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Archive for October, 2008

Hey, Where’s My Bailout ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

It’s what everyone is doing, right ?

Obama To Hold Final Campaign Rally In Prince William County

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, 2008 General Election In Virginia, Barack Obama, Politics, Prince William County, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Remember what I said yesterday about Prince William County being Ground Zero in the battle for Virginia ?

Well, the Obama campaign must agree, because they’ll be here Monday night for their final rally of the campaign:
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama announced tonight his final event of the campaign will take place Monday evening in Northern [...]

World Series Set Record Low Viewership Numbers

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under Baseball, Sports, Television

Given that it featured two smaller market teams with limited national appeal, I can’t say that this is surprising:
The three-inning conclusion of the suspended Game 5 of the World Series attracted 19.8 million viewers on Wednesday night. Combined with those who watched the first five and a half innings Monday night, the game averaged 15.8 [...]

John McCain: A Republican Against Profit

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Business, Economics, Gas Prices, John McCain, Oil Prices, Politics

Today, ExxonMobil reported the biggest profit earned by any company in American history:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Exxon Mobil Corp. set a quarterly profit record for a U.S. company Thursday, surging past analyst estimates.
Exxon Mobil (XOM, Fortune 500), the leading U.S. oil company, said its third-quarter net profit was $14.83 billion, or $2.86 per share, up [...]

CNN Focuses On “Bob The Spoiler”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Bob Barr, Politics

An interesting discussion on The Situation Room regarding the possibility that Bob Barr could assume the role of a spoiler on Election Day:

While I agree with Marc at Liberty Maven that it would have been preferable if the report had focused at least somewhat on what Barr has said on the issues rather than on [...]

Virginia’s Absentee Vote Surges

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, 2008 General Election In Virginia, Politics, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Virginia doesn’t have early-voting, but that apparently hasn’t stopped a record number of people from, well, voting early:
Not only has voter registration soared in Virginia, more than 300,000 people have already cast absentee ballots.
At a news briefing today in Richmond, officials with the State Board of Elections said the number of absentee ballots cast in [...]

This Is What Happens When Your Brain Explodes

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Politics

One of the most bizarre blog posts ever written.
To say that it rambles is putting it mildly, and if you can’t quite make it through to the end just know that this blogger thinks she’s proven that Barack Obama is the illegitimate son of Malcom X.
I’m serious, she really thinks that.
H/T: Brad @ The Crossed [...]

CBS News/NY Times: Obama 52% McCain 41%, Palin A Drag On GOP Ticket

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, October 31st, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin

The latest CBS News/New York Times poll has Barack Obama with an 11 point lead over John McCain:
(CBS) With less than one week until Election Day, Barack Obama maintains a clear lead over John McCain in the presidential race, a new CBS News/New York Times poll suggests. The Democratic nominee now leads his Republican rival [...]

Seventy Years Ago Tonight: Orson Welles’ War Of The Worlds

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 30th, 2008. Filed under History, Media

Unlikely to induce a panic, but still great to listen to:
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Ron Paul On The Rachel Maddow Show

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 30th, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Libertarians, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul appeared on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show last night and discussed the Presidential Election and the role of third parties in American politics:

Maddow asked Paul why he didn’t run as a third-party candidate and he brings up the familiar arguments about fundraising and ballot access problems which are largely correct, but Marc Gallagher thinks [...]

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