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...huge emphasis on the horse-race part, and I don't know if that will ever change. It's kind of a natural human condition: people are interested in who wins and loses. People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. What campaigns are for is weeding out the people who, for one way or another, weren't making it for the long haul. The fact that the Sabbath gasbags couldn't predict it is a good thing. People actually voted the way they felt...
...tight credit and property devaluation, where the home is worth less than the amount owed on the mortgage, all tend to indicate the problem will only get worse. "Short of a government intervention, I would envision that we continue to grow higher and higher and higher," he predicts. "I wouldn't be surprised if we approached 100,000 [foreclosures"] in 2009, short of government intervention...
...West, a San Francisco-based blogger, says that when his New York City girlfriend comes to visit, "I love showing her around San Francisco - it feels more like an extended weekend date, or even a trip. We both make a special effort to do interesting things that we probably wouldn't if we'd started seeing each other in the same city...
...didn't think they'd want to lay siege to the entire hotel. I didn't think they'd come into rooms, and start coming into the upper levels. Then I saw on TV that they were targeting American and British citizens, and I thought my Australian [passport] wouldn't save me. Especially since I'm a Jew, and what could be worse when confronted by an Islamist terrorist...
...thought now I was in serious trouble, and got ready to escape. I took the door key and a torch, and got down on my hands and knees, and went out. When I saw the [flickering] light [from] the door, I figured if the lights went out I wouldn't be able to get back into my room. So I put a wet towel in the door, and tried to get out again. I only made it past two and a half rooms before realizing it wouldn't work...