From a giddy Associated Press:

Economy grows in 3Q, signals end of recession

By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON – The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes.

The Commerce Department’s report Thursday delivered the strongest signal yet that the economy entered a new, though fragile, phase of recovery and that the worst recession sinceSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

So would the Planning Board’s proposed Gaithersburg West Master Plan be a bad idea because it would gridlock local roads and require vast sums of money to redo intersections? Or would it be a good idea because it would make a light-rail CCT cost effective? According to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), the answer is both.
In September, we reported that two MDOT subsidiaries, the State Highway Administration (SHA) and the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), wrote aSource: Maryland Politics Watch RSS Feed

From the Daily News:
Democrat Bill Thompson, who has made anger over Mayor Bloomberg’s push to overturn term limits a hallmark of his campaign, pledged today to put the question of whether the new three-term limit should remain back to the voters if he’s elected.
Thompson told the DN’s editorial board it “probably makes sense to ask the voters what they think” instead of convening another Charter Revision Commission, as Bloomberg has promised to do (with Ron Lauder’s help, ofSource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

Sunstein urges: Abolish marriage

Adviser compares institution to country club membership

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The U.S. government should abolish its sanctioning of marriage, argued Cass Sunstein, President Obama’s regulatory czar.

Sunstein proposed that the concept of marriage should become privatized, with the state only granting civil union contracts to couples wishing to enter into an agreement.

Sunstein explained marriage licensing isSource: Theodore’s World RSS Feed

Is the White House once again operating directly out of Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” by trying to discredit the only cable news network that’s critical of Obama? Donald Sensing says yes:

Pick the target. Do not make the mistake of thinking that FoxNews Channel is the actual target. The bullseye target of this campaign is all the public media. FNC’s role in this much broader attack is the next two precepts.

Freeze it. This does not mean to shock the target intoSource: PoliGazette RSS Feed

From The Hill:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks during a news conference on health insurance companies, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats want to revoke insurance’s antitrust exemption in healthcare reform bill

By Mike Soraghan – 10/21/09

Sponsors of an antitrust bill will try to add it toSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Politics Home Mega Marginals poll

Will the LDs do better than the seat calculators?

Reflecting on last week’s Bedford election, which was bigger in terms of votes cast than all but two of the by elections in this parliament, the readiness of many Labour voters to ditch their allegiance and vote for the party best placed to beat the Tories was a key factor.

This is a reminder of how potent this is likely to be at the general election particularly in those key 20 Source: Political Betting RSS Feed

Well, it’s not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight.

In an interview with MSNBC, the columnist — who is promoting her new book on presidents and their campaigns — also stressed the White House ought to “stay out of these fights.”

“They can only take you down. You can’t kill the messenger,” Source: Michael Goldfarb – The Blog RSS Feed