http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com a survey of governance and policy (and the 2008 Elections) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:18:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jesse Helms dead at 86. More later. http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/07/04/helms-dead/ Strange little headline when you read it on a news ticker. Makes more sense with the picture and story. Dead veterans to rock again for Obama http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/07/02/odd-hed/ Some of it comes from the shadows. Some of it is right out in the open. http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/28/junque/ Chris Fitzsimon at NC Policy Watch is keeping a close watch on the budget negotiations, which is easier said than done. Right now the focus is on taxes. On this, there's quite a gulf between Commons and Lords. House and Senate leaders agreed weeks ago to allocate $50 million for the tax ... http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/27/budget-grinds-on/ Just shameful. DeMint, Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and five other Republican senators blocked Senate consideration of a bill that would more than triple U.S. aid to nations most stricken by AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and to international relief groups helping them. http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/26/playing-with-lives/ Spent a good deal of time looking at solar and wind for the house after a friend alerted me to the fact that even Costco is selling the stuff. Look, before we decide that turning over the east coast to the oil companies is the only way to save our gas ... http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/23/crisis-what-crisis/ Reuters on Midwesterners facing down a flood. "I came down here to help out my neighbors," he said. "And I aim to stay here until the river pushes me out of this damn chair." http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/22/my-peeps/ Bob Hall of Democracy NC sent this out on Sen. Obama's opt out of public financing: Statement from Bob Hall, Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina, regarding Barack Obama’s decision to forego participation in presidential public financing program. Senator Obama’s decision is predictable, given the shortcomings of the presidential public financing program ... http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/20/hall-on-obama-opt-out/ Further update: N&O shedding 70 jobs, consolidating editions down to two: State and Final. Publishers' message to staff. Wow. Update via the N&O: Serious cuts at the Char-O including 22 newsroom positions. It was not immediately clear how the N&O will be affected by today's announcement. More details are expected after ... http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/16/workforce-cuts/ Here's the link to the Rasmussen poll story on Dole/Hagan. Here's the link to the one showing a two point margin for McCain over Obama. At one point in 1992, it looked like Clinton could win the state. He came close. http://www.exileonjonesstreet.com/2008/06/13/rasmussen-on-nc/