In Newsweek's new poll, McCain has a 10-point lead on national security -- the only remaining issue voters trust him more on. As the one arrow left in McCain's quiver -- other than appealing to racists -- national security becomes the likeliest playing field for an October Surprise. So Obama and Biden need to make a concerted effort to neutralize the issue by going directly at McCain's supposed strong suit. The best line of attack would be drawing attention to McCain's actual record. His national security rep in 2008 is as over-inflated as the housing bubble was in 2005. READ MORE
I want to call your attention to the first installment of "Zelizer's Book Corner" -- a recurring HuffPost feature where Princeton history professor Julian Zelizer and his cohorts will write about recent books and their relevance to the news of the day. Up first, Larry Bartels' Unequal Democracy.
The government says it isn't buying an ownership interest that will lead to directing bank policy. I'm finding that a bit hard to believe.
Congress should set a crystal clear rule for Detroit: No taxpayer bailouts until they stop suing states that are trying to fight global warming.
Gwen Alexander, the president of the African-American Historical Society of Alaska, told me that Palin stated defiantly that she had no intention to hire any minority staffers.
What is the problem with a mixed economy: part capitalist, part socialist? We have had such an economy since the Great Depression and World War II. Why does the word "socialist" make us quake?
I did this while I was really sick because it was very important to me. Between takes I was nearly fainting, but I guess you can't really tell. Good lighting goes a long way.
Invoking greed to explain what happened with Wall Street actually explains little. The mystery isn't why people are greedy; it's how greed gets the better of them.
The whole mortgage mess is making everyone with cash leery of lending it out. But the economy is set up to run on credit. And so the whole economy is seizing up like a stalled engine.
The first ominous sign, according to an associate, came at a meeting of the economics department this morning, when Mr. Krugman showed up with a coffee mug reading, "No. 1 Economist."
I humbly offer my advice on McCain's best chance to pull off the upset. The answer is as simple as it is unconventional: McCain should immediately concede the election.
The problem with this turn of phrase, besides dumbing down our discourse or sounding cliché, is that it assumes a good-versus-evil duality to the financial problem at hand.
In both cases, an administration came to power with a secret agenda. Bush/Cheney, to remove Saddam Hussein and change the face of the Middle East. The Palins, to get their ex-brother-in-law sh*tcanned.
The cause of my son's asthma may have been me. I may have been poisoning my own son by using certain cleaning products.
