It is only possible if they lie again ...

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Friday May 22, 2009 · 12:35 PM PDT

2009/05/22 · 12:35

A growing consensus indicates that one of the major causes of the current depression is the lax standards applied by the major credit rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor's. Yesterday, that rating agency warned that they might downgrade the credit of Britain. Supposedly, this caused investors to fear that a downgrade for the United States would follow. However, there is a big difference between the obligtions of the United States, and the obligations of Great Britain.

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Is it possible for the United States to default?

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Is it possible for the United States to default?

Yes

10 votes

3 votes

Another Answer -- see my comment!

0 votes

Nationalization, the Destruction of Value, and simple Mathematics

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Monday February 23, 2009 · 2:58 PM PST

2009/02/23 · 14:58

On MSN Money this afternoon, the following claim was made:

"Nationalization would not only cause millions of Americans to lose trillions of dollars, it would impose a system on the U.S. economy that would destroy its ability to recover for decades.

I think that is mathemematically impossible.

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Can we do a bailout by purchasing the current equity?

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Can we do a bailout by purchasing the current equity?

Yes

14 votes

11 votes

Olberman calls my Rep one of the worst in the world!!!!

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 7:24 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 19:24

I'm embarrased now to admit it, but I've actually voted for Robin Hayes (R-NC) before. I must say, his comments this week and his increasingly escalating disregard for the common people in his district make me hang my head in shame. Keith Olberman, on Tuesday night, rightly called my Congressman a bold faced liar for denying his now-infamous comment as he "defended Sarah Palin's honor". Tonight, he went a bit further ....

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Saturday October 11, 2008 · 9:30 AM PDT

2008/10/11 · 09:30

There has been an undercurrent of diaries today, sparked by the remarks of Gov. Palin on abortion (story) that Palin is Brutus to McCain's Caesar. So, I decided to do a bit of research.

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Will Palin betray McCain?

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Will Palin betray McCain?

Yes

69 votes

No, it would be political suicide

5 votes

Yes, she already has

100 votes

No, she's not that smart

46 votes

Palin and Poujadism

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 7:32 AM PDT

2008/10/02 · 07:32

There is an absolutely wonderful article in the London Review of Books entitled "Cut, Kill, Dig, Drill" about Gov. Palin.
London Review of Books

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Tuesday January 08, 2008 · 2:00 PM PST

2008/01/08 · 14:00

John Edwards has stated he is in this race until the convention, and I believe him. I don't think that either Sen. Obama, or Sen. Clinton would ask him to be the VP candidate, and I don't know how interested he would be in having that job, anyhow.

On the other hand, Senator Clinton has said that she is only in the race for sure until Super Tuesday. Let's consider the following: right now, HRC and JRE have the same number of delgates, and BHO has only one more. Even with a double digit victory over HRC, the number of delegates that BHO picks up proportionally isn't enough to give him 50+1% at the convention -- and then there are the Superdelegates to consider -- which hold about a quarter of the votes.

Would HRC dropping out give JRE a real shot? What about a brokered convention? Because even winning all the primaries, with the kinds of margins we are seeing now, puts us into a whole new ballgame on the second round of balloting ...

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Will Senator Clinton Drop Out?

185 votes Vote Now!

Will Senator Clinton Drop Out?

Yes

60 votes

125 votes

A public health experiment

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Thursday October 11, 2007 · 1:50 PM PDT

2007/10/11 · 13:50

This is a little experiment to see if the Washington Times is capable of acknowledging and posting a simple addition to a story. Earlier today, at the top of the Drudge Report, a link referred the reader to a story about the suggestion on the part of Bennie Thompson (D-Miss), that the Congressional staffers of Robin Hayes (R-NC) who were accompanying him to the big race at Lowes' Motor Speedway obtain immunizations for blood-borne pathogens, such as Hepatitis A.

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Do you think that they will add the comment?

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Do you think that they will add the comment?

Yes

0 votes

6 votes

What is Drudge Talking about?

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Wednesday May 16, 2007 · 1:05 PM PDT

2007/05/16 · 13:05

On the front page of the Drudge Report at this hour is a "report", unsourced, that the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is changing the rules on Motions to Recommit. I can't find anything about this anywhere else ...

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Is Drudge Mistaken?

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Is Drudge Mistaken?

Yes

3 votes

15 votes

No, he is deliberately misleading people

67 votes

Troubling News for Clinton?

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Tuesday March 27, 2007 · 11:38 AM PDT

2007/03/27 · 11:38

Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
More than one in five Democrats that participated in the survey said they would not vote for Clinton. Overall, 36 percent say they would vote for the former first lady and 11 percent are unsure of their top choice.

-- from The Hill, today.

Can things be this bad?

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Have you ever voted strategically in a primary?

163 votes Vote Now!

Have you ever voted strategically in a primary?

Yes

110 votes

53 votes

They are just sitting there ...

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Thursday January 18, 2007 · 7:43 AM PST

2007/01/18 · 07:43

In a safe at the Mecklenburg Board of Elections in Charlotte, NC, sits an amazing repository of information -- the actual paper tapes produced by the iVotronic machines (the same as used in Florida) used in the closest Congressional election in the country -- NC-08.

Some people think there was a recount of all of those tapes. That isn't what happened.

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Was the undervote due to chance?

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Was the undervote due to chance?

Yes

4 votes

No, machine error

4 votes

No, machine tampering

5 votes

No, people weren't interested in the race

1 vote

No, people wanted another choice

0 votes

Probably, but the procedures are flawed

3 votes

Who is your Second Favorite Presidential Candidate? (POLL)

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Wednesday January 17, 2007 · 11:00 AM PST

2007/01/17 · 11:00

In Iowa, if your candidate doesn't get to 15% of the votes at your caucus site, you have to pick another candidate. One of the many reasons that John Edwards did so well in 2004 was the good relationship his people had with the Kucinich people, who moved over to Edwards.

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Who should be the Nominee?

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Who should be the Nominee?

Edwards, then Obama

25 votes

Edwards, then Clinton

0 votes

Edwards, then Richardson

12 votes

Edwards, then Clark

18 votes

Obama, then Edwards

11 votes

Obama, then Clinton

3 votes

Obama, then Richardson

2 votes

Obama, then Clark

6 votes

Clinton, then Edwards

0 votes

Clinton, then Obama

2 votes

Clinton, then Richardson

2 votes

Clinton, then Clark

0 votes

Someone Else, then Edwards

25 votes

Someone Else, then Obama

16 votes

Someone Else, then Clinton

2 votes

Where are the Clinton supporters?

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Tuesday January 02, 2007 · 8:51 AM PST

2007/01/02 · 08:51

The usual explanation given for the poor performance of Senator Clinton here at DailyKos is that the site is full of "progressives" -- and she isn't progressive. How else can we reconcile her low poll numbers here with her being the frontrunner in "scientific" polls, other than by postulating some element that preserves the randomness of the poll?

There's another possibility, though. Are the polls creating the phenomenon they are trying to study? If so, is there some other kind of experimental design that will let us judge the level of support the Senator has?

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How many Clinton supporters have you MET?

161 votes Vote Now!

How many Clinton supporters have you MET?

None

94 votes

19 votes

2-3

26 votes

5-10

9 votes

11+

13 votes

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Palin and Poujadism

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A public health experiment

What is Drudge Talking about?

Troubling News for Clinton?

They are just sitting there ...

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