Let's Twist Again
Remember how this was going to be a substantive presidential campaign based on the issues rather than moronic attacks on character? Well, forget that. [ Politico, The Hill ]
Now that everybody in California is broke and homeless, demand at food pantries has increased dramatically. [ Los Angeles Times ]
Meet the Ford Flex, the most comically awkward-looking automotive hybrid since the Subaru Brat. [ Wall Street Journal ]
For many black voters in the South, "racial solidarity with Obama does not automatically trump apathy or despair." [ Washington Post ]
Three suicide bombers killed 28 people in Baghdad as Shi'ites flooded the city for their annual pilgrimage to the Kadhamiya shrine. [ Reuters ]
Now even healthy businesses can't get loans from the bank, on account of the credit crunch. [ New York Times ]