Money in California

June 9, 2010

[tweetmeme] Money in politics doesn’t predict outcomes in every state, but it’s interesting when it lines up as closely as it does in California’s Senate primary election yesterday. The candidates raised approximately the following: Carly Fiorina: $4.3 million Tom Campbell: $3.2 million Chuck DeVore: $2.7 million As a percentage, this works out to: Carly Fiorina: […]

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Bernanke: We'll Do Whatever We Have To

June 9, 2010

Bernanke on restarting emergency currency-swaps in response to Europe’s debt crisis: “Our ongoing international cooperation sends an important signal to global financial markets that we will take the actions necessary to ensure stability and continued economic recovery,” Bernanke said today in testimony to a House Budget Committee hearing.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Busted Ballot

June 8, 2010

[tweetmeme] Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently had to recast his ballot today in California’s 2010 primaries, because he’d filled out the US Senate box for two different candidates: Poll worker Keta Hodgson says a scanning machine rejected Schwarzenegger’s first ballot Tuesday because he selected two Senate candidates, instead of one. My total conjecture, based on zero knowledge […]

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Obama: Looking for an "Ass to Kick"

June 8, 2010

Getting mad, because you don’t have any solutions: “President Obama used the gaffes to fire back, most notably saying in a “Today” show interview that he would fire Hayward if he were his boss and that he’s looking for an “ass to kick.” All this while black ooze smothers the region’s wildlife and economy.”

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Election Day: Nine Races to Watch

June 8, 2010

Ten States head to the polls: “South Carolina’s freak show politics, the progressive left’s Arkansas muscle flexing, the astounding and obscene amount of statewide election spending in California — at least $120 million-plus and rising — all of it is part of Tuesday’s dramatic primary election narrative.”

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"College Sports is Not a Business"

June 7, 2010

[tweetmeme] In 2004, the late Myles Brand made the ridiculous claim that “College sports is not a business.” His old rival Bob Knight replied: “If it isn’t a business, then General Motors is a charity.” Today, GM only continues to exist thanks to the charity of the American taxpayer, while College sports is bigger business […]

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Townhall Decline: Voters Animated by "Rage" According to NYT

June 7, 2010

“The sentiment that fueled the rage during those Congressional forums is still alive in the electorate… If the time-honored tradition of the political meeting is not quite dead, it seems to be teetering closer to extinction.” One wonders if they ever used such language regarding protests of the Iraq war.

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Cameron: Debt Problem Worse Than We Thought

June 7, 2010

“The U.K.’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition is seeking public backing for cuts that will be the deepest since Margaret Thatcher was prime minister in the 1980s and that will last longer than any other since World War II.” But will the people accept austerity measures which cut treasured programs?

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Sullivan's Folly

June 4, 2010

[tweetmeme] Via Ace, I see that the once well-respected blogger turned amateur gynecologist Andrew Sullivan has now turned his blog into an “Online Cry for Help.” His latest post: Sadly Yes I had a dream last night that I was lost in Sarah Palin’s garden. It was springtime, and there were bluebells everywhere. I suddenly […]

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Obama Policy Approach Hamstrung by Gulf Crisis

June 3, 2010

Oil takes over everything: “Mr. Obama had hoped to spend his summer creating jobs, passing financial reform, promoting his health care program, getting a Supreme Court justice confirmed and an arms control treaty with Russia ratified, pressing for international sanctions against Iran and jump-starting the troubled Middle East peace process.”

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