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An Iraq veteran family asks about "the rush to war in Iran." Of course, Drudge links to a story on Iran: The way to do that is to not ratchet up the winds to war here. A lot of people voted for that … a serious, serious mistake. It convinced the rest of the Muslim [...]
They ask Clinton about illegal immigration. The question cites other candidates saying that she doesn’t answer questions. The American people know what I have been fighting for 35 years…. Fighting for issues for women and minorities, workers and families. They ask Obama to whip Clinton: Senator Clinton is a great politician. … Politics of parsing. [...]
Another month. More lousy housing numbers: A total of 223,538 foreclosure filings were reported in September, up from 112,210 in the same month a year ago, according to Irvine-based RealtyTrac Inc. The number of filings in September was down 8 percent from August’s 243,947, the firm said. Sounds like it is getting better? That’s not [...]
State 1/x Households in Foreclosure # of Households foreclosing Bush 04 margin EVs Primary Date Nevada 40 25,208 21k 5 1/19 Colorado 60 34,287 100k 9 2/5 California 69 189,560 -1.2m 55 2/5 Michigan 80 55,896 -160k 17 1/26?? Florida 81 102,213 380k 27 1/29 Ohio 82 60,728 120k 20 3/?? I know that I [...]
The big news today in housing is this, from Bloomberg: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. shares plunged 89 percent after the lender said it doesn’t have cash to fund new loans and may have to sell off assets. … American Home caters to borrowers whose credit scores fall just short of standards for top-rated mortgages. [...]
As has been repeatedly noted, the primary calendar is strongly in flux. However, one of the most interesting questions is: what happens if New Hampshire moves up sharply, as I expect it will. Consider some facts: New Hampshire is committed (and empowered) to move up before, at least, Nevada, meaning that the latest it is [...]
This post emerges from some a number of sources including some recent polls and articles that I will reference, some discussions with conservatives in other countries, and Rob Bluey’s recent blogger lunch on the topic. Let me start with a summary of where the GOP candidates are on the issue. As many know, John McCain [...]
Regular readers will know that one of my favorite topics is the primary calendar. Fascinating things are afoot. First, on Straight Talk Express, an experienced party hack told me that smart New Hampshire money is now on a December primary. As I have discussed before, New Hampshire and Bill Gardner are committed to preserving New [...]
Feb. 7. That’s kind of weird. But the logic is sound. If February 5th does not end the nomination battle, Nevada gets the first bite at the apple. In the end, I think that Nevada is very good for both Mitt Romney and John McCain. It has both a large Mormon and large military population. [...]
A professor at the University of New Hampshire has an interesting op-ed in today’s WaPo about the New Hampshire Primary and the recent shift of the primary schedule by the Democrats. A lot of attention has been focused on the racial/diversity issue, which was the argument that the DNC used to move up Nevada. But [...]
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