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...most significant trouble with the real estate markets, both residential and commercial, is that the buyers have disappeared. They are not even making "low ball" offers. With real estate sales in gridlock, foreclosures and defaults become more likely. The incentives for owning a home worth much less than the mortgage are hard to identify. Some people simply walk out of their homes and mail their keys to the bank...
...overall mission of accountability, and two years ago called on Congress to double the funding for it. "In an education landscape filled with strong and often sharply contrasting ideas, I believe that he will provide the leadership needed to bring diverse stakeholders together and break through the political gridlock," says California Representative George Miller, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee...
...many blogs does the world need? There is already blog gridlock. When the Washington Post editorial page started a blog before this year's conventions, participants (I was one) were told: Don't forget that the Post political staff also has a complete set of blogs. It wasn't clear what we were supposed to do about this, but the implication was that there are only so many aperçus to go around, so don't be greedy...
This suggestion shouldn’t be understood as an endorsement of single-minded politicos whose interests don’t extend beyond Washington, nor should it be construed as in support of a climate of ideological gridlock. If American voters are to commit to enlivening our market of ideas, it should be as thoughtful and engaged citizens, always willing to learn something...
...situation in Washington has only exacerbated his woes. Watching the polls start to slip away from him, last week he abruptly announced he was suspending his campaign in order to return to Washington to deal with the crisis - even briefly threatening to skip the first presidential debate unless the gridlock was resolved. He backed up House minority leader John Boehner when he balked at the first bill and pledged to help convince unhappy House Republicans - a pledge that clearly fell short when the vote failed. It didn't help McCain's standing that he initially insisted that any final deal...