The collapse got a temporary reprieve: Bear Stearns Cos., teetering on the brink of collapse from a lack of cash, got emergency funding from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the largest government bailout of a U.S. securities firm. After denying earlier this week that access to capital was at risk, Bear […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC. Olbermann will have Obama on to discuss it also.
This guy really is coo-coo for Coco Puffs: Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday he fears that anti-American extremists might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him. We have been hearing the violence in Iraq is on the rise again. I guess this is McCain’s way of […]
Bush told the troops in Afghanistan: “I must say, I’m a little envious,” Bush said. “If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed.” “It must be exciting for you … in some ways romantic, […]
Bush just said the economy is having a “rough time”. This is a step up from a “slowdown” a couple of week ago. Of course he is insisting that they are on top of it and will fix it. I agree – it will be fixed as soon as a Democrat is in the White […]
Cesca nails it: Why am I seeing Reverend Wright on MSNBC right now? None of this is new and all of it has been debated over and over. The very serious cable people appear to be deliberately hitting Senator Obama on this just because they hit Senator Clinton on Ferraro. But this isn’t news, goddamn […]
He says they aren’t making “significant progress”: Iraqi leaders have failed to take advantage of a reduction in violence to make adequate progress toward resolving their political differences, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Thursday. Petraeus, who is preparing to testify to Congress next month on the Iraq war, said […]
So they will give us another one: Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to debate in Philadelphia next month before Pennsylvania’s primary, their presidential campaigns said Thursday. ABC News will host the debate on a date still to be determined. Pennsylvania voters go to the polls April 22 for the primary, a […]