this is an adventure

Cost: “Congressional elections are a strange brew of national and local forces, which means that each is a unique world unto itself. The national forces have sorted themselves out pretty well, but strong Democratic performances on the local level could very well result in the party holding its House majority, albeit it by a slim […]

Finreg requires that the SEC “issue 95 new regulations governing a wide swath of the financial sector, dozens more than the Federal Reserve, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or other federal agencies. The SEC is also slated to complete 17 one-time studies and five new ongoing reports.” It’s a bigger stick.

Coordinated attacks on Palin: “Time’s Joe Klein then linked to his own piece, parts of which he acknowledged came from strategy sessions on Journolist. ‘Here’s my attempt to incorporate the accumulated wisdom of this august list-serve community,’ he wrote. And indeed Klein’s article contained arguments developed by his fellow Journolisters.”

Pethokoukis: “Big Business has certainly amped up its kvetching of late. But it’s not Washington’s job to be pro-business and make nice with CEOs. That smells of crony capitalism and often just means rewarding big campaign contributors with government favors. The better measure of any given Washington policy is whether it respects markets.”