Mr. Deeds for Governor - washingtonpost.com

Mr. Deeds for Governor - washingtonpost.com
From the article....

There are plenty of reasons why Mr. Deeds is the better choice for governor
in the Nov. 3 election. He has stood with Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, the incumbent,
and his predecessor, now-Sen. Mark R. Warner, in support of the sane fiscal and
budgetary choices that have made the state one of the best-governed and most
business-friendly in the nation. Mr. McDonnell has generally spurned those
policies, most notably by opposing Mr. Warner's landmark tax package in 2004,
which attracted bipartisan support as it boosted public safety and education and
protected the state's finances. Mr. Deeds has compiled a moderate record on
divisive social issues that reflects Virginia's status as a centrist swing
state. Mr. McDonnell has staked out the intolerant terrain on his party's right
wing, fighting a culture war that seized his imagination as a law student in the
Reagan era.

let-the-red-states-secede.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

let-the-red-states-secede.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Intersting article, however I bet there is a lot of right-leaning spin here. I am looking forward to fact-checking this article.

RealClearPolitics - High Price of ObamaCare

RealClearPolitics - High Price of ObamaCare

Will a young, healthy, childless individual or couple buy health insurance costing 7.5 percent of their income, as required by Obama's health legislation? Not until they get sick. Then they can always buy the insurance, and the Obama bill requires the insurance companies to give it to them. And if the premiums come to more than 7.5 percent of their income because they are now sick, no problem. Obama will subsidize it.
Instead, young, healthy, childless people will likely opt to pay the $1,000 fine (aka slap on the wrist) mandated in the bill. After all, even if they make as little as $50,000 a year, the fine is a lot cheaper than 7.5 percent of their income (or $3,500 a year)!

Could? Could?!?!?!?!?!

Public plan debate could pit Democrat vs. Democrat - Yahoo! Finance

The Senate Finance Committee is expected to consider whether the government should offer its own insurance plan for the middle class in competition with private carriers. A public option is the top goal for liberals, but it has no Republican support and moderate Democrats say the Senate will never go along.
So Tuesday's debate is expected to pit Democratic liberals against moderates.
Although the public plan isn't expected to get a majority of the panel, supporters say at least they'll know where everybody stands.
Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., is already in the hot seat -- accused of being lukewarm, if not downright hostile, to the government option.
Two liberal groups are launching a hard-hitting television and Internet ad featuring a young father from Montana. Bing Perrine, 26, in need of a heart operation, uninsured and deeply in debt, looks straight into the camera and asks Baucus, "Whose side are you on?"

Attention Mr. President: Here is How to be a fiscally Responsible Democrat

Deeds pledges to walk tight fiscal line - Washington Times

Fiscal conservatism for Virginia has been a sound course that must be maintained at time when the state is grappling with pockets of double-digit unemployment and the federal debt is ballooning, said Democrat R. Creigh Deeds.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate told The Washington Times in an interview that Virginia's attitude toward business and the requirement to keep the budget balanced have put the state in a comparatively good position. At the same time, he said, he sees improving education and transportation infrastructure and not job creation as the state's primary role in helping fuel prosperity.
"I think it's paid off for us to be fiscally conservative and frugal, a relatively low-service state. It is part of the reason why we continue to be named the best state for business in the country," Mr. Deeds said Saturday while driving between campaign stops in Bedford and Roanoke.

Endorsement: Ohio Governor

Massachusetts Blue Dog is pleased to endorse John Kasich (R-OH) for governor of Ohio



John Kasich for Governor of Ohio Biography

While Ohio’s problems are daunting, I believe they are fixable – but only by creating a business environment that rewards investment and increases wages. With forward-thinking, solutions- oriented leadership, we can transform Ohio into a model of job creation and economic vitality that other states will want to follow. To succeed we must:

lower taxes – Create a tax climate that allows Ohio to compete with other states to attract new businesses, foster job creation, and keep our precious, existing jobs here

make government more efficient and effective – Skinny-down state bureaucracy to ensure taxpayers are getting their money’s worth, and reform state government into a 21st century partner with Ohio's job creators – not one that punishes business with outdated or unnecessary regulation;

transform our education system – Help our kids achieve, compete and succeed to meet the workforce demands of tomorrow’s economy

end the influence of special interests – Build common-sense solutions to our problems and kick out those who, for too long, have kept us from fixing all that is wrong in our state

US may extend real estate tax credit

Time For a Compromise?

Here is my proposal:

Extend the $7,500 credit through 2010 for couples making up to $250,000.

Deal?

Senator John Isakson, a Georgia Republican, said yesterday he is “talking
to everybody and anybody’’ in an effort to drum up support for a bill that would
extend the program through the end of 2010, almost double the credit to $15,000,
and remove restrictions that prohibit individuals who already own homes or earn
$75,000 ($150,000 for couples) from receiving the tax break. The bill, first
introduced in June, failed in a 47-to-50 Senate vote last month.