Praise from Karl Rove and Richard Mellon-Scaife? She really is the new Lieberman...

Posted at April 2, 2008 4:09 PM in response to Karl Rove Praises Hillary's 3 A.M. Ad As "Gutsy"

Oh yeah, let's see your five year old nephew get taken to the rack by Obama on the basketball court.

Posted at April 2, 2008 4:04 PM in response to Durbin To Ickes: Hit Us With Your Best Shot

I'm not an expert by any means, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so I'll take a stab at your first question.

When home prices continually rise, people buy property that they can't afford in hopes of cashing in when they resell. When the home value falls, they still can't afford it and now they can no longer resell it. Rising home prices help people pay their mortgages in the sense that they can sell the property and pay off the debt.

Posted at March 17, 2008 12:57 PM in response to Total BS on Wall St.

I'm not an expert by any means, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so I'll take a stab at your first question.

When home prices continually rise, people buy property that they can't afford in hopes of cashing in when they resell. When the home value falls, they still can't afford it and now they can no longer resell it. Rising home prices help people pay their mortgages in the sense that they can sell the property and pay off the debt.

Posted at March 17, 2008 12:57 PM in response to Total BS on Wall St.

I'm not an expert by any means, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so I'll take a stab at your first question.

When home prices continually rise, people buy property that they can't afford in hopes of cashing in when they resell. When the home value falls, they still can't afford it and now they can no longer resell it. Rising home prices help people pay their mortgages in the sense that they can sell the property and pay off the debt.

Posted at March 17, 2008 12:57 PM in response to Total BS on Wall St.

Sorry, superdelegates are *not* pledged to vote for a particular candidate.

Posted at March 12, 2008 4:50 PM in response to The Real Target Of The Argument Over Electability? The Super-Delegates

Excellent post, but I take issue with one point:

"4. OH, PA, and FL are very extremely important swing states, and right now, Clinton is more popular in these states than Obama."

My question is, in those states does the general public favor Obama vs McCain more than they favor Clinton vs McCain? My point being that the General Election voting pool and the Primary voting pools are vastly different. Saying that she is more popular in those states based on the primary voting pool is not entirely correct.

Posted at March 12, 2008 4:48 PM in response to The Real Target Of The Argument Over Electability? The Super-Delegates

Wait, this is utter crap. You can denigrate the math if you want, but that doesn't change the fact that a candidate does not have to reach 2025 to win, they just need to reach that number to have an insurmountable lead. This 2025 number is based on the idea that Michigan and Florida count, BTW.

Also, the whole reason we're talking about superdelegates is not because no one has reached that insurmountable number yet. The reason we're talking about superdelegates is that they are pledged to vote for a particular candidate.

Rational people care about "little math". Irrational people care about feelings, like who they "feel" can be elected. Hmmm, have we had any recent experience with a political figure that trusts their feelings? Maybe someone who makes gut decisions? I think we've had just about enough of that, thank you.

Posted at March 12, 2008 4:36 PM in response to The Real Target Of The Argument Over Electability? The Super-Delegates