Below The Beltway

The New York Times reports today that an increasing number of people are just walking away from their mortgages:
In recent months top executives from Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia have all described a new willingness by borrowers to walk away from mortgages.
Carrie Newhouse, a real estate agent who also works as a loss […]

You can tell the Clinton campaign is desperate.
They’ve brought out the big guns.
Fear mongering.
Whining:
In an interview with ABC News’ Cynthia McFadden to air on this evening’s “Nightline,” Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., says it’s tougher for her to run as a woman than it is for her male opponent.
Asked why she thinks so many women may […]

In an opinion issued today, the Supreme Court of Virginia has declared the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority unconstitutional:
The Virginia Supreme Court today overturned a landmark measure designed to relieve traffic congestion in Northern Virginia, declaring that the creation of a regional transportation authority to levy taxes was unconstitutional.
The decision by the state’s highest court prevents […]

Hillary Clinton is running a new ad designed to scare the crap out of people:
Closing in on the March 4 contests, Sen. Hillary Clinton debuts a campaign ad today with ominous undertones.
“It’s 3:00am and your children are asleep,” the voice over says. “There’s a phone in the White House, and it’s ringing. Something is happening […]

H/T: Drudge

MSNBC reports today that some Texas Republicans are flocking to Barack Obama ahead of Tuesday’s primary, and they’re not all just trying to stop Hillary:
As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, the polls show.
“I ran for […]

The big news yesterday, broken by the Drudge Report, was the news that Prince Harry, third in line for the British throne, had been in Afghanistan since December and had seen combat:
LONDON, Feb. 28 — Prince Harry has been fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, his presence there kept secret until […]

Something tells me we won’t be waiting for the end much longer, because the blame game has already started among Clinton insiders:
Harold Ickes definitely doesn’t buy the argument that Mark Penn isn’t responsible for everything that has happened to the Hillary Clinton campaign.
“Mark Penn has run this campaign,” said Ickes in a brief phone interview […]

Before this week’s episode of Jericho aired, Producer Carol Barbee was saying that it could be a make-or-break episode in determining if CBS gives them a third season:
Carol Barbee, executive producer of CBS’ post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, told SCI FI Wire that this week is make-or-break time for the resurrected show–though she will try to find […]

A newly released public poll seems to show that Ron Paul has a comfortable lead in his Congressional re-election campaign:
- Overall, Paul leads Peden 63-30 percent. Paul leads by 37 points with women and 29 points with men.
- Paul does best with voters under 30, winning them by 64 points. He does worst with voters […]