More bad housing data strike higher incomes

UPDATE: The Big Picture has details on the conference call announcing these results. Countrywide Financial Corp. had very bad Q2 profit numbers: The rise in credit-related costs were primarily related to the company’s investments in prime home equity loans, Mozilo said. Unlike subprime loans, which target borrowers with spotty credit Read more…

McCain blogger conference call

I missed the opening comments. Rob Bluey asks about last night’s Democratic debate. Barack Obama said he would meet with leaders of bad countries. McCain called that perspective "naive". When we sit down with the Iranians, what’s the first topic? Israel? Nuclear weapons? Or IEDs that they export to Iraq? Read more…

Romney vs. Thompson polling

The other day, I mentioned that Fred Thompson’s name ID was lower than Mitt Romney’s. I got some push back. Rasmussen has some numbers that confirm my assertion. This has been the case for a long, long time.   GOP Overall   Fav Unfav Image Unknown Fav Unfav Giuliani 71 Read more…