Friday, September 21, 2012
Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone - Jefferson County, Alabama was the most famous case – the city of Birmingham went bankrupt after being bribed and goaded into taking on billions of dollars of toxic swap deals – but in fact it was just one of hundreds of similar examples of localities being duped into suicidal financial deals by rapacious banks and financial companies.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Romney Plunges in Key States - The Daily Beast - There’s more bad news for the Romney campaign as a new Wall Street Journal/NBC/Marist poll reveals he is falling behind in Iowa, Colorado, and Wisconsin—places he had hoped to gain a foothold. In Iowa, Obama leads by 8 points (50–42), just four months after the two were neck and neck in the state. Independent voters there favor Obama by a 10-point margin. Romney had been trying to bring Wisconsin, the home state of his running mate, Paul Ryan, into play, but the poll found he is trailing there 50–45. (Two other polls also gave Obama the lead in Wisconsin.) Other recent polls show Romney’s prospects are dimming in critical battleground states like Florida, Virginia, and Ohio.
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