*In yet another sign of the times, people are getting on welfare in significant numbers. Bailouts cost money, but so, too, does having massive unemployment.
*Things keep turning this way and that in the Minnesota senate recount. Both campaigns are challenging ballots and now they are bringing back previously-dropped challenges. A couple days ago it looked like we may have a winner as early as tomorrow, but now it looks like there may be a long road ahead. The winner is someone who will be serving for six years and, with incumbent reelection rates what they are, probably longer. I say take your time and get it right.
*Today Time named Barack Obama its "Person of the Year." No surprise there considering most president-elects win the award in the year they win and, whether you agree with the guy or not, Obama truly revolutionized campaign fundraising and use of the internet in campaigning all while energizing the nation like no political figure has done since Bobby Kennedy.
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