Is this election a referendum on Obama? Sad to say, it probably is. Obama offers HOPE, CHANGE, and socialism. McCain offers...what? Ordinary decent, honest, moderate-conservative governance, I guess - which is not too exciting but which is all I ask for.
Hey, David Brooks. Flush that Manhattan condescension down the toilet.
Can McCain bounce back? Baehr at Am Thinker
News flash: the media backs Obama. I still wonder why. What do they want?
Going the extra mile: Congrats, Indianapolis! 105% voter registration!
A collection of Obama quotes. Here's one of them:
"Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they're charging a lot of money for this stuff."
The economic adjustment. Calculated Risk. Related, The Fault lies closer to home. A quote:
In the past, people used to rely on bankers to guard themselves from their own worst financial instincts. They might have wanted to borrow 100 per cent (or 125 per cent) of the value of a home without the need to demonstrate thrift and reliability by making a down-payment. But they were shown the door.
Without bankers saying “no”, many people borrowed to the hilt, assuming that rising asset prices had eliminated all risk. Some confined themselves to buying bigger houses for themselves, while others bought second and third homes to rent them out while their capital appreciated.
Man, do I agree with this from Overcoming Bias:
...having as many people as possible voting is not a legitimate public interest. To maximize the chance that we elect the better candidate, we do not want people to vote if they are so ill-informed that by voting they will decrease this chance. And even if someone's vote would increase this chance, if the increase is infinitesimal the fact that voting is costly can make us prefer he or she just stay home.
