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3. How does the program decide which mortgage holders to help? About 27% of US households have paid off their mortgages and 32% of households rent. How can you ask responsible borrowers and renters to pay for this program? That’s one of several questions from Amanda Carpenter in response to John McCain’s idea that the [...]

And finally started talking about the Democrat-Fannie-Freddie start to this eco failure. But Obama didn’t hurt himself enough tonight, so it’s a net draw, (except maybe in prematurely declaring war on the nuclear-armed Pakistan). That’s what my friends and family told me anyway. The losers are you suckers who spent 90 minutes of your life [...]

This is beautiful, from Stephen Green: In Slate Magazine, William Saletan says the polls are so stacked against John McCain, there’s no possibility he can win. The race is over. Oh, wait. That was eight years ago, and he was talking about George W. Bush. Why Bush Is Toast. Since Labor Day, the media have [...]

I didn’t post much about the debate because I’ve watched enough of them to know that they don’t really matter all that much, people quickly forget any important points that come out of them, and, with the rare exceptions such as “You’re no Jack Kennedy” or a “…my opponent’s youth or inexperience” slapshot, they don’t [...]

This tells you two things. First, once you become an ex-president you have a little more freedom to be objective and centrist. And, two, Obama has really pissed off the Clintons.