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...Depression 2.0 Can Still Be Avoided At the moment, a reworked bailout deal seems likely to pass. But the world may still be heading for a severe downturn. Interbank lending remains stubbornly frozen, despite the Fed's liquidity fire hose. With WaMu and Wachovia wiped out, the stampede out of bank stocks and bonds will surely claim new victims. As the recession bites, Main Street firms will start going bust too. And the impact on the $62 trillion market for credit-default swaps could be explosive...
...would be calling it "touching and credible" if a teen pregnancy had occurred in the Obama family. Everyone would be writing about the tragedy of teen pregnancy in the African-American community, the high school dropout rate of teen mothers and so on. Obama's career would be under fire, and no one would be spinning myths to stop it. Catherine D. Nardi, Chicago...
...lighter Lou is ideal for this Cub team, which is heavy with veterans like Lee, closer Kerry Wood and utilityman Mark DeRosa. "Lou doesn't need to tell them how to do their business," says Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. Seasoned players tune out fire and brimstone. "He's the perfect manager for that ballclub right now," says Towers...
...calling it "touching and credible" if a teen pregnancy had occurred in the Obama family. Everyone would be writing about the tragedy of teen pregnancy in the African-American community, the high school dropout rate of teen mothers and so on. Barack Obama's career would be under fire, and no one would be spinning myths to stop it. Catherine D. Nardi, CHICAGO...
...potential for long-term political costs by distracting from, or eroding, the central McCain message. By comparing Obama to a vacuous Hollywood starlet, McCain found a coherent critique of Obama but relinquished his own ability to rise above the political maw. By choosing Sarah Palin, he lit a grass fire of GOP enthusiasm but risked undermining his ticket's claim of having greater experience and putting "country first." By attacking Obama's "lipstick on a pig" comment, the campaign clearly established itself as willing to engage in frivolous, small-ball distractions, a disposition that served McCain poorly when he pivoted...