I would not let seeming good news lull myself to a sense of inevitability.  Everyone thought 'murca couldn't be so stupid as to re-elect the Shrub in 04, and yet there he was, smirking and snickering on January 20, 2005.

So, let's not let up on working it to make sure Dems - all Dems - win.

"All of the things they said about Barack Obama in the TV, on the TV, at their rallies, and now on YouTube ... John McCain could not bring himself to look Barack Obama in the eye and say the same things to him," Biden said this morning. "In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him."

Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor responded in a statement, "It's now clear that John McCain would rather launch angry, personal attacks than talk about the economy or defend his risky bailout scheme that hands over billions in taxpayer dollars to the same irresponsible Wall Street banks and lenders that got us into this mess - a scheme that guarantees taxpayers will lose money. While Barack Obama ensured that the rescue plan that passed Congress protects taxpayers and homeowners, John McCain's scheme has been panned by experts and observers from across the political spectrum."

Put Michigan in the strong Obama camp now.

I never want gambling in my state.  Once you've got it, you can never get rid of it.  One trip through Atlantic City (the actual city) cured me of believing any of the BS gambling proponents shell out.  

Sheriff Takes Stand On Homeowner Evictions
Chicago-Area Official Calls Orders "Unjust"; Directs Deputies To Stop Evicting People

(CBS/ AP) An Illinois sheriff announced that he's ordering his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped throw out on the street are renters who did nothing wrong.

"It's a horrible injustice and we're stopping it," Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart told CBS' The Early Show Thursday.

Full story here.

And this isn't just a minor story.  It's been picked up by everyone in both print and electronic media.  Even AOL has front paged it.

From TrueMajority:  

Two weeks ago, Treasury Secretary Paulson bailed out American Insurance Group (AIG) with $85 billion dollars in taxpayer money - and now they are back for more. He said they needed it to stay afloat. Now, we know what they did with our money.
AIG executives headed out on a taxpayer funded junket to the St. Regis resort in California. While there, they had a blast at our expense. They helped themselves to:
·    $201,047.42 for hotel rooms and $147,301.71 for catered banquets
·    $23,380 for the hotel spa and another $1,488 for the salon.
·    Golf for $6,939.09 and $5,016.32 spent at the Tavern.
Now they are back at the trough.  These bailouts are the last money grab by the Bush Administration on their way out of office.

Screech, holdit, our guy voted for that bailout...

But Amb. Marc Ginsberg writes on Obama's New Deal for America.

Oh, too bad, Ginsberg was just suggesting or hoping that Obama will make a New Deal:

I believe now is the time for Obama to consider a bolder and more historic approach to the financial crisis by presenting to middle income Americans a step-by-step "big think" FDR-style New Deal program to add greatness and urgency to his economic recovery plan.

Dramatic reading of the recorded minutes demonstrating Sarah Palin's executive experiences

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