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Presumptions and Assumptions

The media's narrative concerning the present primary contests seems to be that Obama is building up a formidable head of steam, and that Clinton must have Texas and Ohio, and is looking to those as far as campaigning goes. However, Virginia may be closer (or less certain) than the pundits would have you believe.

Hello, Kettle? This is Pot

Karl Rove has sounded a conciliatory tone on the conservative / McCain rift lately. As a counterpoint, ex-Wonkette and current Time editor Ana Marie Cox produces some vintage film of Karl Rove in 2000 saying, about John McCain, that "...if you're not with him, he belittles you, he makes fun of you, he disparages you." Apparently Karl thought McCain just wasn't a uniter, like Karl's old boss. Video after the jump.

Retirepalooza Continues

We need a new name for this wave of Republican retirements from the House. How about Retirepalooza?

The 29th and most recent act to sign on to Retirepalooza is Arizona Republican Representative John Shadegg.

GM Restructures a Bit

After posting a record $38.7 billion loss in 2007, General Motors has decided to offer some 74,000 hourly union employees either a buyout or early retirement. If you post a loss like that in a year that you also make $9 billion in cost cuts, some aspects of your model probably need to be addressed. According to the Post, UAW saw this coming and projects the total buyouts to be around 20,000 employees.

Russian To Judgment

Some days I would rather not live in interesting times: I thought the news of a Russian Tu-95 bomber buzzing the USS Nimitz was strange enough, yet another step in a long series of aggressive displays against the West by Putin's Russia. So imagine my political-science surprise when Putin passive-aggressively threatened to nuke the Ukraine if they join NATO and play nice on the US missile shield. But hey, why would we ever worry about foreign policy or international affairs, right? Right?

Worse Than It Seems

At first it seemed like America's most major financial pitfall of immediate concern was subprime mortgages, and how the structure of such debt (and the staggering multitudes of people saddled with it) would ultimately affect the economy.

Today the New York Times has coverage of how credit problems are spreading into prime mortgage territory as well as other industries. I am sure it is no coincidence that such coverage comes on the same day that the Treasury and HUD announce a new federal plan to aid homeowners in delaying foreclosures.

Major Democratic Campaigns Ramp Up in Texas

Clinton hits the ground running in El Paso with rallies and other events, and Burnt Orange Report's Karl-Thomas Musselman was there to see a training session for Obama staff — more than 200 staff, that is — in Austin.

Texas Democratic Candidates Debate Set for February 21

Both the Clinton and Obama campaigns have agreed to a debate on the UT campus on Thursday, February 21. Things are getting a little busy around these parts.

Hutchison and Cornyn Endorse McCain

Semi-warm off the digital presses from the Dallas Morning News' Trailblazers blog, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has endorsed fellow Senator John McCain for the Republican nomination for President. Senator John Cornyn endorsed him last week.

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