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Obama's key nonappointment: Bernanke (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Where's a good deflation-fighter when you need one? US consumer prices fell in October at the steepest rate since 1938. If that starts a self-reinforcing downward spiral in prices, Barack Obama will need Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke more than ever. The former Princeton scholar is an expert on deflation, a pernicious destroyer of wealth. GOP Plays a Mean Saxby (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Most of us outside of Georgia think of Saxby Chambliss as the guy who ran the most disgusting senate ad ever (at least until Liddy Dole's "You're an atheist!"spot this year). In 2002, Republican Chambliss attacked Democratic senator Max Cleland, who left three limbs on the battlefield in Vietnam, for lacking "the courage to lead"against the likes of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, whose images play John the Baptist in the ad to a series of photos of Senator Cleland, carefully cropped to hide his heroic injuries. Venezuela's fork in the road: socialism or capitalism? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As the dust settles after the US presidential vote, there is another important election that the world should watch. Venezuelan citizens head to the polls Nov. 23. At stake is the selection of governors for each of the country's 22 states, as well as mayors for 338 of the largest cities. GENIUS, THY NAME IS OBAMA (Ann Coulter)
Ann Coulter - With Time magazine comparing Obama to Jesus, I guess we should be relieved that, this week, liberals are only comparing him to Abraham Lincoln. CONSCIOUSNESS OF A CONSERVATIVE (Ted Rall)
Ted Rall - A Philosophy Without a Party
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