Archive for October, 2009
Trick or Treat: Obamas Expect 2,000 Children at White House for Halloween [What’s M Wearing in Pic?}
Trick or Treat: Obamas Expect 2,000 Children at White House for Halloween
[See Pic in URL of Michelle Obama]
President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, invited more than 2,000 children to the White House on Saturday night for a Halloween party.
31 Oct 2009
Barack and Michelle Obama greet trick or treaters at the North Portico of the […]
Fannie Mae Delinquency Rate Up Over 300% (Welcome to Obama Hope and Change)
Oh boy: (h/t Doug Ross)
The [Fannie Mae] “seriously delinquent” rate has gone parabolic, increasing by roughly 5% sequentially and just under 300% YoY [year-over-year]. As mere text will simply not do this metric justice, please enjoy this chart of the dataset from Blytic. It tells you all you need to know about the Fed’s containment […]
Hi-tech Somali pirates outgunned by Aussie navy
UP close and personal, the modern day pirate gang is a mob of scruffily dressed Somali males armed to the teeth with AK-47 assault rifles and other weapons.
And the group encountered by those aboard the Anzac Frigate HMAS Toowoomba in the Indian Ocean last month were distinctly unhappy that their plan to hijack a Portuguese […]
In a war within GOP, the right wins a battle (Conservatism is alive and well)
“The grass roots of the conservative movement just claimed a scalp before anyone even voted,” said Republican strategist Mark McKinnon, a former senior adviser to President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “The conservative movement is alive, well, kicking hindquarters and taking names. And if you don’t measure up, look out.”
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What Obama and Huckabee have in Common - They both like to vote present (Huckabee votes present in N.Y. 23rd)
One name is notably absent from the list of prominent conservatives who have lined up against the GOP nominee in the Nov. 3 New York special election: former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Even as other past and prospective Republican presidential candidates have offered their endorsements, Huckabee has conspicuously declined to officially support Conservative Party nominee Doug […]
Caption This: The Zombie Apocalypse
Election 2009: New Jersey Governor’s Race Still Shows Christie with Slight Edge (Rasmussen)
Republican Chris Christie continues to hold a three-point advantage over incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine in New Jersey’s down-to-the-wire race for governor.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state, conducted Thursday night, shows Christie with 46% of the vote and Corzine with 43%. … In this year’s only other gubernatorial race, Republican Robert F. McDonnell […]
McCain blasts Obama: ‘There’s no change’ (Americans now have a choice- Liberty or Tyranny)
U.S. Sen. John McCain said Friday that Americans are in the toughest times he can remember and that President Barack Obama hasn’t brought the change in Washington that he promised.
The Arizona Republican spoke at a town hall Friday to a couple hundred people at Mesa’s Central Christian Church, reiterating many of the same arguments he’s […]
Breaking News:MSNBC Report Confirms that Dede Scozzafava has Dropped Out of NY 23rd Race - Video 10/31/09
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NY 23RD Election: Hoffman (The Real Conservative) 45%; Owens 26%; Scozzafava 17% (Last night’s results from the PPP poll)
With about 200 interviews down we had Hoffman 45 Owens 26 Scozzafava 17…her withdrawal will just make it that much easier for Hoffman
Well that wrecks our NY-23 poll. We’re finding Hoffman with more support than Owens and Scozzafava combined…explains the withdrawal
Public Policy Poll