| MSM Hound Won't Hunt!
The one that is the most problematic is (John) Edwards, who voted for the Patriot Act, campaigns against it. 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, 2008 '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.
State reps check on security spending
We have made a significant investment of state dollars to help secure the border, which is not really the duty of the people of Texas, Chisum said during an interview in Moodys elegant hacienda-style ranch headquarters.
To that end, the Texas Legislature in 2007 approved $110 million in funding for state border security initiatives, Chisum said, adding that the purpose of his trip to Val Verde and Kinney counties was to see how much success were having.
As far as I can tell, it seems to be going even above expectations, Chisum said. Chisum called reductions in border crime of up to 60 percent noteworthy, adding, If you can reduce crime, thats the cheapest dollar you can spend.
Chisum said he was impressed with the level of cooperation he saw among the law enforcement officers with whom he spent much of Thursday.
Foreclosures on rise in N.H., nationally
The number of home foreclosures in Rockingham County are increasing, following the national trend. In the county, the number of foreclosures in September were 33, compared to 19 in September a year ago, according to information released by Real Data in Manchester, publisher of the Registry Review, an independent statewide newspaper. The total number of foreclosures in New Hampshire from January through September of this year were 1,381, compared to 653 the year before, according to Real Data. RealtyTrac, a data tracking company out of California, offered different figures for Rockingham County and the state, but the figures showed the same steady upward trend since February. For the county, the number of home foreclosures jumped from three in January, an average in 2006, to eight in February 2007; 25 in March; 92 in April and again in May; 108 in June; 40 in July; 127 in August; and 163 in September.
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