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Obama Sends Video Message to Governors’ Climate Summit

President-elect Barack Obama today sent a taped video message of support to the Bi-Partisan Governors Global Climate Change Summit, hosted by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles.
In the video, Obama reiterated his campaign pledges for quick and dramatic action on global warming, and vowed to partner with any governor, nation or company willing to [...]


A False Fix for the Mortgage Crisis

Freezing foreclosures has become a favorite tactic to slow the housing meltdown — a way to show that something’s being done to help people stay in their homes. But there’s no solid evidence these reprieves do anything more than postpone the day of reckoning.


McCain’s Actual Pitchfork Rally

Well, at least there are bales of hay in the background. But the scariest thing about this vaguely Halloween-themed rally in Columbus, Ohio, wasn’t anything that Sen. John McCain said. It was the long, prison-themed introduction provided by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
After first boasting that he wanted to “beef up” Sen. Barack Obama’s “skinny legs,” [...]


If You Thought That New Yorker Cover Was Bad…

The Sacramento County Republican Party just took down inflammatory material from its website that urged readers to “waterboard Barack Obama” and stated that “the difference between Obama and Osama is BS.”
Admittedly, among the many vile and incendiary charges leveled against Obama, this latter one was at least moderately clever. But California GOP leaders, among them [...]