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   During a recession, should college presidents face the same pay cuts as CEOs?
 Forty years of writing from Taylor Branch, James Fallows, Katherine Boo, Marjorie Williams, Joshua Micah Marshall, and more.
 With help from Washington, the for-profit college industry is loading up millions of low-income students with debt they'll never pay off.
 The best recent memoir from republican Washington is a hoax. That should tell you something.
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July 1, 2009
WEDNESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) conceded yesterday that he is "going to get into the race against" Sen. Arlen Specter next year, taking on the incumbent in a Democratic primary in Pennsylvania. * A senior advisor to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said the congresswoman has "definitely decided to run" against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in a Democratic primary in next year. * With about four months remaining until Election Day in New Jersey, the latest Public Policy Polling survey shows former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie (R) leading incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine (D), 51% to 41%. * Republicans have launched a new round of attack ads against freshman Rep. Tom Perriello (D) in Virginia for his vote to combat global warming. The NRCC will also go after Democrats in 13 other districts with radio ads or robocalls. * Left with no other choices, Republicans are slowly beginning to coalesce around former Rep. Pat Toomey's (R-Pa.) Senate campaign. Today, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) became the third member of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation to endorse the far-right candidate. * Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) is facing a new television ad in her home state, criticizing her position on the public option in health care reform. The ad, sponsored by a coalition including MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, and Change Congress, features a breast cancer survivor criticizing the insurance companies. * And finally, God apparently doesn't want Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher to be a candidate for public office. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (9)Comments
Well, with God announcing earlier this week he wants Sanford to complete his term, I'd say that makes God 1 for 2. Posted by: doubtful on July 1, 2009 at 12:16 PM | PERMALINK"I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’" And so say all of us! Posted by: stinger on July 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM | PERMALINKActual evidence for the existence of God! Posted by: CJColucci on July 1, 2009 at 12:28 PM | PERMALINKGod did, however, ask Joe to pick up Billy Mays's torch and carry it to the best of his ability. Posted by: shortstop on July 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM | PERMALINKand i am, like, "joe, just change the channel in your head and listen to a different voice -- that's all god is... and you can choose which one to listen to 'cause amurica is free thanks to twits like you. free to be oh sooo stoopid! and, joe, as john prine sez: actually all them gods are just about the same..." Posted by: neill on July 1, 2009 at 12:33 PM | PERMALINKI have this picture Monty Python's Holy Grail, where God beckons Arthur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g13oQ5DqCw Except it's not God talking to Joe the Plumber, it's his bucktoothed nephew talking into a can from behind the Lazy Boy. of course Joe doesn't know the difference. Posted by: citizen_pain on July 1, 2009 at 1:21 PM | PERMALINKMore campaign round-up. Politico: Why Norm Colman lost They spend a long time bloviating, and never get down to the bottom line. He lost because **HE GOT FEWER VOTES**. Posted by: Shade Tail on July 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM | PERMALINKWonkette is now calling him "Joe the Plunger." Posted by: psychobroad on July 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM | PERMALINK
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