In Minnesota Senate Race: Z-List Celebs on the attack

Wow, Victoria Jackson even gets in on it. Sad.

Election Predictions

With eight days to go, here is what I think will happen on Election Day.
President:
Barack Obama, 378 Electoral Votes.
My state-by-state projections are thus (scroll down for senate races):

The Senate:
Democrats will pick up 8 seats.  [This includes pick-ups in North Carolina, Alaska and Minnesota.]  Dems may pick-up 10 seats if voters in Georgia and Kentucky voters [...]

Change

Just walk down the main street in your neighborhood and you will see it.  Walk past the unkept lawns, the tired workers nearing retirement, and if you own a pair of eyes, you will see for yourself that America has reached a major turning point.
This is not the turning point where a new and heroic [...]

The Final Debate

With less than three weeks remaining, John McCain and Barack Obama held what was probably the best presidential debate that I have ever seen.  Hats off to Bob Schieffer, who moderated the debate, for holding the candidates accountable for their words and for actually taking control–you might recall Gwen Ifill getting steamrolled by Sarah Palin [...]

The false light

Yesterday the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 1,000 points.  It was, in fact, the largest single day point gain ever.  (As I write this, the Dow is up nearly 100 points. ) Yet, I wonder if this sudden optimism is the result of reports about the new Euro-American strategy to end the current crisis, [...]