vote for the measure to bolster the economy. ‘I am willing to give up my seat over this,’ Mr. Marshall said, according to another person who was there.”
- per the NY Times. That – my [...]

Don’t RE-ELECT Pelosi (and I am a Democrat)! Don’t Re-Elect and GOP against the Bill

“We’re all worried about losing our jobs. Most of us say, ‘I want this thing to pass, but I want you to vote for it—not me.’” said Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis (note – see my other post for the most honorable quote of the day).  It’s great to see how ‘working for the people” means taking care [...]

This Election is far from Over and Obama is still the Underdog!

Things are starting to align well for Obama.  McCain’s erratic nature, the economic problems we are facing, Palin’s implosion, and the debate – among other things.
The latest Gallup poll shows Obama up by five and that about where all of today’s polls are, including the Republican biased Rasmussen poll.  Additionally, Obama looks like he is [...]

My Thoughts on the Debate

I have no great insight on who the public thinks won or lost the debate.  Already the polls are pouring in and they are going to be the most important part of deciding who won the debate.  The early returns are that Obama won.    Things have been known to change when the spinsters start [...]

Debate Starting…

…I will provide my thoughts late tonight.  Although, I do not like CNN-HD’s coverage.  They are almost at the point of thinking for people DURING the debate.

McCain wins the Debate

If you haven’t heard – McCain is going to debate. He, apparently, has already won according to MyDD.com:
This is an ad already (oops) running in the Wall Street Journal.

Leadership at the White House

Per the Daily Kos:
“Yesterday, McCain swooped into the White House meeting, and by all accounts he said very little, was disruptive and Obama actually led the meeting (by questioning Paulson and House Republican’s). Now, how’s that for true leadership?
At the end, Obama had to speak directly to McCain to enunciate a response, after McCain sat [...]