Thursday, November 13 2008

Markets balk at Treasury's new tactics

"I don't think the U.S. Treasury looks particularly clever."
-- Michael Hunter

An auto industry briefing for Obama

Walking makes you smart

"Just looking at a picture of nature was relaxing enough to actually produce some cognitive benefits." -- Jonah Lehrer

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View the Obama administration job questionnaire »

"It's like 'Give us the rope to hang you.'" -- Jackie Calmes, talking about a particularly probing question on the application for a job in the incoming Obama administration

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The mom-ification of Michelle Obama

Read "The Momification of Michelle Obama" at Salon.com »

"Michelle Obama was a particularly threatening figure within a world that has traditionally been about white male power."
-- Rebecca Traister

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Congress debates home loan changes

"We are very unhappy and have made it clear that the money that was used to buy stock in banks has not been used by all the banks the way it should have been."
-- Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Chair of the House Financial Services Committee

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McCain, Palim stump for Georgia Senator at risk

"National Republicans really think they can hold the line and stop the bleeding."
-- Susanna Capelouto

U.S. Senate party affiliation numbers (as of Nov. 13, 2008)

57 D (55 D + 1 I + 1 ID) | 1 D leads | 1 Runoff | 1 R leads | 40 R

Read and listen to more about the close races in the Senate »

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California stages earthquake

"At ten o'clock, the massive, make-believe 7.8-magnitude earthquake rolls along the San Andreas fault."
-- Patricia Nazario

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Fighting for gay rights in Utah

"I take the Church at its word. I think they have very genuine and sincerely held beliefs about marriage but that doesn't necessarily mean that we can't find something short of that that can be helpful to gays and lesbians in the state of Utah."
-- Scott McCoy

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