Reconciliation
Recap: The appeal of Thomas Malthus; the revolving door in one graph; and how to balance the budget using only spending cuts.
Elsewhere:
1) The banks don't seem particularly bothered by financial-regulation reform or Basel III.
2) Dana Goldstein looks at "Waiting for Superman" -- and beyond.
4) What "would the reaction in the American press be if it came out that the Chinese government was investing vast sums of money in developing technology to manipulate global weather patterns?”
5) I'll be talking tax cuts tonight with Keith Olbermann at 8:05 Eastern or so.
Recipe of the day: Warm chickpea salad with arugula.
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Ezra Klein
| September 24, 2010; 5:49 PM ET
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What "would the reaction in the American press be if it came out that the Chinese government was investing vast sums of money in developing technology to manipulate global weather patterns?"
Turn about is fair play....let's steal it. :)
Posted by: bgmma50 | September 24, 2010 9:13 PM | Report abuse
Read the post on Obama's forgotten base very carefully. That base is exactly the voters who get trimmed in any "Likely Voters" poll because historically they aren't consistent voters, especially in off year elections.
Unless you are out there making sure they vote.
NO POLL actually goes out and counts how many of THEM will go to the polls, except local polls run by the candidates.
The Dems have been out there after these voters all year. They have strategies to identify early precincts where get out the vote can swing the day and people to go get out the vote.
When it works the R's are going to be awefully stunned at the fact that they took a third straight shellacking in a general election.
Posted by: ceflynline | September 24, 2010 9:54 PM | Report abuse
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