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David Sirota:
1. BAILOUT’S INHERENT FISCAL INSANITY COULD MAKE PROBLEM WORSE
2. EXPERTS ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SAY THIS BAILOUT COULD MAKE THINGS WORSE
3. THERE ARE CLEARLY BETTER AND SAFER ALTERNATIVES
4. ANY INCUMBENT VOTING FOR THIS PUTS THEMSELVES AT RISK OF BEING THROWN OUT OF OFFICE
5. CORRUPTION AND SLEAZE IS SWIRLING AROUND THESE BAILOUTS - [...]

Leadership may not have the votes to pass it.
Dennis Kucinich:
“I will tell you right now I don’t know if they have votes,” said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). “If the votes were there, this would be on the floor. The votes aren’t there.”[Snip]
“There is an attempt to create a fake partisan dichotomy here. This is not [...]

Krugman:
It passes my test of no equity, no deal; that, plus the danger of financial panic if it doesn’t go through, makes it worth passing, though celebration is not in order . . . Overall, Dodd and Frank succeeded in pushing Paulson a fairly long way back; probably as good a deal as they [...]

Over at MSNBC, there is a nice synopsis of the Bailout deal - it goes through each section and summarizes what it means.
A couple sections jumped out at me, but of course the devil is in the details and this is a long, complex bill trying to unravel a complex, ill defined problem that has [...]

Senator McCain is fond of saying in just about every speech that, unlike him, Barack Obama “wants to raise your taxes.” This is not true unless you make over $600,000 a year. But what about McCain’s tax increase proposal? What, you didn’t know?
Joe Klein wrote:

John McCain wants to tax your employer-provided health [...]

Just for Ken because he is still repeating the lie that Obama refuses to publish his birth certificate.
The truth Ken is there if you seek it.

Via HuffPo:
A new video guiding viewers to VoteforChange.com features a mock MSNBC newscast showing John McCain winning the election, 51 percent to 49 percent.
“‘John McCain elected 44th president’ and ‘Voter turnout lower than expected’ are the mock captions with an MSNBC ‘Breaking News’ headline under a smiling Mr. McCain.”

This election isn’t really happening [...]

My good friend Ken Bingham, is the kind of guy you want on your side in any battle. Unfortunately, he is on the ‘other’ side. But his disciplined and reliability in bringing us the latest right-wing canard hot off the starting line is appreciated and welcome.
This gem has spread like fire across the [...]

Here’s the thing: This was supposed to be McCain’s strong suit. He was supposed to wipe the floor with Obama. He didn’t.
At the same time, Obama missed some obvious opportunities to tear McCain into pieces.
All in all - i’d say a draw.
And that’s all Obama needed tonight. McCain needed a big [...]

Well, not in reality. He won it in McCain World, where this morning McCain campaign manager Rick Davis declared: “McCain won the debate– hands down.” Of course, the actual real-world presidential debate doesn’t take place until tonight.
The subject of the first debate between Senators Obama and McCain will be U.S. foreign policy. [...]

When personal ambition is your sole motivation truth and reality take a back seat
President Peres of Israel yesterday met for the first time with Governor Palin and with Senator McCain, who called the veteran Israeli statesman “my old friend.” The warm handshake and exchange of broad smiles occurred during an international gathering known as the [...]