The Trends of August

Maybe the citizenry should demand a Voter Bill of Rights. Article Five: more cat stories in political campaigns.

It is August and it has been hot. The silly season is rampant in politics and there is no way for Gail Collins to parody the set of Bozos who are getting on the ballots.

It could be that the strategy is to pass apparent control to the Republicans for the next two years.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/opinion/27krugman.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"But we can safely predict what he and other officials will say about where we are right now: that the economy is continuing to recover, albeit more slowly than they would like. Unfortunately, that’s not true: this isn’t a recovery, in any sense that matters."