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What do bloggers think about the GM takeover?

Check out National Journal Online - Until The Wheels Fall Off:
Bloggers Split On Obama's Handling Of GM And Chrysler, But Frustration Is Universal; Both Sides See Energy Change Coming, But What Kind?

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Do you support the Obama administration's handling of General Motors and Chrysler?
Yes: "I see this as a needed opening to nationalizing and/or liquidating bailout banks and for opening the books on any other financial firm looking for a government handout."

What is the likeliest outcome in this Congress of the debate on energy and climate change?
"In this Congress? Incremental change. By the end of the first four years of this administration? A completely new green-energy-driven national policy. Not because we have Democrats in the White House (although that helps), but because as a country, we must."

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How will the Democrats win a supermajority in the Senate?

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With Ted Stevens conviction on all counts of corruption, Begich is looking like a winner. Even the editors of the right-wing blog Red State are telling their Alaska readers not to vote for Stevens :

We have no illusions that Begich will be a good Senator (although perhaps he can bring to DC some bipartisan oomph to theneed to exploit Alaska's energy resources for the good of the nation), or Berkowitz a good Congressman. But Ted Stevens and Don Young have been a pox on the Republican house for too long - too addicted to the pork barrel, too fast and loose with ethics. Stevens' conviction in federal court today is the exclamation pointon an era in Republican politics in general and Alaska politics in particular that needs to end (and which Gov. Sarah Palin has been battling to clean up). Republicans need to clean our own house. Washington cannot too soon see the end of Stevens and Young.

It takes big brass balls to post this on a republican site in this time of collective partisan hysteria. Bravo to the Directors of RedState.com!
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Anderson Cooper : "We're not going into the spin room. It's not worth it."

The Official CNN Hangout

Hey Anderson, you're totally my boo!

I can't believe he just said on a major news network that CNN was opting out of going into the "Spin Room" after the debate because, and I quote, "It's no worth it". And the best line was before saying that.

Anderson actually said that if people wanted to see what was going on in the Spin Room, they could go to another channel. He then proceeded to shrug his shoulders and say diss the whole political news industry by breaking with tradition.

Am loving it!

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Uncommitted Voters give the VP debate to Joe Biden


CBS did a poll of uncommitted voters and asked the following :

Who won the debate? 46% say Biden, 21% Palin

Both candidates had their image improve with the debate but the two most important questions of the night were uncategorically in favor of Biden. 

"Who is prepared to be Vice-President?" Before the debate Biden had 81% but his numbers went up to 97% after the debate. Palin gates a passing grade of 55% (that would be a D- or F+) after the debate, up from 39%.

Yet it is the "Who has the ability to be an effective President?" question that is the killer : Biden was at 66% before the debate. He jumped up to 91%. Palin doesn't pass the test at all having gone up to 44% from a low of 35%.
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Liveblogging the deadlocked primaries

1. John McCain is officially the presidential nominee of the Republican party.

2. Texas is deadlocked in the primary vote : Obama 50%, Clinton 48%

3. People have been waiting for hours to get their caucus vote counted

4. Many precincts in Texas didn't have enough ballots

10:23pm EST
5. Barack Obama got in Texas 44% of the white vote, 89% of the black vote and about 30% of the Latino vote.

10:27pm EST
6. Obama now leads only 1% with 17% of the precincts counted in Texas.

7. Erica O Grady is also reporting angry caucus goers who can't get in to vote.

10:30pm EST
8.David All just tweeted from ABCNews where he will be talking about the voting results.

9. Ohio is a dead heat as well. Clinton has won in a lot of rural areas but results are pouring in for Obama from the heavily populated urban areas.

10:47pm EST
10. Clinton now is leading in Texas by less than 1,00 votes. No word from the caucus.

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