The Housing Crash Has Already Resumed, Say Bears
Investor Whitney Tilson has another take on the August house-price numbers, which sent housing bulls into spasms of glee a few days ago.
Investor Whitney Tilson has another take on the August house-price numbers, which sent housing bulls into spasms of glee a few days ago.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
This month, the news for Obama fans is not bad. It's not get-up-and-cheer good, either, but it's a lot better than the news has been for the past two months.
Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Here's a simple, easy to understand chart of how health care would work if health care reform is passed. It's certainly much more specific than the Republican plan.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
The news for Obama fans continues to be bad this month. There may be a faint glimmer of a spark of hope in the numbers -- but that's about all I can promise here, sorry about that.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
The news this month for Obama fans is not particularly good, as Obama has definitely ended his "honeymoon" period (which virtually all first-term presidents go through).
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
Obama's poll numbers have dropped this month -- a whopping one-and-a-half percentage points. Reports that the sky is falling may be overblown.
Cracked.com | Posted 07.28.2009 | Comedy
The unwitting stars of Sacha Baron Cohen movies are always protesting "unfair editing," "leading questions" and "never getting laid again, ever." If y...
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
The stability of Obama's numbers (especially the approval rating) continued in May, which is remarkable compared to other presidents during the same time period in their terms.
Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
About the Cartoonist | Reprint Policy Because it's Election Day, I'm not going to give a detailed analysis of the past week's polls, as I...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics
Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
More and more, it is looking like Virginia will be the state that decides Election Night in Obama's favor. Sure, it could be Florida or Ohio, but my guess is that the vote-counting is going to take a while in both of them,
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
It's going to be all but impossible to continue the "we're in a dead heat" nonsense if Barack Obama decisively wins Florida and Virginia when the East Coast returns come in.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
I have to admit, that's a pretty provocative title. And enumerating the poultry before they emerge from the ova is always risky... as the saying goes.
Chris Weigant | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama has made some gains since last week, to put it mildly. While he hasn't wildly increased his Strong numbers, at least the trend is in the right direction.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics
Today was a banner day for Obama in the national polls (especially the one that puts him up nine points, 52/43) -- but they are largely meaningless, since that is not how we elect our president.
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics
The national trend for Obama may have turned around in his favor in just the last couple of days. So even though things look grim here, Obama is already starting to bounce back.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics
Obama has slipped below the magic 270 number for the first time since he became the Democratic presumptive nominee, and McCain has just about caught up with him.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics
It's time once again to take a look at the Electoral College math from state-level polling. Nationwide polls are not completely meaningless, but they are pretty irrelevant as that's not how we elect a president.
Chris Weigant | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
It's been about a month since we last took a look under the microscope at the possible outcomes of the Electoral College vote this November, so it's time for an update.
Henry Blodget | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business