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The Real Difference with 2004

…went for W’s policies. That changed in 2008: Guess who won Joe the Plumber’s vote…real people who make about $42,000 a year, the median income for plumbers and pipefitters. Barack…

You Can Lead a Horse’s Arse to Water, but…

You can’t make him think—or own to loan. Krugman notes: [L]ast week Joe Nocera of The Times pointed out a key weakness in the U.S. Treasury’s bank rescue plan: it…

What do we do (Part 1)

…them or any other tangential association with the mortgage, securities, or real estate markets. Essentially Joe & Suzie Smith ended up with a mortgage on a house that eventually became…

Secretary of the Treasury Phil Gramm

Joe Klein reported in September: Following the lead of his buddy, and probable Secretary of the Treasury, Phil Gramm, McCain has been a vehement deregulator. Here is the deathless quote:…

Is "Five Yeshiva Butchers" Good for the Jews?

…us!” rhetoric, and being openly declared second-class citizens, or outright described as “butchers.” Or, as Brad DeLong so aptly put it: John McCain wants to nominate his friend Joe Lieberman…

Candidate reactions

…for his rivals despite disagreements over policy, Senator Obama and his running-mate Senator Joe Biden earlier issued a statement congratulating the 44-year-old mother of five and her family.”We send our…

Carbon cap and trade, good idea? Bad Idea?

…plan is co-authored (with John Warner) by Joe Lieberman, an ardent supporter of John McCain, who supports Lieberman’s legislation and recently spoke about “the central facts of rising temperatures, rising…

Patriotism is done by people, not companies

…a 600% increase in the workload. “This is a systemic issue within the army and within the DoD [Department of Defense],” said Jacques Gansler, chairman of the commission. Senator Joe

More accurate information is valuable on the surge

…In a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee today, Joe Christoff of the Government Accountability Office stated that this recent reduction in violence should be taken with a grain of…