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   Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed?
 The federal government is supposed to issue new rules about debt levels for students in for-profit colleges. In the meantime, the states are working on their own regulations.
 Washingtons budget hawks want to decimate the federal workforce to shrink the deficit. It will have the opposite effect.
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November 2, 2009
MONDAY'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. * A late surge in New Jersey's gubernatorial race? Three new polls out this morning show Chris Christie (R) leading Gov. Jon Corzine (D) the day before voters head to the polls. Quinnipiac has Christie up by two (42% to 40%); Public Policy Polling puts Christie's lead at six (47% to 41%); and Monmouth shows Christie leading by one (43% to 42%). * President Obama appeared at two Corzine rallies in New Jersey yesterday, as part of the campaign's GOTV drive. * In New York's 23rd, a new Siena poll, taken after Scozzafava's endorsement announcement, shows Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman leading Democrat Bill Owens by five, 41% to 36%. * Republican Dede Scozzafava is now going all out in support of Owens. The GOP candidate, who suspended her campaign Saturday, endorsed Owens yesterday, and appeared at an Owens campaign event last night. Today, Scozzafava robocalls in support of the Democratic candidate will begin in the district. * On a related note, Vice President Biden will be in New York's 23rd today in support of Owens, while politician/actor Fred Thompson will be on the ground to generate support for Hoffman. * In Virginia, Bob McDonnell (R) didn't want to be seen with Sarah Palin, but the controversial former governor is featured on a new robocall, which encourages Virginians to "vote for Sarah's principles" on Election Day. * Late Friday, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) ended his gubernatorial campaign. Polls showed him trailing state Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) badly. * In Florida, a Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll shows Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) approval rating dropping to 42%. In his Senate primary against Marco Rubio, however, Crist still leads, 50% to 28%. * On a related note, the same poll showed Florida's gubernatorial campaign looking very competitive, with state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink (D) narrowly leading state Attorney General Bill McCollum (R), 38% to 37%. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (9)
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Jerry Brown, that piece of worthless crap, typifies the stereotypes of dumb blondes, rapacious Jews, Southern crackers, black Uncle Toms and California nuts. He also proves that incompetent scriptwriting for horrible low budget horror movies doesn't pay enough for badly needed meds. Posted by: TCunderLA on November 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM | PERMALINKIn Virginia, Bob McDonnell (R) didn't want to be seen with Sarah Palin, but the controversial former governor is featured on a new robocall, which encourages Virginians to "vote for Sarah's principles" on Election Day. how can that be? sarah silly doesn't have any principles. Posted by: mudwall jackson on November 2, 2009 at 12:08 PM | PERMALINK* Late Friday, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) ended his gubernatorial campaign. Polls showed him trailing state Attorney General Jerry Brown (D) badly. Arghhh,,, CA can't take another term as Gov from jerry brown. I don't get the disconnect between a poll with Christie up, and this: http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2009/10/corzine-leads-christie-by-five-points-in-new-jersey/ Posted by: delver on November 2, 2009 at 1:27 PM | PERMALINKIndeed, another democracycorps poll still has Corzine up a couple: http://www.democracycorps.com/strategy/2009/11/corzine-carries-four-point-lead-into-election-day/. Dede Scozzafava is pissed. My bet is that Barack Obama is quickly going to be sorry that he has largely ignored his 'Progressive base' these last 12 months after tomorrow. Next question, can he repair his image with real actions in time for election day 2010?... Caribou Barbie has principles? Ripping off taxpayers is a principle? Oh wait, she's republican. How silly of me. Posted by: Schtick on November 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM | PERMALINKWhy should these polls be so different? -delver Likely voter sample weighting. Posted by: doubtful on November 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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