Now that it's been a full year of shitty economic news, we are officially in a recession and have been for a year. Aren't you glad to know? [MSNBC]

More Transitions: Everyone From Obama To Alan Colmes To Citibank Is Changing

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11/24/08 6:30pm

Barack Obama made it official with Tim Geithner today, announcing that he will nominate Geither to the Treasury Department. Former Treasury Secretary Larry "Math Is Hard For Girls" Summers is headed to the top of the White House Economic Council and Berkeley economics professor Christina Romer will head the Council of…

McCainiac Nicolle Wallace Will Not Be Left Holding The Garment Bag

Megan Carpentier

10/28/08 6:30pm

The officially-designated GOP scapegoat for Wardrobe-gate appears to be McCain aide Nicolle Wallace (left), despite the fact that I guarantee she knows how to put together a wardrobe for less than $150,000. Wallace isn't "going to engage" with people until after the campaign, but she knows the score and her memory…

Erin Burnett, Peggy Noonan Bear Witness To The Collapse Of The Economy... And McCain

Megan Carpentier

10/10/08 10:30am

Another Friday, another week in which our country tumbles into financial ruin, the Presidential race tumbles further into the gutter and some Americans tumble further into an ugly, inexplicable, terrifying rage...so who better to try and soothe me with assertions about how it all doesn't matter because we're just…

Righteously Insulted At Republican Slurs And Unrighteous Rage

Megan Carpentier

10/09/08 6:40pm

Remember Oliver Clark? He asked a question at Tuesday's debate on the economy and John McCain told him he "probably" hadn't ever heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Well, it turns out he has a B.A. in PoliSci, a Masters in Legal Studies, and is in the midst of a Masters in Public Administration. So, he'd heard of them…

Barack Obama Is American Compassion

Megan Carpentier

10/07/08 6:30pm

A new poll shows that 55 percent of Americans think Obama cares more about people like them. No, they didn't show anyone this picture first. [CNN]

The Drinking Will Start Early, But The Bailout Will Start Late, If At All

Megan Carpentier

9/29/08 6:30pm

That compromise bailout plan intended to save the economy? Yeah, it failed. [Washington Post]

McCain Surrogate Carly "SNL Was Sexist" Fiorina Goes Out With A Bang

Megan Carpentier

9/17/08 10:00am

Oh, did you hear? Carly Fiorina has canceled all her remaining television appearances this week and will be taking a short media-oxygen-free nap due to some little things she said yesterday. Other people that should join her in her media-vacuum? Maureen Dowd, who Jason Linkins totally Rick-Rolled me with this morning,…

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