The Alaska legislative investigation into whether or not Governor Sarah Palin committed any improprieties with regard to former DPS head Walt Monegan and her ex-brother-in-law and state trooper Mike Wooten has now concluded. The report issued by investigator Steve Branchflower has concluded that Palin abused her power in pressuring Monegan to fire Wooten.The report was made public in a 12-0 bipartisan, unanimous vote. While the McCain-Palin campaign continues to lie and spin this as ...

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Good evening everyone! Tonight I'll be LiveBlogging this second (and as far as I know, final) debate between Democrat Darcy Burner and Republican Dave Reichert, who are campaigning for Washington's 8th Congressional seat.The debate is being broadcast on KCTS television, channel 9 in the greater Seattle metro area, so watch it if you can!Andrew is planning on attending the debate live, and will probably chime in with his thoughts after the event. In the meantime, ...

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Panicking McCain tries to control the monster he conjured up from the underworld: LAKEVILLE, Minn. -- Sen. John McCain responded Friday to the increasingly angry crowds at his rallies and town halls by urging them to be respectful of his rival, Sen. Barack Obama, despite their deep policy differences with the Democratic nominee. ical supporters at a town hall in this Minneapolis suburb, McCain prompted boos from his crowd when he called Obama "a decent person" and ...

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From the A.P.: The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." The article goes on to helpfully point out: In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City. Wow. Is this on purpose or not? (Thanks to various Slog Tippers including Tracy and ...

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Ladies and gentlemen, I want metrics. In the spirit of objectively tracking the downfall of the global economy, I've decided to begin a semi-regular post conglomerating data on the (non-)functioning of the financial system. If I'm going to panic, I want evidence backing it up. Rather than focusing on the stock market (equity), like most daily coverage of this crisis, I'm going to focus on liquidity. The inability of companies, big and small, to borrow ...

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Obama as seen by America?Obama and GranmaNot since the days of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency have chickens been welcome guests and pets of the sitting president at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But that could quickly change come next January when the next president of the United States is sworn in…should Barack Obama become that next president. Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Onyango Obama, “Mama Sarah,” currently lives among the mango and mimosa trees in a somewhat austere cinderblock home ...

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