Good ole' economist

Quoted: The sad thing is that one might reasonably have expected better from Mr Obama. He wants to improve America's international reputation yet campaigns against NAFTA. He trumpets “the audacity of hope” yet proposes more government intervention. He might have chosen to use his silver tongue to address America's problems in imaginative ways—for example, by making the case for reforming the distorting tax code. Instead, he wants to throw money at social problems and slap more taxes on the rich, and he is using his oratorical powers to prey on people's fears.

Quoted: Mr Obama advertises himself as something fresh, hopeful and new. But on economic matters at least he, like Mrs Clinton, has begun to look a rather ordinary old-style Democrat.

Pretty slick political quiz - it lets you weight the issues you deem to be the most important, which in my opinion increases its accuracy by a lot. Unsuprisingly, my #1 was Ron Paul at 72%, probably because I heavily weighted 'Trade and Economics' and 'Taxes and Budget'

Mmmmm 21st century satire

Quoted: Rudy Giuliani is wondering how he can fit 9/11 into a speech about agriculture policy.

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Quoted: SEA says that "scientists and engineers have a right, indeed an obligation, to enter the political debate when the nation's leaders systematically ignore scientific evidence and analysis." SEA's main targets will be the Bush administration and the Republican leadership, says executive director Mike Brown. "[They] are the source of a lot of the problems we've identified."