Morning Docket 10.07.08
* Senators Obama and McCain head to Nashville for a town hall style face-off tonight. [CNN]
* More thoughts on Obama, McCain, and SCOTUS. A look at the judicial philosophies of the presidential candidates based on pivotal campaign speeches. [Wall Street Journal (subscription)]
* D.C. Circuit rules against forcing testimony from Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten, and others, in the congressional investigation of U.S. attorney firings. [Washington Post]
* Scientists suggest that the urge to punish is hard-wired into our brains as a result of human evolution. But so is the urge to forgive. [New York Times]
* At least three U.S. attorneys, in New York and New Jersey, are probing whether Lehman Brothers misled investors before declaring bankruptcy. [Wall Street Journal (subscription)]
* The tables are turned. The city of McAllen sues Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. [Houston Chronicle]
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FIFTH!
MATH SKILLZ
Rold Gold, Jerry! Rold Gold!
Nothing on Wells/Citi/Wachovia?
Have you not heard? It was my understanding that everyone had heard.
You guys are totally confused: The University of Pennsylvania and Penn State are completely different schools. UPenn is an ivy league school inPhiladelphia, and it has the Wharton business school. Penn State is a Pennsylvania state school (the one with Joe Paterno's football team), and it does not have a Philadelphia campus. What a bunch of morons.
Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.
Re: McAllen v. Abbot. Not to be a downer, but under the public information act in Texas you are required to sue the AG if you want a reconsideration of the determination. These suits are usually boring.
Do we really have to scour campaign speeches to try to figure out the judicial philosophies of the presidential candidates? Obama's model is obviously Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and McCain's model is obviously . . . Ruth Bader Ginsburg.