Obama Talks With Joe the Plumber

Hey, Joe the Plumber. Sounds like your business is doing great. Don’t you think it  would be awesome for business if more people could afford your service. 
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All About The Benjamins

 
We keep hearing about consumers who were drunk with easy credit drove our economy to the brink by getting themselves into bad loans. While some of that may be true, it can’t be as bad as the crack addict deficit spending of the federal government. In fact it is now so bad that they ran [...]

George Packer goes to Ohio

The New Yorker’s George Packer has a fantastic article in the current Politics issue about working class voters in Ohio. He discusses whether or not the Democrats can ever get these voters back. They, along with so many other Americans, have grown so skeptical of government that even now when the Republican platform of “less [...]

The Obama Doctrine of Preemption

The campaign goes on the offensive against McCain and the Keating Five. McCain’s ads this week will focus on Ayers.

Financial Crisis, What to Do? Blame the Poor of Course.

There is a new series of misleading attack viral emails and videos that try to pin the current financial crisis on the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. While it is quite amazing that a law passed in 1977 is suddenly now responsible for the massive failure of the credit markets, I find it even more [...]

Michael Moore Has It All Figured Out

Michael Moore has it all figured out. He sent this out to people on his mailing list. Click the link below to see the full plan.
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans — that’s right, just four hundred people — own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. 400 rich Americans have got more stashed away than [...]

You’ve Got Some Splainin’ To Do

Douglas Rushkoff has an interesting write-up trying to outline some of the issues with the bailout.
The mortgage and credit crisis wasn’t merely predictable; it was predicted. And not by a market bear or conspiracy theorist, but by the people and institutions responsible. The record number of foreclosures, credit defaults, and, now, institutional collapses is not [...]

More Good News For Obama

ABC/The Washington Post poll:
Who is mainly responsible for the defeat of the financial rescue? Republicans 44, Democrats 21
Do you oppose or favor the bill? Oppose 47, Favor 45
More from the poll here.

Why are we in this handbasket and where are we going?!

BAILOUT REJECTED
 
House Votes ‘No,’ 228-205; Stocks Plunge

House Rejects Bailout Package, 228-205; Stocks Plunge

Leaders Fail to Convert Opponents

In a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry.

 

The Paradox of Deleveraging

While the current financial crisis has many complicated details, the basics of it aren’t. Paul Krugman over at the International Herald Tribune has a quick and concise explanation of the current situation and details why it is so important to properly negotiate this bill.
Some are saying that we Americans should simply trust Paulson, because he’s [...]

Stop the Tax Lie

I keep hearing the Republican talking point, “Obama will raise your taxes.” Whenever John McCain says Obama will raise your taxes, what he means is, “Obama will raise my taxes,” because unless you are making more than $603,000 a year, your taxes aren’t going up!
Unfortunately, I don’t fall into that bracket, but if I did, [...]

The Debate About The Debate

John McCain has pulled out of the Presidential debate. I think this is a very deliberate political move to once again divert America’s attention. By doing this I think he believes:

He will get to say that he is bringing Washington together by working across the aisle.
If Obama doesn’t agree he can be made to look [...]

His Economic Plan

I think he should do more and more of these ads. By looking straight into the camera, and outlining proposals, he comes across as truthful and serious. And it’s a different kind of ad – a conversation versus a smear.
(See McCain’s ad released the same day – 30 seconds vs. Obama’s 2 minutes. And he [...]

Go Joe

Biden Says Election Is About Values. Damn Straight It Is.
Yes, this campaign is about change, but it’s about even more than that.  It’s about what we value as a people.  It’s not just about a job, it’s about dignity. It’s not just about a paycheck.  It’s about pride.  It’s not just about opportunity. It’s about [...]