| A TV Ad For Obama
The opening salvo in the presidential air wars is a 30-second spot on health care to be broadcast in the Hartford-New Haven market and on cable systems in Fairfield County, said David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager.
Plouffe declined to say if the campaign will invest in expensive television time in New York, the home turf of Hillary Rodham Clinton. But he said they will compete in New York, even if polls show they cannot win.
The winner-take-all rules of Republican primaries force GOP candidates to carefully target their resources, but the Democratic primaries are proportional races.
"You can aggregate delegates even in someone's backyard, like Sen. Clinton's," Plouffe said.
Plouffe called the Connecticut buy "substantial," but declined to give specifics.
Biofuels: GM looking ahead with buy-in on maker of cellulosic ethanol
General Motors is appropriately looking to the future, not the present, with its investment in ethanol firm Coskata. At the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday, GM announced an unspecified investment in the Illinois firm, which is working to produce cellulosic ethanol commercially. Unlike the corn-based ethanol now found at pumps and so popular with the political crowd, cellulosic ethanol does not rely on huge swaths of American farmland. And cellulosic ethanol is less polluting than its corn cousin. .
Humiliation for Edwards
Voted for No Child Left Behind, campaigns against it. Voted for the China trade deal, campaigns against it. Voted for the Iraq war ... MyDD is temporarily stunned! ... 2:33 P.M. ______________________________ Thursday, January 17, 2007 'Bradley Effect' Update: Obama is ahead by 9 points over Hillary in the most recent Mason-Dixon poll of South Carolina voters. But can we trust voters to have told pollsters the truth--or are racial concerns (including the desire not to offend) leading them to give inaccurate answers? a) Black 'Bradley' Voters? Noam Scheiber weighs in again on the possiblity of such a "Bradley Effect" for black voters. It all depends on the race of the interviewer, he argues--suggesting that when the interviewer is black, some black voters may opt to (falsely) show racial solidarity, but that when African-Americans are in the presence of whites, the greater social fear is being considered a "race man" ...
THE CORNER CUBE WEDNESDAY: Raw rating predictable, not encouraging
Just facing an issue of where the company was heading after TNA made several wrestlers exclusive to their roster, while ROH's attendance wasn't as strong compared to previous years. Actually, facing a tough dilemma worked in ROH's favor. Instead of depending on Joe, Daniels, Styles, and Homicide, they were faced with the task of developing their own crop of stars with a little help from Japan. Three excellent PPVs later, a feud of the year candidate established, Morishima signing on for 2008, and a national DVD distribution deal in place for April 2008, ROH is heading on the right track. They took adversity and turned it into an opportunity. Kevin Steen and El Generico were considered opening card acts when they first came to ROH. Now, they are legitimate stars. The Briscoes finally had their breakthrough year, this coming after I watched Mark Briscoe freefall through the air and nearly kill himself in Detroit.
Why Do Minorities Receive More Subprime Mortgages? Can You Say ...
A new Center for Responsible Lending study shoots holes in industry rationale that bad credit histories of African-Americans and Latinos account for disproportionate subprime mortgages. SocialFunds.com -- In September 2005, the Fed released year 2004 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data revealing significant disparities between what white borrowers and what African-American and Latino borrowers pay for subprime mortgages. The subprime lending industry dismissed charges of racism, suggesting that African-Americans' and Latinos' shakier credit histories and lower down payments (among other potential explanations) justified the higher rates charged. A recent study by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), an anti-predatory lending research nonprofit affiliated with community development financial institution (CDFI) Self-Help, controls for these variables and still finds significant disparities, lending credence to charges of racism.
Jeff Thelen's Blog
Hi everybody. I'm back from really slacking off from the blog over the holidays. This week, it's just a few random thoughts. How many people are sick at your home, office or school? Seems like everyone in this newsroom is fighting some sort of bug right now. My symptoms are a sore throat, tiredness and aches and pains. I have no congestion, but my nose only runs at night. Wierd, isn't it? Alison Struve blows her nose so much she sounds like a foghorn. Stephanie Luisier and chief photographer Randy Bise both have that "sick sound" when they talk. Was it just me or did the Badgers seem a little unfocused and unprepared for their bowl game? Perhaps it's the long layoff between their last regular season game and the contest on January 1. It was a sort of a fun game to watch, even if it was rather sloppily played.
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