Sam Stein has a good vetting of the McCain campaign’s latest assault on the New York Times over at Huffington. Here’s my favorite sentence from McCain’s official blogger: Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. However, as Stein reports, Goldfarb may have [...]
Over at Pollster.com, Mark Blumenthal calls our attention to a new study by the Pew Research Center on a subject that is often discussed among our commenters. Are polls getting thrown off by the fact that so many young people use cell phones only–and, therefore, don’t get polled? The answer: Possibly, though the effect is [...]
The McCain campaign is worried enough about the new ABC/Washington Post poll that they’ve scheduled a conference call for 10:30 am to try to debunk it. The poll gives Obama a 9-point lead, 52-43, among likely voters nationally, and suggests that voters’ fears about the economy are driving them toward the Democratic nominee. Although the [...]
My story on the negotiations on the bail out bill on the Hill. The point that Paulson and Bernanke made about pensions is interesting. Despite all the laments that Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement, this is a massive market: more than $1.9 trillion in DB pensions, $2.5 trillion in 401(k) savings and $4.75 trillion [...]
