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yeah, he's terrible.

Bills ST also more than holding their own.

I predict shotgun formation here.

Defense more than holding their own.

Just to clarify: the Africa story was first reported by Carl Cameron, Fox News' chief political correspondent for the McCain campaign. Fox News made the somewhat surprising decision to highlight this story, as Cameron was on their 7 PM news show hosted by Shepard Smith, then immediately afterward on the O'Reilly Factor at 8 PM. I'm sure it was probably reported again after that. So it wasn't some 'unsubstantiated blog' reporting this, it was someone that had been covering the McCain campaign for some time, and had been in contact with numerous persons associated with the campaign. Again, there are numerous possibilities regarding the story. The story could be true. Cameron's sources could be lying. Indeed, it's even possible that Cameron is lying (see my earlier post about past fabrications by Cameron). However, it's not just liberal bloggers that ran with the story.

I'm sure Carl Cameron knows who he spoke to in the McCain campaign. That MSNBC doesn't know is not surprising, since Cameron works for Fox News. ETA: actually, it looks like there's a history of allegations against Cameron of fabricating stories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Cameron

Unnamed sources are used all the time in reporting.

It's all hearsay, and not really important. Even if the source in the McCain campaign is identified, there is the possibility that he/she is lying. In fact, someone has to be bending the truth, because Palin's camp has called the allegations ridiculous. Anyways, the take away story from Fox News' report is more about the infighting going on in the McCain campaign, and the dislike of the Palin choice by many of the people associated with it, than that Palin is 'stupid'. I'm sure it's not unusual for folks to point fingers after a loss like this, and Palin is obviously a contentious figure, so it's not surprising that she's catching some flak. Higher ups in the McCain campaign have admitted that the Palin choice was impulsive and an attempt to 'go long' (ie a Hail Mary pick), so all of this reflects just as badly on them as on her.

Folks on another message board I read got this wrong too. The NY Times article isn't explicit enough for some people, but this AP article makes it clear: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/ne...ax_N.htm?csp=34

This article doesn't say what I think you want it to say.

The article does state that in addition to the education cuts, the plan calls for a 5 day pay deferment by state workers, a rollback of a previously negotiated 3% raise for state workers, the closing of juvenile detention centers, and cuts in Medicaid and health insurance benefits (NYS now pays 90% of retirees' health insurance!?!). All while avoiding tax increases. Seems like a pretty aggressive cost-cutting plan. I've seen Paterson on national TV, and he does come off as kind of an idiot, but I don't see much to disagree with here. Also, this makes it seem like he's willing to cut the state workforce:

That's basically what I'm thinking. Just wondering if there's more to the story.

The Democrat governor is calling for big cuts in the budget and the Republicans in the legislature are opposed. Business leaders support the governor's plans, while unions are allied with Senate Republicans, against the plans. Anyone NYers with some insight into this situation? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/nyregion...ref=todayspaper

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moor...a_b_141704.html

Yeah the rioting was out of control last night.

He's a team cancer according to the resident geniuses of TSW.

Why the hell do I venture in here?

So you fear an economic recovery? What are you, a repo man? (watch the linked vid, it's hilarious)

Wow.

Aren't a lot of these irregularities being reported by ACORN itself?

This looks bad for McCain. One, it turns his own guilt by association meme around on him, and with a direct link to someone the right had painted as a focus of the WOT. Secondly, it's yet another example of a lobbyist having significant influence on the McCain campaign, and in this case, the potential future McCain administration. This is a campaign that is running against Washington insiders, but is being run by Washington insiders. Seems hypocritical at best.

Eric WPB Florida: Hey Tim, Is Perry Fewell mentally handicapped? Tim Graham: Not that I've noticed.

I'm actually surprised that McCain isn't doing better with scientists. He has a pretty good record with regards to science funding, and he's talking about a Manhattan Project type initiative for alternative fuels, both of which scientists of course support. But at least in an admittedly limited sampling of my colleagues, Obama is preferred 10 to 1.

“Our head coach I feel is one of the best in this business,” said Edwards. “I want to win for my teammates, but more so I want to win for my head coach. That’s really what it comes down to and I think a lot of other guys in that locker room have the same feeling that I do about coach Jauron. Just the type of person he is and what he brings to the table every day for us, it’s just a pleasure to be able to play under him.” http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=6656 Pretty high praise there. Trent Dick

I enjoyed it too. A good friend of mine is on the show, he's the 'science expert' that lead the investigation of the 5 second rule. He had some amusing stories about mishaps during the shooting. Apparently they didn't make it onto the final episode. He'll be in at least six more episodes as the molecular biology/microbiology expert.