If her daughter has such insight , why didnt she warn us about the economy.

On the contrary, he's promised to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 and the Marine Corps by 27,000.

Too late. Save it for 2012.

More suspicion based on a near-impossibility, but this is nothing new.

The work I did for Obama this summer and fall I personally did for free, and I gave Obama money besides.

Seconded. Being afraid of something does not mean it's going to happen (which strikes me as being one of the biggest under-the-radar issues of this election).

People are acting like Hillary isn't still one of the most powerful people in the Democratic Party and the Senate and potentially the most powerful woman in politics at this time, period. She's perfectly able to lock horns and cause trouble for Obama if she wants to.

I personally doubt she will (much), and I think she is a fine, honorable, and RESPECTED Senator from New York! Besides that, she was the First Lady for eight years! She is one of the most accomplished women in America! People need to remember this!

This post is illustrative and strikes me as the biggest problem facing America: a tremendous number of the businessmen in charge of American business are RAGING SELFISH ASSH0LES.

Go ahead, lay off workers and keep your profits. God Forbid you should actually try to pitch in and help the country with a little selfishness. Go siphon off more of our money into offshore bank accounts while claiming American patriotism. We don't need your miserably selfish business tactics, and possibly never did.

Those of us who have been working hard at helping our country, and trying to save our money, will start trying to expand our businesses in an uphill climate.

I worry tremendously about this problem for President Obama - those in power WILL start laying people off. Most of them they don't give a rat's ass about the larger economy or the middle class, which is how our customer base got eroded in the first place. It infuriates me in the bottom of my heart how many business leaders don't give a damn about their workers or anything but their own pocketbooks - so I do hope in some ways that you lay off your workers and leave. It will free them up to eventually and hopefully get jobs with people who will treat them like human beings.

"Also, I have to say that this might not be a very good time to attempt to cash out. Buyer's market and all that."

Let him do it.

Sadly, my guess is that the best way to deal with all these greedy assbags is to let them cash out, stuff their money offshore and then continue to enjoy our roads, police, infrastructure in general and etc. Those of us more accustomed to swimming upstream will find opportunity in down times. We always have. A number of our most accomplished companies and businessmen came out of the Great Depression and the opportunities in hard times that there always have been there.

My guess is that this guy was hardly an innovator or a man whose company contributed a tremendous amount to the economy with goods or services anyway. Selfishness does not generally contribute to a better economy in good times or bad.

"John McCain ran a hard campaign and he lost, but that does not mean that he is a bad man."

I cried a bunch after seeing the faces of African Americans who were themselves tearing up at seeing a vindication of the struggles of their people, but I have to say I very nearly cried at the sight of John McCain's concession speech. I almost just wrote "victory speech" because I thought that's what it was. Not a victory speech for his supporters, but one for HIM. He showed grace and generosity in defeat. And I wonder if there was not a part of him that was somewhat more peaceful even through his defeat, because he can now afford to *be* the intensely honorable maverick he had been, once more. He could buck trends and stand up for ethical treatment of illegal immigrants, for moderate domestic policy views, for introducing legislation to reform campaigning and et cetera without worrying about the conflict of interest with his own campaign. It was like seeing him shrink back to normal and upstanding after the Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde nature of his Presidential effort, where he was torn between the needs of his morality and the needs of his supporters. I really believe McCain serves his country best when he serves as sort of a "catcher-in-the-rye" for the more extreme demands of his own party and uses his fierce independence to do so. It's probably not for me to say, but there you go.

Being a powerful Senator ain't hay, you know.

"then continue to enjoy our roads, police, infrastructure in general and etc"

This was referring to the business owners, if anyone was wondering.

A great piece of writing. Interesting and also inspirational. It is nice to get some input on what goes on behind the scenes, what the candiates eat and what they are like when the cameras are not on. I like the fact that Obama stays cool pretty much of the time, does not engage in necessary anger and takes care of his physical body.

Forgive me for indulging my own inner nerd, but he didn't say "the lithium crystals." As any Star Trek geek can tell you, he said "dilithium crystals." Which, frankly, increases the love in my nerd heart.

Michelle actually spends alot more on clothes than Palin ever did but because we are all liberals we ignore that and make sure to sock it to Palin while ignoring the same vice in Michelle. Its sooo good being a liberal. it means being an idiot and never knowing you are. Newsweek, NYTimes, ABC,CBS,KGB,NBC etc etc well done! I especially liked the Saturday Night live joke about Palin's husband having sex with his daughers. good show! Remember conservatives are bad and evil so everything is fair play! jeez I love being a liberal!

Oh no. Someone with a different religus view must be completely evil.

Run in fear everyone! It's the devil, it's the devil!!!!!!!!!!!!!